The National Register. — London, England, 1818-05-03 00:00:00

~:) From tL LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, May BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. r t4ntiAwbs R. Lower G:ozverno: , r.lut, Pimlico. motley scrivener. l'u.vr:LL B. R. t. Shoredit:!), oilman. ANKRUPT: - .1. Yenta J. Gen.!, ham' maker, I%ly 15, 16, Jaw I*, at Port• sys. Att. Ntr.All:l3, Clittird's Inn. Ilovnics .1. Woe.tra.riwis-il, F.taffard, hackle maker, 1 1lAY June 1::. and Cu. Temple. 31. km H. S. lat.! of C.i...6..itt7/. It•eler, Slay 9, ig, Juae *3, 6t Gu.it• ball. Att. Mr. 011 1 7 '14h...et:NA. /1 ALITED W. .I'4l...hes:et, linenaraper, Slay lt, 12, Jane 13. 1.: Ctitch.:,r-ter. Atts.7.••.• t -EistattiNiT. 11,rut'mgli,...rn, I.r:ter. May 5..1, Junea7, Coventry. Att. ?4r . 1'u0t..1.. ;.I.f:e-z•out - t. HAlns J. L0rf.9.4.,:i. Lar.rigter, ' , :ay U. '77, 17, •it Preston. CAtuttetta.e.t..l. l.iulc 1.11*.;.141-stcf- t: C•wnt Mry 11. •2(t. June 13, :tt (;:til.l:4lU. Ata. Avvrs and sea, SlanciL.3- ter-bolding:, Wel;:i.inster. W. Twi:chin, Suutnr.mr.un. maltstn, Stay • I). C. MaTA. 1.. Deane, wi it. \Veutbroca, szet. and E. R. D' tin t,.. I ay 5. Parry. ambigh. tirver. May 25. T. Ealunar:, Clrta,.nt's lane. ta..rciutnt, May 5. W. S:ewart, Road. fhpe . ard, victualer, Nray R. S..fulaud. South Shielas..:ap owner. May 21. S. Wach, Church Ntinshall. Citty rr, mal: May 23. CFRTIFICATES. MAY 13. A. Junk*. late of rertonotth. Consouttine. Crook 1011. Wes:motel:lL& M. Robinson, Vest House. I:yrk, end Ty syn. Crook Alit, de*. spinners—J. Peel, lion ugh Market, potstoe inerchar.t—W. T. Leven:, auttet•latte ribivn nisnufacturtr—G. and J. Cm. Sheffield. greets— W. lioraer, 31ile end, Ponces, +from. 2L I3LIC AMUSEMEIsiT6 4 :i UR THE 5.11111.77310 TR EAT& E ROYAL.- COVENT CAMDEN. TJ-Morrow...Belamir.‘; or, The Fall of Tunis—llarlequiu l'uti lay—Rob Roy i‘.laitgr , ..gor—(lst time) La Chasse--Who's ray t Woin-Lleay—Bellsoolrs-The Sorrows of Werth r. • Thursday—The Slave. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LO/DON : USDA I', MA 1' 5, 1818. Ttie limits of our Paper •linve confined us to a very Maacquate- space far the insertian of the interesting debates which have taken place in both Houxen of Par -I.tetent during the course of the week, on the subject of pensions granted , to • the widows of military officers ; a subject interesting to the country in general. The Public will, we feel convinced, cordially sympathize with us in the pleasure •we feel in Ending that the measurer in contemplation, •which mutt very materially Lave affected so wau ladies of respectability, may be considered as abandoned. We perfectly coincide in (pinion with these Members, who see in the existing • regulation , : relative to pensions tc the widows of Mili tary offizers, as conparei with - these which govern the ellowance of pensions -to the widows of Officers of the Navy, a well grounded motive of jealousy on the part of the latter. IVe cordially desire to see the two ser %ices assimilated on this point, and•we believe it is ouly s:leaking the feelings of the majority of tbe nation, to say, that if any preference be perniittcd to exist, it svould be morn consonant with thos2 feelings, that it should preponderate in favour of that service, which, whilst we continue an independent nation, must ever form a most natural bulwark. It is nr , t, however, by reeas:ircs such as those in contereplatioa, that we should 'ish to see the services on a level with each other. Any reduction of these advantages which time and -invariable. •eustoni have guaranteed to the' Officers of the 'Ara.;, either in his own person, or with reference to his , f.a.rily, would be as cruel as just. Justice, .however, demands that public bounty should reraunerate public service in proportion • to its merits and utility ; Lard en this principle,- it is, that we pronounce it a grievance on the part of our Naval Officers that they should not equally participate this bounty of the nation with those •of the army. We would wish to see them pieced or. the same footing, Lot by an infringement on the j-ort claims of the soldier, but by a due attention to tholie! Of the sailor. Eco nomy in the distribution of our fmances was cor taialy never so imperions a duty in our legislature as at this moment, bat there is another duty equal, if not superior to economy—and that is justice. The nation indeed is clamourots for retrenchment. but the li berality, the magnanimity of its character, spurns the itlea of effrting it by any means which would operate to increase the wretchedness of unprotected widowed solitude. If there •he one feature snore • prominent than another in our national character, at is the promp titude and alacrity in the promotion of Benevolent Institutions. Could the sense of the nation be taken; ~. TITE NATI(YNAL ArGISTER. we feel convinced there would scarcely be•found•an individual, under all the pressure of existing taxation, who would not rather contribute a trifle more to in crease the comforts of the relicts of this coutivy's brave deftrahrs Clan sucetion an act whiet would soil its reputation far iitvirtlity mud justice ; even were the objcet to be gained by violation of those virtues, a times more imp:tent than would have becu titc pitiful re:tilts of the measure in question. ACCORD:NG to tlte French Papers, it appears that the wttoie the clan s upon F:ance, inde pendent of the ex?