The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-23 00:00:00

r._ T_ - PRICE al Hank Stork 4034 3 per Cent. Red. shnt I per Cent.Consols 7111 3i per Cent. • 4 per Cent. shut Neer Fours, 91 1 1 114 I? STOCKS. ()within) 0. lmp.3 per Cent. 741 India Bonds 21 ludic Stuck Exchequer Bill% 10.. press. Coot. for Ac. 74/ Luttery Tickets ft? 19g. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON, SUNDAY,. MARCH 23. The declaration of Mr:Cannipg in the House of THE FUNDS, rIiSTERDAY- IiALP-PAST Two o'CLoca. Consols, which till two o'clock appeared steady, then suddenly declined to 74k. 'lbis panic was occasioned by a report that intelligence had reached this country of 200,000 Russian , troops being in actual march—and that orders had already been re ceived at Dantzic fur 60,000 rations. Bank Stock opened ut 207, since which it has been at 206.—and is now 2051, with considerable. business. A sale of 12,000 Bank Stock, at the be. Finning of the week, has excited some curiosity, fhe name of the vendor has nut yet transpired. Foaelow..--Spanish, which in the early part of the day stood 264 j, was knockel down by the report, which we have noticed, to 26—market heavy.—Script. 40 dia. Russian, to some amount, has been brought into the market to-day, but without suocess—the bid den few and shy—no sales effected. Other Foreign stationary. A letter from Paris of the lath inst. relates the following remarkable. story At Perpignan, a few days ago, a Spanish refugee monk of the Army of the Faith entered a tavern whore several French officers were seated. One of them at the sight of the monk, discovered groat agitation, suddenly stated from his seat, drew his sword, and pursued the monk with the evident intention of putting him to death. He inflicted a severe wound upon the ecclesiastic before he could be rescued tiorn his fury. When questioned by the commandir.g officer respecting . the cause of this violent conduct, he said , that during the last war he had been taken prisoner by a party of guerillas, and that a sort of military council, at which tliis individual monk presided, had subsequently' condemned him to the horrible death of crucifixion from which he was only pre. scrved by the opportune approach of a party of French troops.—'flie officer then exhibited one of his hands, to show, by a scar which tr.mained, that the dreadful work of torture laud actually commenced. It was found necessary, in consequence of this ex planation, to overlook the act of aggression cum- mitted on the monk." BERMUDA, FER. 15.—The launch of the Stair. Jury, flag ship, was upset and sunk on the 3I et ult. rt was commanded by Mr. James Wharton, Mini-- alty midshipman; who was accompanied by Mr. James Maude, a young gentleman belonging to the ship, nine seamen, and the wife ()lone of them, who were all unfortunately drowned. Mr. NVhartuti's body has been washed on shore, and buried at t'ie hospital attended by the officers of the Salisbury. and a concourse of person•.. The bodies of three of the seamen, viz. Philip Anderson, John Davison, and John Smith, IL.Ta also been washed on shore and buried. A proclamation has been issued by the President of the United States, informing that the convention of navigation and commerce of America between the United States and France has been ratified, Commons, on Tuesday evening, in answer to the pertinent questions of Sic James Maaintosh, on the subject of our foreign relations, was candid, manly, acid, we think, quite satisfactory—there is not in the House, or in the Country, a man of more honesty of principle than Sir Francis Burdett, but the worthy Baronet sometimes trenches on the oharac►er of Don Quixotte—he thinks we now ought to be ac tively engiged in a war of protection for Spain—but we decidedly consider that our distressed situation is a bar to any unnecessary expenditure, and that the repeal of the Foreign Enlistment Bill, which would place thousands of valuable English officers in the Spanish lines, is as much as Spain can Tea sonably expect of our Government..—Lndividuals may, and, we doubt not, will, subscribe to form a fund in support of the cause of Liberty, but Eng land, as a nation, has no right to commence another War, while she is ground to.the. dust by the fatal and irretrievable effects of the last—a war began by a mixture of Villany and Folly, and ended by an absence of Honesty and Sense. THE NATIONAL REGISTER ESSEX COUNTY MEE7ING. In pursuance of a requisition, addressed to the High Sheriff' of the county of E.sex, and sbuscribed with the names of ow land-owners and oc cupiers of land withtu the county, the High Sheriff, Esq. convened a meeting of the Nobility, Clergy, Gen try, and Freeholders of the county, to be held atthe Shire Hall, Chelmsford, no Their May last, at twelve o'clock, " to take into consideration the distressed con dition of the farmers and tethers depeodent upon them, and the general declining state of the agriculture of the cottony, in order to make such representations to the leg - Mature as the sergeocy of the case requiresr" l'he meeting took place on Thornily, and was very numerously and respectahly,attentled. A little after 12 o'clock, the High Sheriff entered the Hall, attended I.y some of the must respectable gentry who had signed the requisition. flee High Sheriff" opened the business of the day by desiring the Under Sheriff to read the requisition and the notice reo which the meeting had been