The National Register. — London, England, 1814-06-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL -11-14:MSTER. cer endeav .tits to comfort the people by s acing :hat it puts ail the St-rtes iipon .o , ing of equality. It is an equ;ility, we b:Teve, of wh►ch they are nut very ambitious. 11y ,he Papt.s that artived on Afonday, we learn, that a Brit , sh exp•diti .n. undert4ken agaitht Owego, has stse. ces-d-d. It saile,i u:.(let• Ctrn:nudore Yeo, on the 4th, and aprared off Osweg.o on the 15th. It is stated that we were twice , e ! qiiscd. but in the third attempt We succeeded, and to k fie f :t, holm the bat racks, &c. and then re-ein. ba:•ke(l On :he approach of the British, the Americans stm . : toe ow,et, and several other of their ves , els. On th of \Liv we appeared off Stinington, and oc ca-.011,:•- a!arni aid consternations--These papers an r tvit- r..,:.trre of the Epervier, Capt Wales, having on L'.ard 10.1.090 dollars, the United states sloop Peacock, ingtln fortne , ly his Ntajesty's shop of the same . Tbs.- ac!i1)11 lasted 4 minutes. The Epervier lost 8 and had 15 wounded; the Peacock had only two sii: t hr!y wou.iderl, Genera! Hull has been tried on charges .• Treason, cowardice in the affairs of Malden and De e. nit, or,;lect of duty, atid onofficer-like conduct, &c." Two ti,irdi of the ~ _7ol.lrt concurring, he was fquird guilty of all inh. the charge r-,f tre:‘,.oll, and sentencAl to be shot, with recoironendat:.)n to mercy, on account of his advanced rAge and revohttionaiN sei web. The President confirmed the sunt2nee. bu - , remitted ti:e executiow.—He was sentenced to Lc caL;:icred. root sugar manufactory establis►,ed by Buonaparte at Ram= Those of the 21st state the Mira evacuation of France I, the allied troops, and the departure of the Foreign Princes and Generals to th eir res re ttive residen c es i n the interior of Ger many. Marshal Massena has retired to his con ntry set at Rue!. King Ferdinand has preseuted the Prince Regent o England. Emperor of Russia, King of Prussia. Duke of Wellington s and Prince of Bene vent, with the order of the Golden Fleece. A circular of the 7th of June, addressed by the Council of the Indies, at Madrid, to the authorities of . the foreign pos. cessions, promises th e arran ge me n t o f th e i r Government, and that of Old Spain, on the basis of a " limited Monarchy." On the 4th inst. the king of Spain issued a Decree for the punishment of thnne Officers of the Spanish army and navy who had sworn allegiance to, and followed the fortunes of, the Usurper Joseph. By this Decree, all military Officers, down to the rank of Captain, are banished for life, with their wives and familieA; the wife during the life=time of her kus. hand; but the children, under 21 years, are not included. All civil authorities, from tbe Counsellor of State down to the Commissaries of War, partake of the same fate ; and all other civil officers who received salary under Joseph's Go vernment ate declared unworthy of holding any situation under the Crown. A Berlin article mentions the new acquisitions which Prus sia is to receive. They will make her a most powerful king dom indeed—and well is she entitled to them. Bavaria cedes the Tyrol, Sal;hurgh, and other t!rritories to Austria, but keeps Branau, receives Wurtzburgh, and, ac cording to sonic accounts, Mentz, Colileutz, and Trevcs. Some differences which had arisen between the Prussian and Bavarian troops, relative to the occupa►ion of Mentz, arc said to have been put no end to, and the city is to be p,arri 7 soiled by Austrians and Bavarians till itsfate as been defini• tively settled at the Congress of Vienna. On the Bth instant, the see.•nd division of the British army sailed for America, with the Ajax, Warspi•e, and 1G sail of transports, under the orders of Admiral Otway. Part of tie third division had also embarked at Pollack, and were to ,ail in a few days with the Vengeur, York, &c. Prince Christian is said to have refused granting passports to the Commissioners of the Allies, beCause they have not been accredited to him as King of Norway. Monday, Peace between this country and France, was proolaitned by the Heralds, &c. with the usual forms, at the iccustomary places, viz. St. James's Palace Gate ; Charing Cross; end of Chancery-lane; the end of Wimd-strect, where thc cross formerly stood; and the Royal . Exchange. The concourse of spectators to witness the ceremony was, immense. A Carnival of two days, immediately succeeding the day of Thanksgiving, is to take place in St. James's Park, for Which due preparations arc making. ithitt's fide is to be succeeded by a masquerade ; and after ,hat, a balloon of sufficient power tovarry 12 men, IS to ascend from Burlington gardens, under the direction of Mr. Sadler. • The launch of the Nelson man of war, being the large,t ship ever built in England, and which was to have taken plate last Monday in 'Woolwich Dock yard, is postponed tila tn . -morrow • se'unight, • when the Doke of Clarence, the Lords •of the Adniiralty, and many other persuns of diatineticm . . ire expected to be present. . • "" I FREY Cil PAPERS. Paris patters tl-e 9.2 d June have been received during the week : those of the l9th contain an article, dated Hano ver, which state, there will be four Protectorate, established in . Germany. E,:ch of those Protectorates will watch over the tranquillity of the countries which will be made subordi nate to it. It is said, that Austria, Prussia, Bat aria, and Ha nover, are to be the chief of these Protectorates. The Elec tor of Hanover will have under his protection the Electorate of Hesse, the duchy of Brunswick, and some other smaller Principalities. The same art i cle adds, that the Danish Go vernrnent had forbidden all communication with Norway, under pain of death. The Crown Prince of Sweden is gone to pass some days at Stockholm. The accounts from Madrid state that our Ambassador, having given a magnificent fete on the 4th of June, in honour of the birth-day of his Bri tannic Majesty, the King of Spain was present, and remained almost the whole of the night. It appears . that his Catholic Majesty is studiously restoring the antient Government in all party. All the convents of monks and nuns are to be re organized on the oid footing; and the Council of Castile and Tribunal of Alcaldcs de Cassa y Corte, which were suppressed by the Cortes, is ordered to be re-established. He has like iwise renewed an Old ordinance, in which he recommends the Magistrates and Clergy to watch carefully the actions, niung, aticl writings, of all persong, within their respective According to this decree, there can be no more tree Masons' 'Lodges in Spain. Notice is given in The Mo 2itiur, of the 3.Bthp s of the sale of the imilenistits of the beet .7TTN" 26. 413 of 1