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

OP r"" 7 e,-.4 .......4 v''"' BERM VIM. . • The little island of Bermuda is involved in the very tenipe4, torrent, and whirlwind" of con tention, between the governors and the governed, between the Legishiture and the inhabitants of the colony. Papers from thence were received on Tues day to the 92(1 of August. The arbitrary imprison ment of the churchwardens and the mayor of Ha milton—the former for want of sufficient promptness in adjusting their accounts with the rector, and the latter fbr an alleged stretch of power in the mode of suppressing sonic disorderly assemblages of people of colour—have been mentioned by the American pa pers with some expressions of surprise at the conduct of Governor Lumley. The follewing account of the case of Mr. Till, the mayor, and that of a Captain Hayward, who assisted in tile suppression of the disorderly con duct alluded to, is taken from the Bermudian of the Ist of August, divested, however, of much angry continent interspersed by the editor:— " A i•otitulaint nn the trammetion was preferred before the Jostir es of the Peace, who dismissed It, as not ecg.- eozahle beret, the in, inasmuch, as Mr. Till was exercising the prermrativi sor lois Ake. The complainant, instead of :y plying to it jun idieial Court, bronchi the matter be fore the Goveriiiii in person, who acemilingly issued a general 'Milli rem for voting Mr. Till and Captain Hayward tiefui e l.im Believing a warrant of this nature to be ille gal, they deellited obrilienne to its mandate. Order was ir,vhll I. lb , tellstahlit to exertne it, and the Mayor shut himself up iu the Tun it hall and reused to surrender.— The hall was in consequence iiivented by 40 or 53 soldiers --the:, did not, however, bore admittance, and the Mayor remained all night in • stale of siege. Some insnlting language passed between the populace and the military dining the time of this singular ditty, but it led to no tu mult or mischief. Het wren nine anti ten o'clock the fol lowing morning, the Mayor 1110112,1 kt roper to mare-utter himself, and was conveyed to pt ism), having first, through the medium of a friend, obtained an anthenticated copy of the warrant." These are the facts attendant on the imprisonment of the mayor : we have before given those relating to the churchwardens. Both parties remained under confinement at the date of the present advices, and strict orders were issued by the Governor to prevent all conimunication with them, without written au thority from the Provost or Magistrates. Great in dignation is expressed on.the subject by all classes of the inhabitants. in the colony, and prosecution for perkily of the who have given, as it is alleged, false testimony respecting the transactions in ques tion, and appeals to the Pirliament of Greet Bri tain, are enrrently talked of. • The Journals of the island of Bermuda, which, whattver may be the case with the inhabitants, ap peetr to be free from all controul, comment in the strongest language on these transactions. We quote two specimens from the Bermudian of the Ist of August " The churchwardens of SI. George have now- been imprisoned IS (lass for doing their duty, by an edict of his Excellency Lieut.-Gen. the Hon. Wir Win. Lumley, K. C. H.; their a i yes indisposed part of the time, and one of their families labouring under gi eat domestic affliction. When a representation of this circumstance is made to his Britannic Majesty, we hope redress will be the con sequence; and though his conduct is supported by every jack in °thee, the sense of tile country is uniformly against it. Hut when see men sprung Awn the very (begs of so ciety ebdeavonring to palm their ignorant dogmas on their Inlet hitt, and aspiring to rank with th,oie whose shoes they arc only fit to clean, it is high time to tutu with con tempt, and bid them recoil. et their pristine ignorance. 