The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-14 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXI Amsterdam 12 17 C. F. Ditto, at slght, 12 11 Rotterdam, It IS Antwerp, 12 1(1 Hamburg's, 34 I Altona, 38 2 Paris, 3 days' sight, 25 75 Ditto. 26 5 Ilmirde :as, ea 3 Frankfort on the‘laine, 137 Peter.bnrgh, Si 3 U. Vienna, Et Flo. 10 23 Trieste, El. Flo. 10 23 Madrid, 36—Cadiz, 36 Bilboa,3sl—Bateelona,3s} PRICE Bank Stork 23; 3 per Cent. Red. 77 3 per Cent. Cuomols 771 31 per Cent. E 74 4 per Cent. 054 per Cent. Nokry 110 Lin: Ahn. 194 :HA NOE, Orr. Seville, 334—G iliraltiar,3ol Leghorn, 471—lienon, 43j Malta, 43—Veniee, tor Naples, 391—Llsbon. Oporto, 50—Bahia, 39 Rio Janeiro, 491 Palermo, 118 Dublin, 8j per cent. Cork, 9 per cent. Foreign gold iu bara,3l. IT.. lOid. per or. New lloolildona, 31. Igo. 6d. New Unbar*, Iv. 9d. Silver in bars, standard, Is. ' STOCKS. Oniniont 0. Imp. 3 per Cent. ludia Bonds TO ludic Stock 23 Exchequer Bal. 5 . prim. Cons. for Ac. 77i Lottery Tickets LW 18s. THE NATIONAL REGISTER• Unbolt : SUNDAY, OCTOBER le. -4180.- 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 Ministers, we rejoice that it is so-- ----who serve, the state, " No matter whence he springs." but we have so often been duped by the hoeuspocus arrangements of these leper 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—in what branch does the major part of the increase aris:? why, in the Excise, which is wholly derived from internal consumption—the returns of which are almost entirely f►►rnished by importations— 'hew us a quarter's revenue statement where 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 hail with great pleasure the existing authorities as the benefactors of the nation—such is not now the case—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 3s. 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 IL 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 said D. stood for Decoy-duck—another, in his second childhood, referred to his infantine amuse ment of Tee-totum and deciphered N. as nothing— but now that they find each sum is not only P. pal down, but P. paid 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, B.irt..Nl.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 be held up in lerrorem to the remembrance of of every military or naval member of the House cf Commons, when on the eve of giving a conscientious and honest vote, and 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 under the dictum of a minister, however bad he might bc—however infitmous the measure he might wish to carry. The accounts of the progress of the yellow fever in Spain, which will be found in another column, • THE NATIONAL REGISTER are heart 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, althouth 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 must strenuous and powerful opposer of the mea 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 himself so irritated by Mr. Pitt's conduct that he made no hesitation in depriving him of a cornetcy 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 &mous Lord L—, addressed the fol lowing lines to him on the occasion:— •• TO WILLIAM WITT, ESQ. ON 1115 LOSING HIS COM. MISSION. " Long had thy virtues marked thee out for fame, " Fat, far superior to a cornet's name; •• This generous Walpole law, and griev'd to find, " So mean a post, disgrace so great a mind, •• The servile standard from the fret-born hand •• He took, and bade thee lead the patriot band." One cannot help being struck with the similarity of the cases of Mr. Pitt and Sir Robert Wilson— each.attempted to be crushed by a falling admini etratiou, 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 Ise defeated in the one as it was in the other.—Among the list of the subscribers for an annuity to Sir R. Wilson we rejoice to see such names as Earl Grey, Sir F. Burdett, I.r. Lainbton, Mr. Grey Bennett, &c. &r. i .is is as it should be —tin to place Sir Robert V.:lse., 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 next meets, which, if it passes into a law, will effect a great alteration—indeed, we may say, an entire revolution, in our miliviry system, but one of such a nature, that none will more sincerely approve of it than those who are most 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. Ins ead of the regiments being exercised as at present, fur twenty-one days at a time, it is proposed that e:!eh year 20,000 shall be called out to serve fur the 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 number of the officers and men of each regiment are to be allowed to volunteer into the line, to fill up such vacancies as may occur: we understand three officers will be allowed to volun teer with every sixty men. 