- :rites of the Army of a,c:ipation, _ was 1,600,000,000 fraaes (::pwass'is of 66,*00,C;001. sterling). Of this, ;here discharged out of the created on tt , e Dec. 181 . 6, and SO,OCC,ON decal :d to be inadmissible, le.avin : .; (tipwarC:s of .37-.S00,0001) to be This sat-a, is conse quence of the recent r., , ;lociatiQng, is to be wholly li cuiJated by meaus a the creation cf a pu-pe:kial reatc. of 16,040,-000 frames (a fraction ebave 6C3,!...001. per annum,) reproseating a capital of !;..o,sAoGo fr3.nt (a 'traction above 13;233,0001.), the whole debt beiug thas.reduced to not quite a fourth of its amoont. The Duke de Richelieu, in the 'coarse of his speech, coar,-- &idly anticipates, :tat, at the approaehiaz - meeting of . the Allied Sovereigrs, it will be determiced upon to withdraw fr.a.a. France the Army of Occupatian, to pay the exrences of which, .he d..:.;ires an eventual credit to beopened with the Minister of Finance to the amonnt of 24,000,000 francs cr . rents (1,000,0001. per annum), to be only employed in complating'the payments to the Allied Powers, under the Treaty of the '2C:h Nov. .1815. The :14,003,000 francs at the rate of the other sum, represent a capital of 430;000,C - 1:0 francs, which added to the other sum, makes 600,F00,000 francs, or a fraction above 33,366,0001. which must be the amount of the loans contracted for iti the present year by the Trench government, in the event of the Army of e2cupation being withdrawn. 'l he appor tionment of the sum allotted fur the liquidations is not detailed; it is stated generally, that.-to the payment of the creditors, subjects of the Allied Powers, exclusive of Spain, the amount of 12,040,000 'francs of mate, representing a capital of 240,300,00 E (a fraction above 10,033,0001.) is to be appropriated ; to the payment of the Spanish creditors (reciprocally applicable also to. the French creditors upon Spain), 1,000,000 ot'rentes, re• presenting a capital of 20,000,000 francs (a fraetion above 83;11001.) To the British creditors, the amouut of reate allotted, is 3,000,000 francs, representing a ca pital of 60,00e,000 (2,500,00v1.) Yesterday, the Bank was crowded all the forenoon with applicants delivering in their decision as to fund ing. Tne omnium of the subscriptions at the Bank have been repeatedly sold at a premium of two per cent. Several applications, it is reported, have been made to/the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to take the residne, if any, of the twenty-seven millions to be funded, and a'general application of the subscribers was yesterday made to have such residue equally divided. We cannot, however, conceive how these gentlemen can be sanguine enough to . expect that any subscriber would not fund or sell right to it, when it bears a premium of 2 per cent. in the money market. The funding of Consols is at 784 ; and the price this fore noon at the Stock Exchange, 80i. A letter of the e2d inst. from Paris says—" I have every reason to believe authentic the following tableau of the repartitlon of the sums determined on by the Duke of Wellington for the principal reclaiming pow ers. It v.lll be officially printed before the close of the week. The last conference on this most important sub ject was held on the 20th ult. • Not merely the recla mation' are included in the suns total, but the attend ant expenses of the allied . troops until the month of October, at which period their departure is stipulated : Prussia 52 millions of Byres ; Austria 25 millions; Hamburgh 20 millions; the Low' Countries and Hol land 33 millions. Twenty millions are likewise added in form of compensation to the Low Countries." Lcttcrr received on Friday f. - oin Ncw York, mention, that the Deputy for the Insurgen's of South America had protestet against the Acts of the United - States Go vernment• respecting the Floridas, stating, that it in terfered with the cause of the Patriots. This Gentle man takes upon himself to protest, in the name of the inhabitants of Peru, New Grenada and Mexico. The Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, in conse quence of the infirm sta►e of his health, has not been able to attend his duty fur the three last Terms, and it is now confidently mentioned that he has 'given in his resignation, ; 1 ..