1 and servility, and lint with ' matchless intrepidity of race' mimic and place themselves by the side of their supe riors." The fidlowing, which (litotes a precedrint to show the consequence: that may attend the conduct of the Governor is from the same paper:— " 114 a his Excellency tier by ebasice heard of a sir cimistant r w loch t tok pl ac e Dui - many y Pals ago at Halls fa If siot, we call 11.101 111 hill'. Sir Andrew Mitchell, this' then Ilifitli couausutler in -chief, having reason to slit. prat that acme di•eisesa 1111 M his Msjcsty's ships had tutu c refuge in the stores of Messes. Forsyth, Smith, and Cu. for a few hours, caused the same to be blockaded by au ',MCA fillet., for winds (mirage the admiral was pro aerated in Eituland. and hail to pay 115,0001. damages and 'spruces. 'I he Attorney-General of Nova Scotia i• said to have addressed the admiral in the following terms upon that occasion For bud's sake, Sit' Andrew, withdraw eons mesa hunlediatety, for it may - be opus' of the worst day's wink you have ever done.' Let it here be said, if ever these au eacti , r for trampling 11 1 1 " the laws of his country, Sir .Ands eve Nluschell haul that excuse, ler de. art 'ion ha I, of %tic lulur in winch we allude, made gigantic strides low arch the ule•s ruction ot our suits y. The ocour tvitrer, hoarier. admit not of the slightest paints lion— they are or the WA. kes t, deepest die—and let 111 hope for the honour of slits colony, if our Attolury Central had been entl•ttnrd, be w.tultl have given his Excellency a wattling sontil:is to that we loa%e Inrush:Hied its the case ot Sir A. Mitchell. fte.ides all this, his Excellency has fosgut that 'Mi. Tid is 'nulled to privileges of Parlia• which was dye deri here ill the Ease of the Speaker, who was released on that ctutuni, daring the administra tion of Gen. Hodgson. We. have no doubt that several actions for petits'', will he ht ought against nuns.. than one individual, and we hope tam the Coup of King's Benet, will visit this licnintis offence wills adequate puttisluneut." Th: high wind on Monday se'unight cracked the middle of the elegant painted window recently pus 'up at Branspeth-castle, containing Mr. Stothard's design of the Wale of Nevill's-cross, executed by Mr. Muss. 2 7- 71-Ir7TWARriT.7',.7 I, - 717-r.r • THE TIONANAT. REGISTER " VOYAGE D.INS LA GRAND'S DRETAGNE." Under the above title, M. Dupin has published the observations lie made on a recent Tour through this kingdom—they bespeak a degree of candour and impartiality, perhaps, as rarely met with in the English historian of France, as in the French his torian of England. The following extract we hope will prevent the future idiom of any of the OLD WOMEN Of England on the score of invasion ; an alarm which for ages past it has buen the trick Of government to create whenever more than usual pressure was intended to be placed on the back of poor JOHNNY BULL. " At this epoch Great Britain had, besides the regular army, COO,OOO militia, infantry, and cavalry, in arms, all the seamen of the merchant service enrolled for the gun-butts, and the in. habitants of the coasts embodied in corps, called sea fencibles. It remained to be seen whether this force was capable of with. sho ck of the alloy of Boulogne, Pad that army crossed the Channel. " When the First Consul threatened England with an invasion, he did not appear inclined to attempt it with ships of the line ; he caused gun bents to be built in all the ports and in all the rivers on the Atlantic coast, and collected them to the number of 1,300 in the port of Boulogne. Troops to the amount of 100,000 r: ere to be embarked on board of these gun boats and transports. In the case of a successful descent, immense reinforcements were to follow. They were to force a landing on the opposite coast, cud proceed direct to London, not, as was supposed might be done in the time of Lloyd by advancing only two miles a day in consequence of the difficulties of the ground and the embarrass mentof baggage, but by forced marches, carrying every position by the bayonet or field artillery. After their landing, nothing would in the first instance have arrested the progress of the con querors of Lodi, of Zurich, of Heliopolis, of Hohenlinden, and of Marengo. " But was the descent possible ? It was not possible to enter Dover by force. That port is situated between twn high moun tains, in a position