The National Register. — London, England, 1821-01-14 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS. • lIAMBUR6II, Drc. 25. The following is the declaration addressed to the governments by the Sovereigns at Troppeu, relative to the affairs of Naples, and the events connected with them ; which piece was delivered to the Senate of this city by the Austrian resident Minister, Baron Nadel : " The overthrow of the order of things in Spain, Portugal, and Naples, has necessarily caused the cares and the uneasiness of the Powers who com bated the revolution. and convinced them of the ne cessity of putting a check to the new calamities with which Europe is threatened. Tke principles which united the great Powers of the Continent to deliver the world from the military despotism of an indivi dual issuing from the revolution, ought to act against the revolutionary power which has just de veloped itself. " The Sovereigns assembled at Troppan, with this intention, venture to hope that they shall attain this object. They will take for their guides, in this great enterprise, the treaties which restored peace to Europe, and have united its nations together. " ithout doubt, the Powers have the right to take in common, gcreral measures of precaution against those states, whose referms, engendered by rebellion, are openly opposed to legitimate govern men ts, as examples hare already demonstrated, eApe c ially when this spirit of rebellion is propagated in the neighbouring states by secret agents. " In consequence, the Monarchs assembled at Troppau have concerted together the measures re quired by circumstances, and have communicated to the Courts of London and Paris their intention of attaining the end desired, either by mediation or by force. With this view they have invited the King of the Two Sicilies to repair to Laybach, to appear there as a conciliator between his misguided people and the states whmc tranquillity is enangered. By this state of things, and as they have resolved not to recognise any authority established by the seditious, it is only with the King they can confer. " As the system to be followed has no other foun dation than treaties already existing, they have no doubt of the assent of the Courts of Paris and Lon don. The only ohject of this system is to consoli date the alliance between the Sovereigns : it has no view to conquests, or to violations of the indepen dence of other powers. Voluntary ameliorations in tie government will not be intruded. They desire only to maintain tranquillity, and protect Europe Illom the scourge of new revolutions and to prevent them as far as possible." - - CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Letters and paper; were received on Tuesday from the Cape, of the 21st of October last. They are very satisfactory, particularly with respect to Algoa Bay, where the industrious settlers cannot fail of success. The husbandmen particularly who have arrived, are likely to prosper, as the soil is ex cellent, and cannot fail of rewarding them for their toil. His Excellency, the Governor, Sir R. S Don kin, was taking some effectual measures to place the coinage of the colony upon a better footing, and on the I Sth of October he issued a proclamation for de stroying a very large quantity of base money. He has also taken measures to communicate to the new settlers from England the full benefit of the courts of justice established in that quarter of the world. This fact will best appear from the following procla. Tnation, inserted in the rape Town Gazelle : PROCLA MA'FION " By his Excellency Major-General Rusane Shiwe 1)on• kit, Knight, &e. Acting Governor and Commanding in Chief his Majesty's Forces at the Cape of Good Hope, Etc. &c. " Whereas it has appeared to me to be expedient and adviseable, that a fell and permanent seat of Magistracy should be rata:dished in the district of Albany, in order that the inhabitants of that district, including the new locations of the settlers from England. may have the full benefit of every access to a pi oviucial Court, and be visit ed annually by the regular Commission of the Circuit from the Worshiptid the Court of Justice ; I do, thetefore, lisreby give notice, that the Province of Uitetiliace shall henceforward be limited, and hounded on the East by the Bosjestuan's River; and that consequently the country to the eastward thereof, with the newly at-limed ter slimy between the Great Fish River and the Kiaskamma, and ineltidin. the Field Cornetcies ot Upper and Under Bos jesinan'ir River. or Bi nintje'a Hoogte, and of Albany Pro per, shall form the pro, ince of Albany, whose chief place and seat ot Magistracy shall be the town of Rathrust. " The Coast of Heentraden, for this district, will con sist, on its foi motion, of the Heesnraden Resident, within the Mints of the Sub-Droi•iiiy of Graham's 'limn. But it is het May further made known, that these irgulations shall tam take t tint until thin Lantitost, whom 1 shall appoint to the new disttit t, shall have arrived at the seat of Ma. gistraey, and takt ti upon himself the duties of his station; after which, he is lit rely antherised to ma ke such minute al ramomiriti• with the ',orital id Uitenbagt, roneetiling then respective Imisndasirs, as shall nut 1141 e lout prm wird for by Ibis imtitivattim. " And that tan prison may plead ignorauce Mirror, they shall tie published and xl6.ed a• "God save the ! Given under my hand and st al, at the Cape of Good flop., Ibis I.ith day ut (t;tebtt, ILin. kisvied) " R. S. DUNKIN." • - - THE NATIONAL REGISTER LOSS OF lila AIa:WM LICAN3FORT. ..