The National Register. — London, England, 1809-12-10 00:00:00

The Lord Mayor has appointed a Common Hall to be h . -Id on Thursday next, agreeably to a requisition " consider the late disgsaceful and calamitous Expedi tmns, by %% hid, th..t Mood and treasure of the Country have been ) shatnefolly sacrificed, and to adopt such measures as they may think necessary." A Requisition, to re-consider the last proceedings, has, understand, been set on foot by Mr. sheriff Atkins; the Lord Mayor has, in consequence, appointed a Common Coancil fur Wednesday next. 'Die King of Bavaria has followed the example of his Brother of Saxony, and is now at Paris, where are assein• bled the following personages : Bnonaparte, the Kirg of Saxony, the King of Bavaria, the King and Queen of Holland, the King and Queen of Westphalia*, the King and Queen of Naples, the Viceroy and Vice Queen of Italy, the Prince and Princess of Lucca and Pioinbio, the Prince Pritnate, perhaps the King and Queen of Spain, the Prince of Bavaria, the sacred Conclave. _ _ _ While Paris presents this motley groupe of legitimate Sovereigns and Usurpers, Buonaparte has in custody, in other parts.of Frauct, the following Personat es : The Pope, the late King and Queen of Spain, '. l 7 erdirutnd the Seventh, King of Spain, the uncle and brother of Ferdinand, the Prince of the Pence. So unwholesome has the Island of Watcheren been al ways considered by the Dutch, that when troops are or dered froth Itaerlem, or Amsterdam, to garrison it, they take leave of their friends with the same melancholy fore boding, as if they were going to the most unwholesome island in the West Indies, in the most sickly times. Of one Dutch regiment which arrived in Walcheren, 800 strong, about three years ago, there remained only 85 at the time the British landed; and yet it had received 300 recruits from the Continent in the interval. In an action tried last week before Lord .Ellenborough, his Lordship said it was generally thought, that it a fox was started upon the land of one person, the hunter might lawfully pursue it over the land of another, not withstanding notice that he should not. That was not contended to he the law in the pursuit of a hare. It was no more the law in pursuit ce".. a fox than that of a hare ; and' the law was now settled, that nobody shalt he at li berty to go over the ground of another, without his leave, in any hunting pursuit whatever. By an act lately passed, all ecclesiastical benefices and charitable inatitntions, and estates belonging to them, the clear annual value of which does not exceed 1501. are ex onerated from the land tax charged upon them, without aay premium being,- required from persons holding them. DrArrsess. 7 —One ofthe most eminent physicians in Lon (l,,n, as a remedy for extreme deafness, recommends the pit. of a cabbage stalk to be cut sufficiently small to be put in the ear, (like a piece of cotton) and there to remain for some considerable time. It has been appiied with great efficacy. Three French pri:oners are now confined in Plymouth- Dock prison, ehar:::ed with forging, local and Bank of Bng tend notes, on board the Genereux prison ship in Ilanwaye ; on e of them has turned evidence against the others. The notes are so well executed, as not to be distinguished from good ones, except on a very close eaanization. They had rubbed a penny-piece down to a smooth surface, and - on that cut the Government stamp for the local notes. The Pi.osecutrix in the'case of the King v. the Duke of Gordon, is a woman of 20 years of are healthy-looking, but not Irrindiome, being grip too!hed and blear-eyed. Two persons were executed last mouth at Bamberg, for having attempted, a short time since, to assassiaate the Duke olAbrautes, white pas.eig through that city. The Duke had, it is said, seduced the wife of the one, and the sister of the other. A curious decree of the 131,11np of London's Court was read in the Parish Church of Isfeworth, on Sunday last, 'hereby oue Keane, a market gardner, was expelled the Church - for four menthe:, for brawlaig and chiding in the church and church-dart'. ' CITY AITA : DEC. 10: COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. TUESDAY, DEC. 5. THANKS. TO TUE LATE LORD MAYOR. Mr. Deputy ANGEL rose to propose the Thanks of the Court to Sir Charles Flower, Bart. lute Lord Mayor. for his conduct during his Mayoralty. The Resolution passed in the affirma tive. ♦ODAESS TO MIS MAJESTY