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 fir which they are called out each year, are nu better than raw recruits; we shall have a constitutional force of 20,000 men con stantly on tout, 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 ter such portions of the regi ments of the line as it may be found nccessAry to keep up for tbreign and other service. It is scarcely necessary to state that the measure, as we have now explained it, has reference to a state of peace abroad and at home. Should either foreign war or intestine commotions arise, the power will still be reserved to Government of calling out the whole 60,000 men, I or any number greater dun the standing 20,000, as they may see fit. The ultimate effect of the measure will, of course, be a still further reduction than what has recently taken place in the regular army ; and this is what Ministers distinctly contem plate. y.. _ _ k ~i • 325 FEVER I.V SPAIN. Extract of a letter written by a Gentleman in Spain, to a mercantile house in Birmingham Culdas de Menboy. Sept. 91, 1821: " I wrote to you last week the particulars et my flight to this place, in company with Capt. --a, R. N. lam starry to my that the fever increases in narcelonetts—from 20 to 30 are dying daily. The fever is not confined alone to Barcelona; We now l,ear of it at Gerona and Figueras, but at Tortosa it it dreadful ; filly and sixty are dying daily, and the greater part of the faculty are carried of An express came to Barcelona soliciting medical aid, and offering 100 dollars per month to any physician that would go them, and in case of death 23 dollars monthly as an as. nuity to their families, and two physicians have been sent there. Extract of a letter, dated Tarragona, Sept. 27 The news from Barcelona is very distressing: the deaths in crease to a very alarming pitch, and every corner of the city has caught the infection. In Tortosa the fever rages with anabating fury ; from the Is. to the 23d of this month, upwards of 2800 persons have been carried off e the weather is much against us; Farlienheies thermometer, which last year at this time was at Co now stands at 82. The fever rages also dreadfully, at Palum, Maiorca." On Thursday the 4th inst. Truro was visited'by more severe storm than has been experienced f r some years. It commenced about seven o'clock, aml continued with little intermission 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 lei 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 Tregolls. Happily no acci dent occurred here; but we are sorry to find that this was not the case in other places, and we much fear that. the shipping along the coast have sufferee. All the servants of the late Queen wore 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 dig-' posed, could, of course, do no mare for them, and no intimation was given, on the part of the adminis tration than any gratuity would be given to then:. It has been customary on a similar breaking up of any royal establishment, to allow the discharged 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.—.EIOVeIty, Oa. 5. —About sixty boats, employed in the herring fishery, were yesterday evening, by the suddeneas t f a gale of wind, obliged to relinquish their nets, in the hopes of gaining the shore in safety, but sinful - 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 for.vard to the fishery for their entire support, but now, alas, bereft of the means of subsistance, is most afflicting. Lc t 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 generously left 5 1 . to be distributed among those fluniiies who are now become utterly destitute. _ St. I'aul's Bali and Crosr.—The new ball and cross are nearly completed: in the construction the outline and dimensions of the old have been strictly adhered to, but improvement has been made in the interior, to prevent a recurrenese of failure ; for the iron bands, plates, &c which were much destroyed by rust, have been substituted copper and gun metal. The ball is made of two pieces, the olil one consisted of 14: a fair demonstration of the improved a:ate of this science; it is six feet in diameter, and weighed halt' a ton betiire it received its gems and ornaments. The whole height of the copper work is 27 feet, and weighs above tour tons. The iron spindle in the centre. anti stand,,: is to strengthen copper work, weigh above seven tens. The whole will shortly be removed from Messrs Kopp.; factory in Chandos street, to its destination. sijfair of lionour.—.ln of honour was sett'ed yesterday litorniii it in a field adjacent to tiorits:pwood, between Mr. J. L. It -----, and Mr. two ginneusen, well known ab engatril in Stock Exchange transactions. The parties, attended Lv ine.r mods, arrived at the spot down t;itie helm: 8 when the semi is used every etlort io bring the dis r we to dill aniteahle 4.l.nistnient. This having Mailed, n.e ground was atieJstared, soul the gentlemen fired, lay s.g -3t ihateen paces, aii:l exchanged two shuts. Mr. receised the ball of his antagonist uniirr the right breast; surgical assistance was iimitc.liatt y uncured, and ahl ,th the wound is consitleictl germ's, yet ! , .111;414111.ArV tit/pc, are riot-ruined mai It is it not price U to hi, resit!. n.e ne.ir Ia iuctuu, which is not a great di‘tance ligat :• r spot where the unfortunate t...k place . 1 , . e cause of dispute is said to have arisen at a Liven' i. , e city on Friday evening, relative to a 111111.41 y VVIIOSe :11'6111 flow occupy a considerable pUfUlaAlti lIC , '"'. • 1 _- . • • 1 1 1