The National Register. — London, England, 1816-01-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. sit saaaa pose thsanalike the mackerel you get in England, the largest not being, half the size. It was ludicrous to see the ladies of the 53d (who arrived in the Ceylon, with the second division of the regiment, ten days after us) asking for the market, and their astonishment was not small when they found there was no such thing in the place. They are worse off than ourselves: all the oaicers have only three marquees among them, and those four miles from the town. Poor Napoleon is at a house in the country, or rather hut, for he has but one room which serves him for " bed room, parlour, kitchen, and hall;' a house at Longwood, about four miles from the town, is pre nadir- for him, hut will not be ready in two months, and then h e w ill n ot be much better accommodated for the whole of his suite (eight persons, independent of servants) as it will not more than furnish a room for each. There is, we all think, a great degree of illiberality in this treatment of him, and of his fol lowers, which I should think our government could never have intended; even cavils about eatables and &Wrbles, are made, and a system of annoyance is pursued, by abridging their ac commodations and comforts. Bertrand requires a room for himself, one for his wife, and another for his children ; these, 1 understand, are to be refused, though certainly it is as little as any tn..n could expect, were he considered as a close pri soner, and of his rank in life. The Generals and their wives are at present in a house in town until the one that Napoleon goes to at Longwood is ready, when they all go there.—Cap tain Mackey (53d) lives with Napoleon, and he never moves without two serjeants with him, so that there is no fear of his escaping.• Every boat in the island , fi sherman's or not, is moored - at sun-set by a naval officer, and reported to the commander to be clone so. All guards under arms at sun-. set, and day-break; drawbridges up at sun-set, and as many precautions taken as if an enemy were actually in sight of the Island; uo merchant's ship of any description is al lowed to .anchor, and the place exactly the same as if blockaded most closely. It is morally impossible that he should escape from the island without having a ship at a little distance to re ceive him; and any sail can be seen sixty milesuff iu moderately clear weather. " Two ships have been sent to the Cape of Good Hope far stock, which are anxiously looked for.—This island supplies itself with nothing bat vegetables, and depends entireiy on im ports for subsistence. Cutting off all trade prevents any supply to the inhabitants, but what they ate allowed to purchase from the puhlir stores (the same quantity as the ration to the troops); the fishing boats net being al.owcd to fish at night, which was the best time altogether, renders the situation of Cirileans worse than ours, and they murmur not a little. I suppose she population of the island may amount to 6,500, including 500 Company's troops.---The state of society hole is much behind w!tat one would have exprcted in an English colony. Indeed, there is scarcely any society to be met Ytith, except the (laugh- - ters of the Company's officers, and they can • say Yes est - No. They are what we call yainstoclss (natives of the island.) Sir G. Cockburn going to give a hall at the Castle (where he lives ) next week, if he can find ladies ; of course we shall go there. Sir George is at his old work of thrill% i n g. which lie carried on so much in America. He is now build7ng .a redoubt at Egg, Island, about half a trifle from St. Helena, to defend a bay or, breach ; t, which, iii. very smooth weather. people may land. The whole island is nothing but a number of high rocks, evi deittly volcanic, shewing, even now„a great appearance of fire, black, excoriated, and as light ai pumice stoneananany masses. —These rocks a , e intersected with nat tow rallies, which in any other country you would call ravines ; little patches of these vallies ate eultivatei, - and produce guinea grass and some vegetables. I expect to send this by the Minden, daily expected with prisoners from the Isle of France It is a remat kable fa, t, that. these pi is .nets wet t• on the point of rising and taking possession of the haanti in the name of Napoleen Boonaparte ; but their wAs &wove f•d! ! The Chief irk. a commission signed.by •e t!,te would have succeeded in the enter prize, a, most of the . troops 0/et e gone to Madras, but mast for teuately the Minden arrived the day the insurrection Was to lake place & and caused the diacovery..". ' JAN.I4. *** rite PROPRIETORS of the NATIONAL REGISTER hare to return their best Thanks for many suggestions from several Subscribers, respecting the intended Improvements of their Paper, and beg to assure them, that every attention shall he paid to their kind remarks. L They hope soon to carry into effect the alterations they hare announced. PRICES or STOC] Bank Stock 236 3 per Cent. Consols 59f 3 per Cent. Red. 59j 4 per Cents. 74f S YESTERDAY. 5 per Cents. Navy 88+ (Minium 1 , 11, prem. Long Ann. 11• h 16thA 15. Exeheq.l3lll6 2 to 5 prem. THE NATIONAL REGISTER: LONDON : SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 4. Paris Papers of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, were received yesterday morning The Law of Amnesty, as passed by the Chamber of De puties, was on Tuesday communicated to the Chamber of Peers by the Duke de Richelieu ; whu stated, that the Kt NG, in consequence of the strong and unatf mous wish expressed by the Chamber of Deputies with respect to the Regicides, seeing in that wish the yoke of ull France, had ordered the article relative to them to be added to the law. As soon as the Duke had finished, the Chamber of Peers decided,that the dispositions of the Law were so well known, it was unnecessary to refer it to the Bureau, and that the discussion should be immediately opened. Not a single Peer spoke either for or agniust it. Each article was put separately, and passed; and when the whole of the Law was put to the vote, 120 out of 141 who were present, voted in favor of it. Monsieur and the Duke de Berri were present The Law would be carried up by the Peers on Wednes• day, and would be immediately sanctioned by the King. The month allowed to the Regicides to retire from France would expire on the 10th or 1 :th February. When the Chaniber Of D..ptities sent up their President and. Secretaries to the King, to communicate the Law as passed_ by the Chamber, his Majesty said to them—" You may now cry Five le Roi, without adding quand memo." These were the words quoted by the Counrde Bethisy. They are the expressiont tilted by the inhabitants of the. West—Vine to Rai! quand memo._" Life to the King, even should Ae be displeastd with UT." The constitutional party affect to feel no discontent at the decision of Saturday- evening: The Ultra Royalists assume a yet higher tone of exultation; and having carried by a ruse de guerre. which most completely •Strceeded, the article ag4inst the Regicides, affirm that the other con. cessions they made wire of little importance. The Cate gories, retort the Ministry, have been rejected—in vain oa endeavoured to annul the sth Article; although suppressed by the Commission, it has been adopted by the Chamber. The confiscation projei is likewise negatived. The mode in which the clause concerning the Regicides was passeti is worthy of notice. The Marquis de Rethisy, a good and loyal gen9eniaa, was chosen for the delivery of a speech composed expressly on the occasion by M. Chateaubriant. This unexpecJed sortie took place when the discussion wilts I