convened. The.lll4lll SAIR Irr begged leave, before any gentle mao proceeded to address the meeting, to read in it a letter which he had just teethed from Sir E. Hervey, one of the representatives of the pommy.. (Hear, hear.) The hon. gentleman then read the letter in question, whicbstated, that though the writerwas-prevented (rpm attending the meeting by the recent death of his son, he was really to give every practical assistance its his power, both in Parliament and out of Parliament, to restore the landed interest to its ',rope; state and influence lie the community. Mr. If irerow said, he was glad (Mt the present meet ing had originated with the yeomanly of the county--Ito him it was a most gratifying sight to behold the farmers joining with the landed aristocracy in making measures to avert the Will which was impending over both.— They had beets told its print, that the landlord onght to reduce his•rent• He allowed that he ought, and he had great ',Leasure in stating that most of the landlords in Essex had already dune so, It ought, however, to go futile to the• world, that if land was farmed cinder the present circumstances, and no rent were paid to the would be impossible for the farmer to make any profit. (Cheers.) The him, gent. procee.led.to de *rube the petition which he intended to propose for their acceptance. One part.of its prayer was the repeal . i nf the duty on barley—every body moat reprobate the -immense tax which svgs now leviefftmon it, one of the `most important pork:Lions of the earth. Live quarters of kat ley were generally grown • pee acre. That quern Ay made into malt paid 51. aeon so that. the MAI& duty. independent of the beer tax, inflected a land lax of 51. • „pet acmoit all the growers of barley. (Cheers.) As he thought no matt cued& doubt of the propriety of getting eel of such a grievance, he was certain that all present ;Would join in this part of the prayer of the petitioo.- . -- *The hoes. gem. after some further remarks, unwed the petition. . . Mr. Dtsrux stated, that though Ise was himself a landlord, he had great satisfactiowise acceding to the wish of the yeomanry, in coming forward w second (heir petition. Mr. D. W. HARVEY propOsed another petition acme unsentlusent r but enbeappentivvithdrew it. The original petition was then put, and carried, with only two dissentient - toles. It was then ordered to•be presented to the Commons by Mr. Western, and to the Lords by Lord Braybrooke, the Lord Lieutenant lit'lllC county. Thanks were voted to the High Sheriff, who, after shortly expressina his gratitude, dosolved the meeting at hall past five o'clock. Au additional number of artificers of dillitreut denominations have been put on at Deptford dock yard ; In consequence, Deptford assumes an air of bustle, &c. which has not been seen for some time. A curious document has just been published, by order of the House of Curanions. - It is an czcount of the sums of money given or bequeathed by indi— viduals towards the raductionof the nat io nal debt up to the sth of January, 1823. The following is a list of these donations and beqyests : -- James Borgia, 2st Anguat, 1809, 260/. II per cents.' Admiral Peter Rainier, Ist rebraary, 181 f, 11,11381. 1 95., and on the sth April, 1819, 197 f. 9s. 3d. Anna Maria Reynolds, ht May, 1816, in stock of various descriptions, to the amount of 15,26111. .7s. 4d. sterling. Anonymous 'at May. 4816, la/. —Ditto fth Ail!, 7ulF, 5« —Ditto Loth April, 1822, 2001. ' Richard Quarlermain, sth April, !823, 2004 . ' Major Thomas Gamble, Gth Joiy, 1522, I4,4ool.tiary eve par coats. The total amount in money is 6e,;261. 14a. It:. and the estimated amount of three per cent. con solida led annuities, which the above donat:ons ani bequests would amount to on the sth of April, istg, of tha whole sum had been vested in those lannuities, is 137,2431. Calcutta papers bat's come to hand to the begin ning of November. By these wedearn, that Picchu Paul Sin4h, the refractory chieftain in Oude, who fir so long a period had kept that province itta state t t di:tz.-ction and disorder. but who was supposed t t have Bad, had again appeared ih that territory, a ith a considerable nutahek of followed: and ire masque tee, the major-gen gal commandinj the &mares division of the army had detached troops of cavalry from Sultanpore, and companies of infantry from Pertabjush,Benares,Juunpuor, and Alhthabud, to pursue and apprehend him. Several citizens of Rouen, members of the na tional guard at' that city, have addressed a letter of e mgratulatiou to M. Mercier, fur his conduct on the 4th. SEIZURE OF TWO;ILLICIT STILLS, AND EXTRAORDINARY PURSUIT OF THE SMUGGLER. .... About twelve o'clock yesterday morning, two of the principal officers of the Eseise, Fitcliew,sen. and lii nett, repaired to 150. 5, Sweedlantt court, ktishopsgate-streer, near Widegate-alley, where an extensive private still has berm for Souse time in work. niches, fist entered, and was followed by Duren. All was now In the greatest emission. The officers ran up stairs, and found the anniggler, whose name Is Thus. Jackson, escaping through the trap-dour by means of a tope ladder. Fitchew was gala at his heels, and chased hint over the wet* of seve ral homes; unfortunately Jackson evaded the officer. Drum searched the premises for the object of their visit, 1110 d found a large cellar, fitted tip in the most convenient hsanner, for the purpose of distillation. 