The National Register. — London, England, 1812-05-17 00:00:00

II 'O6 --; MAY 17 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. cxpected, we are told, that Vie • tinamit INA! wouid be carried by a large major i ; and such, ;t is said, was the certainty of an immediate rup tin e, that several Government Contractors had began to make large purchases of salt provisions fbr the use ofneed the A meric•nr navy. The purchases, we should think , ro• lie vt ry large, to supply about ten frigates and a few los .ho•tts, unless they arc in expectation of a fleet from 'fiance. As the Euphrates Arrived last Monday at Liver pool, we may soon expect to learn the issue of the debate in question. V'e have received an important American State Paper. It is an Act recently pass-d on the 9th of April last, for Lying an embargo for ninety days, •on all the vessels in th:tt country, except such as the PRESIDENT may permit to depart in ballast. This measure, adopted by a com merciAl nation, resembles the conduct of our deluded mmufacturers, who, whilst complaining of the scarcity of work, destiny the frames, and ruin the masters, that alone can yield them employment and support. It may, hlwever, be intended to precede a declaration of war, in order to give time to the shipping abroad to return, so that when the terrible denunciation takes place, the traders of the - United States may have their vessels and property safe in their own harbours. A Savannah Paper of the 9fith of March, was also re ceived, containing an account of the American Govern ment having made themselves masters of the Amelia Island, which surrendered by capitulation ; that East Florida is in possession of the insurgents ; and the town i'f Auguitine and the garrison are all that remain faithful t FEL:DIN/IND VII. This attack upon its ally must em broil Ergland still more with America. Letters fiom America state, that the embargo had occasioned so many Petitions and Memorials, from the most respectable merchants against the measure, that it was hoped it would be annulled. Upwards of 300 ves sels, partially laden, had contrived to put' to sea before it could be carried into ex.cn'ion. THE LORD CHANCELLOR. • We are assured, on good authority, that the carriage of the LORD CHANCPILOR was stopped, on Thursday, crn its way home, and the door opened by five or six fel -IoWS, one of whom inquired " who was in the carriage ?" replied, "'tis I the Lord High Chancellor." " You are not the wan we want," was the answer, and the carriage proceeded. Nothing further occurred on the occasion. TRIAL OF THE RIOTERS. An Especial Con11"isit):1, we understand,: : has been ap pointed, ar<i will proceed to Chester on Monday next to try tiic persons who have been taken into custody at Stock port and its vicinity, for riotous conduct. A letter was re ceived in town ye,terday from Halifax, in Yorkshire, s t i lin(T, that sortie of the rioters at Huddersfield had en- C.e preen es of Mr. CA lITWRiGIIT, and put him in stmlly to death—but we have reason to believe Kid hope, CI it is without foundation. FRF;A;I--I SQUADRON IN THE WEST INDIES. KING'....')N. JAMMUAI Arntr. A very tinpleasant report it. , . been 'sought. here from Curacoa, of the cap ttre of a Packr:(, and several running *chips, outward bound, by Frenai squadron to windward . of Barbadoes. V:Q itrport ra 17 turn out to be without founda• • • . t •)n. t.• • • The Jamaica Papers also state, that several privateers are on aim. coast, and had recently taken 14 vessels, mo s t f them Spanish. LiBERALITY . AND BENEVOLENCE OF MR. PERCEVAL. • We have been favoured with the following instances of independent liberality on the part of Mr. PERCEVAL, from a quarter on which we can most confidently rely It will be recollected by many, that some years ago, a poor clergyman, of the name of P— ARSLOW, died in the very act of preaching a charity sermon in Wellieck chapel.— This seemingly unfortunate man left a widow and eleven children behind him to bewail his loss. As Mr. PARsLow was a curate of the Bishop of Chichester, this worthy pre. late immediately commenced a private subscription for his family. The result %vas, the payment of the deceased's debts, amounting to upwards of 3001. and the placing in the hands of Trustees, for the benefit of the unhappy widow and children six thousand stock : but this was not all, most of the children were placed in more or less ad. vantageous situations ; the one being equipped as a writer and sent to India, another to the Charter-house, and an. other, a lad of 17, was placed as a clerk in the Navy office. It is not two months since the late Mr. PERCEVAL gave to the latter the appointment of Naval Officer of Bar. hadoes, the emoluments of which are estimated at nearly 20001. per annum. Some years ago M r. PERCEVAL named the son of another clergyman to an office, the salary of Which amounted to 6001. per annum. and this, merely from being assured by persons upon whose word he could rely, that he was a young man of strict integrity and principle, and every way qualifie4 for the situation. Upon both these occasions Mr. P. received the strongest solicitations from persons high in office to grant these places to their dependents Such was the man that the monster BEP.INGIIPt—this self-redresser of imaginary wrongs, thought fit most deli. berately, and no less inhumanly to assassinate. Such was this tyrant ; this oppressor of the poor; this annihilator of justice and every christian virtue ! Oh, PERCEVAL, PEIICF,VAL ! if ever human being was -the very reverse of all this, it was thou who art fled from us for ever to those Heavenly mansions, for which thy pure and spotless soul was certainly formed. Alas ! never, no never shall we behold thy like again 1 Letters of the 9th inst. were received yesterday from Paris, at which time BONAPARTE had not set out for tlie North. The disturbances in France are said to be such as to require his presence. The corps of River Fencibles, which was dismissed abcut a fot tntlit ago, are restored to their occupations by a promise of protcction against press-gangs until the next Session of Parliament. Mr. P ERC IX A l.'s funeral took place yesterday morninF. —At nine o'clock the Procession moved from his house in Downing,Areet, in the following order : Nntec• and Attendants on'horseback. Hearse and Six with the Body, Six Mourni,..: iloaelies, followed by 25 Carriages, the Carriages of the y`` ,:•=t Ministers, Relatives of the deceased, • Ins own Carriage, &c. In the first mourning coach were Lord ARDEN, his bro ther; Lord REDESDALE and Sir THOMAS WILSON, his bro• thets-in law ; in the next coaches, the Earls of LIVER. POOL, WESTNIORLAND, Lord CASTLEREAGII, Mr. RYDER, Lord MELVILLE, Lord ELDON, Lord CAMDEN, Eal BA° TAnsT, the Earl of HARROW/3Y, Lord SIDMOUTH, the Right Hon. C. ARIHJTHNOT2 Mr. CROKER, Mr. AVIIA R " Su% . ~,-~.. ---r MN ■ r