in which its lofty batteries and works, safe from any coup do main, would easily destroy the most formidable fleet. There was besides on the heights of Dover an entrenched camp, occupied by a considerable force, which would have de fended the coast under the protection of the forts and batteries. " On the other hand, how were 1,300 vessels to get out of Bou logne in one tide, and to stand over in any thing like order to the English coast ? This could never be done under the fire of the English squadron cruising in the Channel. " But that s qu adron might be driven or its station by& gale of wind; and before it could have time to return, the French flotilla might CMS& Be it sin But let us see what would follow. " The English had lined their mast with strong batteries on every point where a landing could be attempted Strong towers were built at short distances along the snore, which was com pletely within the range of their guns ; thftielnirteue towers could not be taken by a coup de main, Brigades.' light ar tillery, corps of cavalry, flying camps of infimnrp, resented a force moveable along the whole of the ses cairn by a reed ex ' pressly made for that purpose. The English Ire beside** great number of gun boats in all the ports opposite Boolope. All small craft, all pilot and f,shing boats, Abe. weir leepted for warfare if necessary. They were numbered end elegised in divi. stone, with officers ready to direct, and troops to man them.— The guns and ammunition were so disposed in the magazines that these vessels could be armed in a moment. Finally, besides the squadron stationed off Boulogne, there was a fleet of observation in the Downs, another at Spithead, and a third at the Nore. In a few minutes the telegrarhic signals could communicate between all these points and the Admiralty in London, " Titus, whichever way the wind might blow, it was probable that the English would arrive at the point of descent, if not in time to prevent a landing, at least soon enough to burn our flo tilla. ' In that case our army . would have been left without a re • trait, without support, and without provisions. " That it would have performed prodigies lam sensible. It would not have been less magnanimous than the army of the eist, after the naval battle of Aboukir. But those opposed to it were not Turks and Arabs. It would have to contend against a people of pindlgious obstinacy—against a million of men in arms, animated by the enthusiasm of patriotism, and incited by the most implacable hatred of the French name. " 1 have impartially stated our means of attack, and the English means of defence. " I ant aid of opinion that it was impossible to effect a descent without the protection of a fleet equal to that which we then pos sessed, and which was defeated in the battle of Trafalgar : hut it was necessary that this fleet should lint have possession of the Channel, and the Captains who commanded it. in consequence of the inexperience of many. ann the indecision of others (though there were honourable exceptions), were such as to render a vic tory impossible. As to success after the landing, I leave it to eminent military commandera to determine by their skill and experience the chances of victory and defeat. I confine myself to a statistical view of the military said naval force of Great Britain. " Instead of attacking the British empire in its centre, it would have been mote advantageous to land in Ireland. But it would have been necessary to have made this attempt with a great expedition. Had Gen. Buona lute, instead of conquering Egypt, proceeded with his army of Italy to Ireland, that country would certainly have been lost to England, and Blida!' power would have sustained an irreparable blow. By landing in the Bay of Galway, to proceed afterwards along the banks of the Sharman, a fine position would have been occupied. Ireland must have been thrown into insurrection, the natives armed and organized in.corps, and the English driven out of that island. We fomented the revolt of the Isiah by sending them trifling succours. They were the victims of their confidence, mid frightful massacres fol l Owed the