••••••••••• The Aheona, of 328 tons, under the command of Lieut. Mudge, sailed (rum Greenock in October last, with settlers for the Cape of Good Hope. On the 25th of November, about noon, in lati• tude 4 deg. 30 min. North, and longitude 25 deg. 30 min. West, the Aheona unfortnnately caught fire, and was burnt, under circumstances of the most awful and distressing nature. Out of a crew of 21 persons, and 141 emigrants, men, women, and children, making a total of 162 persons, only 49 arc saved. These are happily all safely funded at Lisbon ; and have subsequently sailed in the Royal Charlotte merchant brig, for Greenock, except ten orphan boys, whom the gentlemen of the British factory, at Lisbon, have taken under their kind protection. _ I The fire broke out in the after store-room whilst the chief mate was occupied in some necessary busi ness there; and such was the awful progress of the flames, that only three small boats could be got overboard, betbre the flames consumed the tackles, &c. necessary for hoisting out the long boat. In these three small boats, 49 persons were re ceived on board with so scanty a supply of provisi ons, that the consequences must have been almost equally dreadful with the ultimate Cate: of those left on board, had nut a Portuguese ship, front Bahia, hound to Lisbon, most providentially fallen in with them at clay-light nest morning, and received them on board, in which they were safely and hospitably conveyed to Lisbon, atter cruising about the fatal spot till noon, in hopes of descrying some of the miserable sufferers who might have clung to parts of the wreck, but without success. Of a crew consisting of twenty-persons, fourteen are saved, including Lieut. Mudge, the Agent, Mr. Fisher, the Surgeon, the Master of the Ship, and Second Mate—the First Mute, in the most feeling manner, refusing to go into the boats, saying that he would abide the fate of those left on board. Of the emigrants, consisting in all of thirty-one men, twenty-four women, fifty-five boys, and thirty girls, only ten men, three women, sixteen boys, and six girls arc saved. Lists of the persons saved have been sent to the Chief Magistrates of Glasgow and Greenock, for the information of the friends of the respective parties in that country, and having been favoured with a copy thereof (from official authority), we publish the same for the satisfaction of those in England who may have had friends or relations on board this ill-fated vessel. NAINIZI or PERSON/ S•VED.Liellt• Mudge. agent, R. N.; Mr. Fisher, surgeon, R. N. t Mr. J. Pun, hard, master; Mr. Luck, second mate; Mr. Stages, carpenter; Manic, Mans, Jordan, Lawson, Henerson, Reece, Paterson, sea men ; Edwards. Robinson, boys, (crew.) Walter Kay, John NPLaran, Thomas Reid, Robe; t Bellardie, J. Clark John M•Leati, Hector Monroe, James Bright. Blanch, Bottain, men; Catherine Kay, Mary Suffield, I,,thyllat Basset!, women Catherine Barrie, Mary Baffle, Isl. Freeland, Mary M'lsaae. Charlotte Sidfii Id, Isabella Bob. well, girls; James NPLucky, Thomas Barrie, George Barrie, Willi:11bl Bari ie, Robert Barrie, Archibald Bari le, Alexander Burnie, Lindsay Paterson, Charles Coverly, Alexander Bata, John Bain, Win. M`lsaac, G. Suffield, T. Suffield, Wm. Boswell, boys,einigrants. DEFEAT OF TILE CROYDON LOYAL ADDRESS. Ott Thursday, accordin t t to appointment, a meeting was held at the Town Hall, Croydon, of loyal addressers, to prepare a declaration of the same manufacture as the others which are now snugly circulating in various parts of the country. The meeting was called in pursuance of a nquisition slatted by one Admiral (Sir C. Pigot), seven Parsons, one Colmiel, three Cap awls, naval and Ind'. tiny, tout Parb.h and District Officers. Olt the doors being opened the ball was immediately tilled. lie business of the day commenced by Mr. Maher ley being called to tile Chair, who after reading the requisition for calling the Melting, stated that he was quite tinprepaied for the honour they had conferred upon hint, but he would endeavour to preserve the strictest impartiality, and begged that the meeting would hear every gentleman who might wish to deliver his sen timents upon the occasion. (Applause.) Mr. Warrington rose, and in a speech of some length proposed a loyal declaration to his Majesty, for the adop►tou of the Meeting, which was seconded by Mr. Reeves. The Chairman was about to put the question, when Mr. Clarke immediately stepped forward, and de clared his entire disapprobation of the address which he had just heard proposed, and begged to submit one which he then held in his nand—(Miich applause); however, alter some conversation witit the Coatrinan, as ►o the regularity of his proceeding, Mr. Clarke withdrew his address. Mr. Wooller then rose, and in a speech of much abi lity, in winch he took a Very clear and perspicuous view of the late proceedings in the !louse or Peers, and in which he contended that his Majesty's Ministers had contributed more to the demoralising of the people than any publication which had ever existed, proposed an A i mmlinent to the Address. Toc llev. Mr. Courteney, in a speech of great length, coude 1111 l ed the proceedings of those persons who en deavoured to lead the lower orders astray, and make ►hem e ne tt il, ; s to the King and Constituted Authoritits of the Wilda. The Rtv. (itutieutau sat down amidst loud disapprobatior. Mr. Thelwall ruse to second the amendment au►td't loud cheers, and was about to address the meeting, when Tne Rev. Mr. Courtney gut up, 'and said he wished to know if r. Thelwall was sn tnhabitant of the parish. (Hitses.) Mr. Theiwull replied, that the requisitinu