ON ?RE LATE EXPE.DITION. The Requisition upon this subject being read, Mr. Waithmaa rose, and in an elaborate speech, called the attention of the Court to a matter, which, he said, exceeded in magnitude and importance, any subject that had ever bee n agitated in that or any other Court. Mr. Waithman strongly asserted and insisted upon the right of the city of London to present Addresses, calf-• ing for inquiry in cases of the apparently culpable failure in the application of the public means and forces. He adduced several instances of the exercise of the right in foriner times, and of the attention paid, to the representations of the city of London. lie animadverted in pointed terms on the rebuff given to the Citizens on presenting the Address calling for Inquiry into the Convention of Cintra. lie enumerated, with severe com ment, in passing all the Expeditions recently sent out, and after a detail, he returned to tile Expedition to the Scheldt. On the 31st of July, the greatest armament that ever left the British shore, arrived at the Scheldt—this armament had been delayed until every rational object, if possible, it could have had in view had totally gape by. If that armament had any object, it must have been that of a diversion in favour of our Allies; how well it was calculated to effect that, will appear from this consideration, tbat it arrived at its destination on the 31st of July, and the armistice between Austriaand France took place on the 12th, so that it was about a fortnight ton late when we began our di version in favour of the former. (')nr force Consisted of 34 ships of the line, 42 men of war, and in all 156 armed vessels, toget her nith 100.000 men. lie would not give a description of every branch of the expence, but he would say, generally, without fear of contradiction, that the armament cost eight millions of tainey. The military force amounted at least to 38,:.-Z73 men. tie asked if an armament of such vast extent ought to have been undertaken, without the fullest possible information ?' Either Misters hail or had not that information ;if they *had it not, they were culpable; and if they had, he had it in his power to shew, that that information was of a nature that should have led to very different measures upon this point. On the 16th of July there were not more than 300 invalids in the island of Walcheren, together with the 48th regiment, that had suffered an Spain, and had been garrisoned at Antwerp, 600 slaves at work, and nine ships upon the stocks: 500 French. 150 Dutch, and 400 of the Irish brigade, the majority of whom were Poles, and a colonial French regiment, made up of deserters, who were sent to this place, banished, as it were, to another Botany Bay (4 Laugh ), amounting to about 1000. Fourteen da i s after the arrival of this armament Flushing surrendered. lie knew that scarcely 5000 soldiers had been employed against Flushing. Whether it were advisable to prosecute the ulterior objects of the Expedition after the fall of Flushing, he should give nonpinion one way •r the other—but shy did they stand still for another fortnight ? What were they doing in the interim ? It was aril knowu there had been a considerable difference of opinion between on. Naval and Military Commanders. This indeed was fully evident 'in the extract given by the Ministers Flom the letter of Sir Richard' Strachan. lie would read that extract to the Court, and leave them to judge of it. He says— " Not hearing from the Earl of Chatham respecting his inten tions, I communicated with his Lordship on the..24th, and on est following day 1 found his' Lordship had not come to a deter raination, oa account of the increased force of the eite;ny."—So that the result of air Richard's application. after waiting for twenty-foar hours, amounted to this most satilfactory and lin portaut inhumation, that his Lordship had not yet come to a determination."—But this W 3.3 not all' the information; it seemed Sir Richard also learned, that 46 His Lordship had •eat for the Generals to consult." Sent. for the Generals to consult! ,W hy FiLv Richard Strachan could not have he-ri serious whet' lit! wrote this—he inu:4 have been laugh ing at hi. Lordship--hut to proceed. Lie says further 4a, " I bad already, In the most unqualified manner, offered every ouval assi-trance to reduce these fortresses, and also in aid of every ether operation of to army." 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