insurrection. " At the time when our continental army had completed its glory by the campaign and victory of Austerlitz, England, by destroying the combined naval trace of France and Spain, off Cape Tratalgar, secured a long duration to her menu= pre ponderance. Being relieved from all fear of invasion, she aban doned the defensive system, and gradually adventured an offensive war. She failed in her first attempt against Spain, under General Moore; and against Belgium, under Chatham. Instructed by these reverses, Idle learned to connect more perfectly her military and naval opetations; to employ more abundance and fitness in her meant, more prudence in her plans, and more vigour in the execution. The army which the naval force at Corunna saved front destruction was 11000 after brought back by that same force to the Peninsula, where, supplied and supported by the navy, it balanced during five years the success of the French troops in Portugal and Spain, which countries became the tomb of the armies of Austerlitz and dens." NAPOLEON. Of all the anecdote. we have met with of this wonderful Man, the following. w hieli is verified by Le Comte Darn (then General of the slimy destisted to the lova of England by the Boulogne flotilla), is, prrhaps, of all toilet s the strongest proof of hut astonishing strength of mind :—" One morning the Emperor called Data into his closet. Darn tound him walking about the room in a rage, and only bit aping silence by short and silent stela. suatious—' What a navy!—What as Admiral!—What sacrifices loetl.—My hopes are disappointed !—Tliat lenetive; instead of being in the Channel lie is gone into F. trot!—lt is all over! he will be blockaded !beret.— Daru, sit you down listen to Ise, And write.' Ilte Ens. peror bad that morning received the news of Villeneuve's arrival in a Spanish port. He immediately perceived that his plan for the conquest of England Was rendered abortive. The immerse expenses of the fleet and the flotilla were now for a long time thrown away—perhaps for ever. Then, in the midst of no cxc. of passion which would have rendered other limo ineapable of exer cising the understanding, he adopted a resolution of the boldest nature, and sketched utl hand one of the most ad mirable plaits of campaign ever conceived in calmness and deliberation by any emu/lector. Without Lesitating, out pausing, he dictated the wit* plan of the cauip,,i go of Adsierlitz, the depariere of toe different coil's of troops from Hanover WO Holland to the %tide, and southern confines of Friotre, Ike order and donation of the marches, the points of convergence and junction of the columns, the attacks by surprise and main twee, lilt diffident movements of the enemy : every llniN4 was tore seen; and under every hypothesis victory was assured. Such was the coreeciness and astonishing foresight of this plan, that out a lime of departure extending user -.I U leaeoes, lines of operation of 30.1 1111011 . x of length were followed according N. this first oil cellar'', day by day, and league by league, all the way to M di. Beyond that capital the dates alone iesilsd went some alteration; but all the points weir reaciied, and the whole of the plaii was crowned with complete success. Such was the . tory talent of 111..1 1111111, as I . o'lllo4We to Iris enemies by the power of his genius, as to his fellow-cirixens uy the force of his despotism." FROM SATURDAY NIC:117"S GAZETTr. WHITEHALL, OCT. il. Their Excellencies the LordsJu tires have been pleased, in his Majesty's name, to give and grant unto Sir George Blackman, of Harley-street, in the county of Middlesex, and w Belleawardine, in the county of Salop, Bart. only san and heir of John Lucie Blackman, Esq. by Mary his wife. daughter of Henry Harnage, Ime of London, Esq deceased, anti sister to Henry If arnage, of Bel leswardine, in the said county, some time a Lieutenant Colu ncl in the Army, their licence and authority, that he and his issue may, in compliance with the earnest wish and desire, and in testimony of the grateful and affectionate regard which lie beats towards his said maternal uncle and father in law, the said Henry Ramage, Esq. take