The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-15 00:00:00

. . • COURSE OF EX Amsterdam 12 17 C. F. Ditto, ■t 18 11 Rotterdam, 1% 18 Antwerp, 12 10 Hanaborah, 28 I l'aria, 3 days' eight, 23 75 Ditto, 26 5 Bourdpaiox, 26 5 Frataktorton the Maine, 157 Paterilharzli, 81 3 U. Vienna, Ef. Flo. 10 23 Triestr, EL Flo. 10 23 Madrid, 36 —Cadiz, 36 Bilbibt,33l—Uareeloisit,33i :WANGIr:, Ovr. 12. Seville, 34—Ginralter,301 Leghorn, 47i—Cienoa, 43i MAIM, 45 Venice, 27 Naples, 34—Llabon, 50 ()port°, 50—Bahia, 58 Rio .laneii O. 48i Palermo, 118 811 per cent. Cork, 9 per cent. Foreign gold iu barg,3l. 17e. 100. per cit. New DonlblJons, 31. lie. 6d. New Dollarv,4s. 941. Silvi.r iu loirsoilauddrd, 1034. PRICE OF STOCKS. Bank Stork 23 - i Oisinium 0. 3 per Cent. Red. 771 I Imp. S per Cent. 3 per Cent. Commis 7i 1 India Bond, 11 3i pci Cent. Isamu Stuck 2351 4 per Lent. 9.4 Exchequer Ittlle SI. prem. tr per Cent. Nary 110} Cum:. Mr Ac. 78 L••ntr A. 11.4 I9i Luttery Tickets £l9 18s. TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER. tonnon : MONDAY, OCTOBER 15. -011 P In another part of our paper to-day we give the ministerial statement of the Revenue for the quarter ending on the 10th instant, which it will be seen is very flattering when compared with the correspond ing quarter of 1820, and still more so by comparison with the corresponding quarter of 1819. If an improvement have been really produced by the pre sent Alinisters, we rejoice that it is so-- serves the state, '• No matter whence he springs:" but we have so often been duped by the hocus-pocus arrangements of these leger de main gentlemen, that much time is necessary for examination before one ought to be certain that these statements are not founded in fallacy—taking it all, however, for granted-4n what branch does the major part of the increase arise? why, in the Excise, which is wholly derived from internal consumption—the returns of which are almost entirely furnished by importations— show us A quarter's revenue statement wltre the increase is derived from the customs exportations— where the manufactured goods of our country have mainly contributed to the amendment of the Go- vernment finances, and we will bail with great pleasure the existing authorities as the benefactors of the nation—such is not now the tase—it is true a trifling increase of customs does appear, but that increase is only the consequence of importations— for if you import a pipe of wine, on which the excise is 4s. 2d. per gallon, you have a customs import duty of Ss. sd. per gallon to pay—this accounts for. the increase of which the Government papers are in structed to vaunt so much. The subscription for Sir R. Wilson goes on as prosperously as the enemies of oppression and injus tice can wish. The ministerial papers were witty on the score of the munificent sums subscribed (at first by initials) through the Editor of The Traveller —one raid D. stood for Decoy-clack—another, in his second childhood, referred to his infantine amuse ment of Tee-totum and deciphered N. as a thing— but now that they find each sum is not only P. pal down, but P. raid in, their silence proves their cha grin. The four subscriptions announced by The Traveller were—J. G. Lambton, Esq. M. P. 5001. Sir F. Burdett, Bart. M.P. 5001. Right Hon. Earl Grey, 2001. and the Hon. G. Bennett, M. P. 501. and the subsequent additions to these give confi dence to the hope that the worthy Member for Southwark will ultimately be a gainer by one of the most tyrannical uses of power that has ever dis graced even our present Ministers—an act which might he held up in terrorem to the remembrance of of every military or naval member of the House et' Commons, when on the eve of giving a conscientious and honest vote, aid if established as a precedent would of course form an insuperable objection to the return of any one to Parliament who was thus com pletely tinder the dictum of a minister, however bad he might be—however infamous the meoure he aright wish to carry. The accounts of the progress of the yellow fever is Spain, which will be found in another column, ~,, 4 4 11 " THE NATIONAL REGISTER rs. ~. are heait rending—the precautions taken by France to prevent its introduction into her territories are most praiseworthy, while several vessels which had touched at places infected have been released front quarantine law, and allowed free intercourse with our English ports, although in one instance the mate and one Of the crew had fallen victims to the malignant disorders on the voyage from Spain—how such carelessness, to give it no harsher name, can be excused or accounted for we are at a loss to conceive; has the benign favour of Heaven which has exempted us from the appalling visitation so long produced a belief that we may defy it ; if so, we pray that those whose remissness may cause its introduction, may be the only martyrs to their negligence. THE GREAT MR PITT.—.-The great -Mr. Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, was, it is well known, a most strenuous and powerful opposer of the me*. sures of Sir Robert Walpole's administration. Only the year following his entrance into the House of Commons, and the commencement of his opposition, Sir Hobert felt hiinself so irritated by Mr. Pitt's conduct that he made no hesitation in depriving him of a oxtrnetcy that he held in a regiment of horse, and dismissing him from the service. As Mr. Pitt had an elder brother and five sisters, his fortune was so far from being considerable, that a few admiring friends had presented him with this commission as a small addition to his income. " The imprudent, violent, and unconstitutional conduct of Sir Robert Walpole," according to Mr. Pitt's biographer, " so far from diminishing Mr. P.'s consequence in the eyes of his patrons and the public, very, considerably increased it in both." His friend Mr. Lyttleton, afterwards the famous Lord L—, addressed the fol lowing lines to him on the occasion:— •• T.. 0 WILLIAM PITT, ESQ. ON HIS LOSING HIS COM MISSION. " Long had thy virtues marked thee oat for fame, •• Far, far superior to a cornet's OSMt; •' This generous Walpole saw, and griev'd to end, •• So mean a post, disgrace so great a mind, " The servile standard to as the free-born head " lle took, sad bade thee lead the pir,triot band." One cannot help being struck with the similarity of the eases of Mr. Pitt and Sir Robert Wilson— each attempted to be crushed by a falling admini rtration, and each rising superior to ministerial meanness. The measures that dictated each were equally "imprudent, violent, and unconstitutional," the motives equally paltry and unmanly, and the aim of ministers will be defeated in the one as it was in the other.—Among the list of the subscribers fbr au annuity to Sir R. Wilson we rejoice to see such names as Earl Grey, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Lambtun, Mr. Grey Bennett, &c. &c. This is as it should be .—for to place Sir Robert Wilson above the reach of the malevolence of ministers must be the severest punishment that minds like theirs can suffer. Ministers intend bringing in a Bill into Parlia ment, when it ;text meets, which, it it passes into a law, will effect a great alteration—indeed, we may say, an entire revolution, in our military system, but one of such a nature, that none will wore sincerely approve of it than those who are must apprehensive of the danger of the military force to our constitu tional liberties. The leading object of the measure is, to dispense with regiments of the line altogether in Great Britain, with the exception of the house hold troops. The regular militia in Great Britain amount to about 60,000. Instead of the regiments being exercised as at present, for twenty-one days at a time, it is proposed that each year iO,OOO shall be called out to serve for Me whole year, and be then disembodied, so that each regiment will be on actual service one year in every three. On being disem bodied, a certain timelier of the officers and men of each regiment are to be allowed to volenteer into the line, to fill up such vacancies us may occur: we understand three officers will be allowed to volun teer with every sixty me.i. By this arrangement we shall have, in the course of every three years, a body of 60,000 men completely trained and disci plined, instead of, as at present, having 60,000, who, from the short period fur which they are culled out tech year, are no better than raw recruits; we shall have a constitutional force of xO,OOO men con stantly on toot, which will enable Government to dispense with the use of all the garrisons at home; and we shall besides have provided an excellent nur sery of good soldiers tin- such portions of the regi ments of the line as it may be found necessary to keep up fur threign and other service. It is scarcely necessary to state that the measure, us we have now explained it, has reti:rence to a state of peace abroad and at home. Should eitlier foreign war or intestine commotions arise, the power will still be reserved to Government of calling out the whole 60.000 men, or any number greater than the standing 20,000, as they may see tit. The ultimate effect of the measure trill, of course, be a still further reduction than what has recently taken place in the regular army ; and this is what Ministers di►tinctly aneal plat e. _ - FEVER IN SPAI, r. 525 Extract of a letter written by a Gentleman in Spain, to a mercantile house in Birmingham Culdes de Machu,. Sept. el, 1821: " I wrote to yes lot week the particulars of my flight to this place, in oompeay tslt6 Capt. R. N. lam sorry to say that the fever Malaga is ta—from So ton, are dying daily. The fever is set esstased done to Barcelona; We now hear of it at Gerona slid OrWasers but at Tortola it is dreadful fifty and sixty are dyisg 61W, sad the greater pan of the (acuity are carried off. An express...he Barcelona solicit* medical aid, and offering 100 dolls" per _month to any phytacian th..t would go there, and in case of dealltfli dollars monthly man an nuity to their families, and two have been sent there. Extract of a letter, dated 'Mena, Sept. 27 :-- '• The news from Barcelona is very distressing: the deaths crease to.a very alarming pitch, and every corner of Ibe city has caught infection. In Tortoia the form revs with unabating fury ; Isom the Is• to the 23d of this *nth. upwardi of Yew perms have been parried off; the war is much against us; Farhenheit's thermometer, which last yawat this time was at 60 now stands at fie. The fever rages else dreadfully, at Palms, in Majorca." On Thuity the 4th inst. Truro was visit ed by a more severe storm than has been experienced for scone years. It commenced about seven o'clock, and continued with little iutermission until twelve.