'the still was then at work, running. strong spirits from low wines— there was also a number of wash•back•,. containing seve- MI hundred gallons of illbOillale6 in fermentation; a quantity of„spirits full proof, low wines, the. Leaving an officer in custudy of the illicit apparatus, the still, ere. they repaired to an ' habiled house in Devonshile-conn, Hounds ditch, on a similar errand. The officers,- unable to gain admittance by knocking, procured a ladder, and-entering at the window, found two or theee men sad women smukietg and dunking i they then proceeded to search, • and, on going down stairs, found that the bark of the adjoining house (untenanted) communicated with the,yard of else one they first entered, and on getting out at the back kitchen window of the one, nerd in at that of the other, they found a well fitted ap distillery. The still was. • at work, and contained Omit eighty gallons of low wines, &c. &c. all of *bleb they seized. It is beyond a doubt that the persons -who were seen drinking by the officers rem the proprietors of the still, bat ne they were not actually on the premises where It was foetid the offieers would not have been authorised in taking them Into custudy.—'These active officers have seised, within • a short space of time, about 10 private stills. The late insurgents in Spain begin .0) repent, in • various dlistricts—they are giving their - arms and accoutrements to the Constitutionalists, and have. offered to join in repelling the foreign enemy. The thrtifibetionst of Letida are preparing, and are re ceiving previsions for a year. Preparations for de• fence are incessantly carrying on at Carthagena, Saragossa, Seville, Badajox, Valladolid, Malaga, Corunna, Cadiz, Valencia, and .in short at every , point that is capable of resistance to the invaders...-. New corps of armed awn are every where organi xinge.tlamelselves. The Political Chief of. Gerona' alleges that the army now consists of 120,000 men' —that theroareboades 97,000 active militia—and 200,000 volunteers, all armed and well , equipped,. and ready to. spill their blood in defence of their country. With this force, and the snpport of Por tugal in their rear, it is calculated that Spain has nothing to dread from the French army, though it i should amount to double the number which is an.• flounced for the invasion • ' ' ' fly a person whq left Madrid on 'the- 2d instant, we keen that 100;000 French troops are in barracks • on onetideof the Bidessoa, and the Spanish army on the other. • The roads in France, leading to the frontiers, are covered with troops .fer upwards of 300 miles, and carriages, with flat-lxittonsotHmts, pontoons, cannon, and ammunition of all descrip tions. Fle was robbed on the 7th instant...by the troops of the Army of the :dial, as was evetyether person travelling the road the same day. He met . 12 carriages and 24 saddle horses with the• baggage of the Doc.d'Anggsaleme. He left Madtid on the 2d ; the King was then preparing-for his departure. It is the c?inion that the Spaniards" will not give battle, but eed.evour to cu: ::f: the French army; when they Pave entered the country ; by a sort of guerilla warfare, &c. - The Portuguese are advanc ing to join the Spaniards. All the military have marched from Calais tinware the frontiers of .Spain: • • !)iteao-ut. Flas.--Yetaciday morning about wets o'clock, a dread I ttl fire broke out in a carp..nter's shop its Whetstone Park, which colonial:icy i ns w i l h.sh e h ouses it Gate-street, Lincoln's lon-lielda, threatened to open Al liemmtutication frown Holborn to that fine aware.— 'l7te fatties first co tttttttttt 'mated to the hoiree , No. 2, Gate-sneer, the town maid( tie,: of J. Massey, E. the chief clerk to the Court for goiter of I ustsbrerts•htebt. ins, Who, having occasimi to rise early on prniestioual larsinese, was the first • to• give the alarm. , So violent, Istre•ecer, were t'le flames,. tha' it was with the greatest ,difficulty Mts. h!asacy, (who is in a t cry advanced state .of pregnancy), together with I.e; three daughters, could , 'be extricated from their perilous situation, w hick. how geer, ass effected by prompt exertion, and the! were eativeyed, almost in a state of nudity to sir StAnngale'i, ;one nment builder, who lives opposite ; where every at. a t s li c i s nw w a i s t.r a :fi d e t i o r c " o le nte U n n t r rh il :l a e te bel fi n er e e n ts t : „el S y 7 C4l e t ed; and at nine o'cloolc the times comintimossed wish the rear of the livery-stables of that ancient iint the• Bull and Gate, Holborn, which, it was feared, would be involved in the conflagration, but a projecting wall from the chapel of Mr. Williams so greatly arrested the• progress of the armies, slut at 11 o'clock all apprehen. stun ceased of further Jo astation. It was reported that documents of an important• nature had been destroyed, andtarticidarly Rorliamentary papers connected with i the ',solvent Court; hut we can state from unquestion able authority that Well is not the fact. The itunute t.ooks and motion (t apers, which were bwanghwfrous the Court at Westminster no Friday, were, however, d e . stroyed, with 'very article of furniture, plate, etc. &c. excepting a few of trifling value. A crowd elf thieve.' were on the &lett ; but too much raise cannot be bestowed on the police fur their activity to : protec tpr o. p e rty, and on the exertions of the firemen to ?Mil lire progress of the coultigration. :7 1 1 s •.