stated the " Inhabitants of Croydon and its Vicinity," and that he was an inhabitant of the vicinity , be then, in a speech of much eloquence, condemned the declaration of these ultra loyalists, and gave his hearty sanction to Mr. Wooler's amendment --(Loud applause.) The Chairman was proceedina to put the amendment, when . . Mr. Courtney, M. P. begged to know whether the meeting was composed of the inhabitants spec,fied in the requisition. Tile Chairman in reply, stated, that he hoped no gen tleman not taken in view of the requisition would hold up their hand upon thit. occasion. It was at length agreed, alter much htckering, that the amendment should be put itt the usual way, which. was carried by au i tttttt euse majority. The thanks of the meeting was then voted to the Chairman, who returned thanks, dissolved the meeting, and retired, followed by the defeated ultras. SHROPSHIRE COUNTY MEETING. -0.- A brief narrative of the proceedings entecedent to, and at this Meeting. will convince the public that in that county iu England most under the influence of the ultra.Turies the feelings of the people are decidedly opposed to the measures of MiuLters. A requisition to the High Sheriff appeared in The Sale plan Journal of Jan. 3, with the High Sheriff's reply, ap pointing the meeting to he held on the 10th. The notice of the requisitionists was a surpri-e on the county. In The Shretcrlsury Chronicle of the sth inst. appeared a letter, signed a " Shropshire Freeholder," announeing the intention ut Mr. Bennet to attend ; and on the 7th a letter to the elect ors front Mr. Bennet mas published and circulated in tie county, so far as the limited time fixed by the requisition. i,ts permitted. Ott the appearance of Mr. Bennet's letter the Tory interest was actively in motion; and the most peremptory orders were sent to the tenantry of that interest to attend early on the day of meeting and secure the Hull The Sheriff did not attend. The Under Sheriff, the son of the profesciiiiial ngei t of the Lord Lieutenant, filled the Chair—a very young man. Sir Andre wCohbet moved the Address, w hick a as seconded by Mr. J. A. Lloyd. Ir was in the usual style of mock loyalty—speaking of floods of blasphemy and sedition. An amendment was moved by Mr. Bennet, and seconded by Lechinere Chailton. Assuredly the county of Salop never witnessed such an instance of the prevalence of truth over the commands of authority. The speech of Mr. Bennet drew froth thunders of ap plause, even from the tenants of the Tory interest arrayed against him. The inward monitor acknowledged the truth of his statements, and the populace outside the Mall could recognise the close of a period by the bursts, w hich extended fur beyond the bounds of the building. We regret that we cannot enter into minute details, becanse even the !minutiae of this meeting prove that the Tory interest in this county is shattered to its base. We w ill add this striking fact only— that even Lord Clive and the Hon. T. Kenyon, as well as every other speaker who touched on the point disclaimed any idea of approving of the conduct of Ministers. Whims division was called for, the show of hands was at least three to one in favour of Mr. Bennet's amendment, and the uufortintate young man who presided in the absence of the Sheriff paused. The cotillictinx feelings of the innocence of youth, with his 'matins' situation, were evident. He whispered to Enrl Puss is, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, " Want shall Idu ? lle hesitated a few seconds—moments of tune that he cannot recall—and pronounced that the ori giiial Address wits curried. To copy the cxpies . i 11l is of iadignatton w loch were heard throughout the county-kiwi' would fill columns. We rc- , commend to the 'furies the Shropshire plan :—Let the Sheriff or a sulistitute expiess his opinion; it will be more safe, and far more certain. A public meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward of Bishopsgate was held on Friday, at the London workhouse, Bishopsgate-street, to take into con sideration the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament, to resist uny attempt to institute further proceedings against her Majesty the Queen, and to take such measures as in their wisdom should seem meet for procuring the insertion of her Ma jesty's nume in the Liturgy, and putting her Ma jesty in immediate and full possession of all her rights and dignities. Several resolutions were pass. ed, expressive of the feelings and opinions of this extensive district upon the late unconstitutional proceedings against her Majesty. Petitions to both Houses of Parliament, founded upon the resolutions, were unanimously agreed to ; and it was resolved, that Earl Grey and Mr. Alderman Wood shotild be regulated to present them. — Thanks were voted to Mr. Deputy Greenaway and Sir W. Rawlins, who presided, in consequence of the indisposition of Sir R. Carr Glyn, Alderman of the ward, and the meeting separated. The ultra-loyalists, in spite of their defeats in every field where they venture to face their enemies, are mustering courage for another encounter, in what they consider their strongest hold—the county of Oxford: the contest is fixed for the 22d, the clay betbre Pailiument meets. We have no doubt that the manly and inderentlent yeomanry w; 1 come Milliard in run force, and shew thu t true loyaity consists nut in subserviency to Ministers and their pensioned adherents, but in honest and fear less expression of disapprobation of all public mea sures which outrage the feelings and endanger the tranquillity of the country. • • . --•,r~.. • el7r,