— The squalls of' wind, accompanied by heavy rain, were so violent, that it was with difficulty those whose business compelled them to leave their houses could keep their feet; quantities of slate fell from the roofs of the houses; and in Lemon -street, a chim ney was blown down, and injured the roof of the house to which it belonged. A chaise which let one of' the inns here, for St. Austell, after the storm had commenced, was compelled to return, the road being rendered impassable by some large trees which were blown down near i'regolls. Happily no Heel , dent occurred here; but we are sorry to find that this was not the case in other places, and we much tear that the shipping along the coast have suffered. All the servants of the late Queen were discharged on Saturday. They received the amount of what was due to them up to Michaelmas day. The Ex ecutors of' her late Majesty, however privately die posed, could, of - course, do no more for them, and no intimation was given. on the part of the adminis. tration than any gratuity would be given to them. It has been customary on a similar breaking up of any royal establishment, to allow the diakbargel servants, if not better provided for, a year's wages in what was actually due to them; but it seems that in the present instance the custom is to be honoured in the breach, and not in the observance. MELANCHOLY CATASTROPHE.—CIOVeIIy, Oct. 5 —About sixty boats, employed in the herring fishery, were yesterday evening, by the suddeness of a gale of wind, obliged to relinquish their nets, in the hopes of gaining the shore in safety, but unfor tunately more than forty were driven among the rocks. The cries of the drowning, thirty five in number, most of whom have left large families, produced an affect too heart-rending to be adequately expressed. The distress occasioned to the families of the unhappy sufferers, who looked forward to the fishery for their entire support, but now, alas, bereft of the means of subsistence, is most afflicting. Let it be recorded to the honour of humanity, that two gentlemen (the Rev. Mr Putt, and Rev. Mr. Lux more,) then staying at Clovelly, were particularly instrumental in saving the lives of many who but for their humane exertions must have inevitably ' perished ; and at their departure genertmely left s'. to be distributed among those families who are now become utterly destitute. St. Paul's Ball and Cross.—The new ball and cross are nearly completed: in the construction th:e outline and dimensions of the old have been strictly adhered to, but improvement hits been made in the interior, to prevent a recurreace of failure ; for the iron bands, plates, tkc which were much destroyed by rust, have been substituted copper mid gun meta:. lite ball is made of two pieces, the old one consisted of 14: a fair demonstration of the improved state of this science; it is six feet in diameter, and weighted halt' a ton before it received its gems and ornaments. The•whille height of the copper work is x 7 fees, atel weighs above tour tons. The iron spindle in the centre, and standards to strengthen the copper work, weigh above seven tons. The whole will shortly be removed from Messrs Keppir factory in Chatultts street, to its destination. ../j/iar ( 2 / 1 .ILir of honour War settle.' vp Sam: Amy .....stoop m a field adjacent to lionovy-wool, (Haweeo Mr. J L and Mr. two geollettieo, well known as exteosiseiy (.41..a4.41 of Stock EXCilalivx ratiNacbmss. Toe parties, attended b' them !fiends, arrived at the spot a short time balm: 8 is clock, wilco ilie wecra 'lO used every etlort to (meta the dispute (0 all .1 , 11CS:)C 3.trlit111.:111. Tins havito; 4 . 411,d, the _round was amastir..d, and use Al•litleisitil fired, by mil, at thtncru pace,, and excoanged two soots. N 1 . receiseo toe 0.111 of b.s atitaAniiist r the right hi , as': surgical assistance Was u..... fy procured, and AlitoQii utr wound is cosisoicieti q.eroli,, set sang.iiii.av hopes are riticrtaihtal that u w! I , nut lame mortal. lie was retio.vcd to his re-oieti e IleAr Ishog,;hii, which is out a art-at tbstattee imsto tit 11011 wh, ru the uulmluuate Ituaolle)s took place I . oe CAIP4C 01 lIISIPOte IS *•1111 Mr have 3/111C1110 a laveria iti the city on Friday eveititig, relative to a in.li , ary olhet:t. whose Aries itow Oecitil a conSiSicrahle porttottUl put lie attetttioh. _ , • . . V