~_ • i ++l it 'ir 41).1-1 , IELDS MEETING. It had been cur fondest hope that in•the present se renity and -security of the nation, no bew attempt would hare been inal , 3 to disturb thc peace and excite the discontent of the lower or-Ins wt so,iety. Rut wizen it .was bui!t on•the professions of the factions an.l di.atExto,l,•it is no wonder that our hope was dis appointed._ _ _ Spa Fields is to-morrow to be the theatre of tumult and disorder, uuder the auspices of II mar who, eerminly, bad he tileats at all it:leg:late ke fullihnent of his plum e Wight be dm:germs, •• eta whose absurd ignorance and total depravity cf prineirie rea'er an object -of almoat euieersel ridicule. wild contempt." In his placard, Hunt etideetly insinuates, that -to relieve waists teici reffieringe, taltich arc rant: indes triously eeeggeratail, ranee nee/ regulations ale to be adopted, Imaged on the cetalelisliment of the of men Ile seems also to ateenipt to attach a stignet t o the priestlioel and tiobitity of the kingdoe., as derivieg oh then. splentheir. luxuries, and goods, from t elass of men who, them-elves, labour under penury, and clheiess. In the perusal of his placard we Wjre rather perplored and uncertain as to his intent, end this only Circumstance w hich we ceuld pessibly conjecture, was. that Le intended to recomineed es to act urn the dangerous HMI delusive principles c f Paine. We shall ri s iewe to find ourselves mistaken, end the only elidne h tale plecards can hive to our notice is, that the thartrinc is proposer may be relittrt and exponel. Whatever imputation; may have fo.- meely beim east - upon Mr. I [wit ly his party, Ir.- peerisy and dissimulation arc net to day amongst the eltarges ; as hi his plecard lie openly professes, that the estabilsilmett of the. I . ; ieles et Man, the at:nil:the. tien cf menareity, ;net the abolition of priesthood and nobility, arc the objects %thief: :ire to-morrow to be to tea iate coaeideration. Inked his placard is a cotubi naiion.of abuse, ul.surdity,uod treasim, and scarce merit :nen:jest or refutation. And that our coudemnaticei ()fetch pe.ezeielings, arises not from prejudices or per tiality, but fcem aeviviction of the inutility and irape- Hey attached to such meetings, such orators, and hu,:h unreasonable and impracticable propositions, will, we trast, he evident from our examination of the subject : in additien to tvhich, rye mi l ht anticipete the effects of the •ettainment of their hoe-steel rights, did we nut sup pose sech anticipation would be a libel on the judgment of oar coasidctate readers ; who, from a cursory view cf the allair, would pronounce without reserve, that domestic slevery end dishonour, could be :be only re sults of so fatal argil ruinous a system. How plamiLle and.entranciug to the ear is the establishment of the Rights of Man, but which is in reality the everthrow of all moral and political distinctions, and the clistribe don . ef all dignities, properties and possessions, anion i et a liberal and free community. Amidst that commu nity are there not of various passions, ta lents, and eibilities,—when he sees no limit to his wishes, when he feels no restraint to his ambitiou, when he acknowledges no curb to his inclination, will the violent, restless nod aspirieg slumtcr.in his obscu rity, and rest in his equality f—No ; need we peruse the annals ofancicnt history, or dwell upon the cruel. ties of petty tyrants, the strife and clamour of the citizens, and the decline and thud cf republics ; to evince the contrary ? Need we summon to our memory the various bloody revolutions of all former or latter ages ? Is not France a buoy and' a terrible beacon to the nations? When the establishment of the Rights of Man glutted her prisons with the innocent, deluged her streets with blood, and nolluted their homes with midnight murder, tyrants on l y distinguished f:om each other by torture more refined, malice mere vindictive, creelty and oppression more intolerable than that •of his predecessor: In the subversion of laws by which she was protected—in the murder or banishment of her best defenders—France lost many millions of men— nay, in this attempt to establish what she called the Rights of -Man, she lost .at once her freetlem and her character. In obedience to villains who had neither honour or integrity to defend, or talent and ability to support the desperate cause 'which • they undertook. Now, . how sullen, sunk:and degraded is that France, which was a paradise and the glory of the world. For whet,—Liberty. For that sacred word which she blotted from her vocabulary for ever by the best blood of her nobles. The Rights of Man, which the pre tended to enjoy in her degradation, built on the firm basis of rapine and murder, ended in slavery—slavery to he felt. To the establishments of such rights, the annihihtticn of monarchy was and is a first and abed-- lute desideratum, and having arrived at the very ridicule of a system which meas framed to rob kings of their goeds—Triests of their temporal benefices, and nobles of their titles, honours and nobility. The power of the King it exerted to the•snpport of the laws and regula tious of civil society, which laws the republicans would abolish. and anul. His power is exercised for the glory, advantage and security of his dominions ; self-aggran disement not the welfare and honour of their country are the objects of republicans. The King as head of the constitution being removed—The Parliaments iliseon. t nued,civil tact ovestbrArn—and al.archy pre.