and use the surname of Harnage only, and bear the arms of Hamage quarterly with those of Blackman (the arms of Harnage in the first quarter); such arms being tiru duly exemplified according to the laws of arms, 41111.1 recorded in the Heralds' Office, otherwise this licence and permission to he void and of none effect; and also to order, that this concession and declaration be registered in the College of Ann, [The above is the first Act of the •• Lords Justices" which has . appeared, in the Gazette, and we insert it to shew the form 840 E 0141 .1 BAN K OPTS. J. Belcher. Enfield. Middlesex, stone mason. Solicitor. Mt. Harmer, Hatton Garden. J. and E. litt Bois, Co?thall Court, merchants. Suls. Messrs. Gregson and Co. Angel Court, Tl•,nl)urorton Street. R. N. Rose, Holoorn, book dotter. Soh. Messrs. Edwards and Co. Castle Street, Holborn. J. Llewelyn and L. Belchier. Ohl Jewry, insurance broken. Sol. Mr. Lester, Crutchodfriars. R. Tate. Market IVeighton, Yorkshire, shopkeeper. Sal, Mr. Jaques, Charles Street, City timid. J. Travis, Oldham, Lancashire, grocer. SoL Mr. Searle, Doctors' Commons. T. Green, Alfreton. Derbyshire, grocer. Sols. Messrs. Brim. ley, Gray's Inn Square. J. Barton, Blackburn. Lancashire, upholsterer. Sol. Mr. Bigg, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane. J. Spear, Sheffield, merchant. Soli. Messrs. Tilton and Co. Coleman Street. IL T. Gilbert, Stockbridge, Hants, coal merchant. Sols. MOWS. Cottle and Co. Aldermanbury. J. Clayton, Bury, Lancashire, undertaker. Sols. Messrs. Appleby and Co. Gray's Inn. W. M. Hole, Kingskerkswell, Devonshire, tanner. Soli. Messrs. Drake and Co. Red Lion Square. P. Hamelin, Belmont Place, Vauxhall, plasterer. Sold. Messrs. Denton and Co. Gray's Inn Square. N. Dunderdale ' Leeds, clothier. Sols. Messrs. Robinson and Co. E‘sca Street, Strand. P. and C. A. Thomson, Comhill, wine merchants. Solo. Messrs. Wadeson and Co. A ustinfliars. W. Jackson, Cudham, Kent, farmer. Sol. Mr. Taylor, Fur nivirs Inn. DIVIDENDS. Oct. 30, 11. Emett, Liverpool. paint and colour maker-50, .1. Bates, Bishop Stortford, Herts. draper—Nov. 3, W. and T. Bingley, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, linen drapers-6, G. F. Boyer, A nlaby, near Hull, sugar baker-6, J. lioyes, junior, Warm,Ord, York, carpet manufacturer-19, W. Vl , arts and J. Rigby, :Manchester, linen drapers-13, G. Rose, Sheffield, grocer —3, 1). Cawoad, Wakefield. York, merchants-3. 'l'. Rouse, Liverpool. optician--8, NI. Pratten, jun. Bristol, leather dealer —7, W.H. Lawrence, Bath, linen draper-3, T. Evelcigh, High Holborn. shopkeeper-3, J. Searle, Lower Grosvenor Street, shopkeeper-3, J. and It. Cleugh, Leadenhall Street, wholesale linen drapers-3, J. Barclay, Old Bro.ul Street, merchant—io, W. Wood, Wimpole Street, tallow chandler-3, J. Ledieu, Richmond Buildings, Soho, jeweller-6, F. Trix, Southmulmn, Devon, tanner-6, J. Hepworth, Leeds, cloth dresser. CERTIFICATES to be groi..ed Nov. 3 W. Holmes, Chesterfield, Derby, flour dealer—R. Higg., Bristol, leather factors--T. Nicoll. Ware, Herta, larch maker— W. Haling, Devonshire Street, Queen Square, wine merchant — F. JI. Cubbren, Newcastle upon Tyne, iron founder—J. Davis, Canterbury, linen draptr—R. Whiteside, 11. Fisher. and T. Mastic, Whitehaven, merchants—H. Dark, Bath, woollen drir per—J. /Morgan, Stroud, Gloucestershire, linen dryer—W. Higgs, Suand, hatter., A company his been fornsed at Liverpool for es tablishing steam-packets to ply between that port, the Isle of Man, and Greenock, and also between that port and Dublin. Two vessels of large dimen sions are already constracted for, and are now build.\ ing by two experienced shipbuilders, the machinery tir both is to be fitted by an engineer of first-rate eminence; and the proprietors, we understand, are determined to spare no expense in the equipment of the vessels, to contribute to the safety and comfort of the passengers. A General Meeting of the Birmingham Pitt Club, took place on Monday list, when it ,was resolved that the dinner which was to have taken place this year, should be postponed till October, 1 83 ; and that in future it be held triennially! ! !