The National Register. — London, England, 1816-05-20 00:00:00

WEAN' 20. We have already had the melancholy task of noticing the horrible treatment of our countrymen by the Spanish ( ;en oral Murillo, when he took possession of Carthagena. Nut only is every former account confirmed of this exe crable and ungrateful treatment ; but we have the mor tification to add the arrival of official intelligence from Jamaica, stating, that nine British subjects, who had been condemned to death by the Spanish laws, were tal:en from their prisons and shot. It is confirmed that Col. Stuart also suffered. Mr. Hyslop, the Commercial Agent from Jamaica, was still closely confined a prisoner at the date of the 2d of March, and his health was daily declining. The lamentable sufferings of our country men, we trust, will shortly be noticed in Parliament. A Te Deem has been ehauntcd at Genoa, upon the • occasion of the liberation of the Barbaresque slaves lw Lord Exmouth. The Gazette of Florence contains a Declaration of the Bey of Tunis, the most powerful, we think, of the Bar baresque Princes; by which it appears, that Lord Ex mouth has wrung from his formal renunciation of the practice of Tankity, 01.w¢3 of pria,tnorli of war. lt was already known, that his Lordship had made a more favour able Treaty than "Ohre with this Chieftain ; the present deed, if it be authentic, may be considered as the commen cement of civilizatien in the Moorish States, and a sort of Maria Charge of the Mediteranean An article from Petersburg, of the 24th ult. states, that the Emperor Alexander has addressed to all the Courts of Europe, a Declaration, announcing that the sacred alliance concluded between him, Austria, and Prussia, has no other object than to secure the internal happiness of States ; and not only to confirm the most inviolable sentiments of peace, concord, and benevolence, towards all Christian nations, but also to extend them to those which do not profess the Christian religion. Lord Cathcart gave a splendid dinner on the 9th April, at St. Petersburgh, in commemoration of the fall and abdication of Buonaparte. It was honoured by the pre sence of the Empe.rer, the Grand Dukes, and Foreign Princes, &c. The imports into New York for one year from April 1815, to April 1816, are stated to have amounted to 56 millions of dollars, or 14 millions sterling. It is mentioned in a German papor, that between 2 -and 300 Swiss were preparing to emigrate in a imdy to North America. They intended to proceed down the Rhine from Basle, and take shipping in snnc of the pets .of Holland. Numerous emigrations are daily taki'ig place from this country to America. There are about 12 Actr:rif;an s'aips now nearly ready to sail for the United States; and the - whole of them arc provided with passengers, r" , 'SiP - i:*g• of mechanics, and persons brought up to agr:.:...!t'Are. Some of the ships in question have agreed to tale as many us 80, others 50, on board. For their passage each person is to pay 101. and find himself. Some say, the American Government, in the end, are to bd the paymasters. It is estimated, that above 5000 able seamen have emigrated to America since the termination of the lvar. The overflowing of the Po has caused the greatest de vastation. The dykes have been broken, and the country inundated. Letters from Waste of the Itth state, that that pretty town, in the province of Abruzzo Citra, which lies en an almost perpendicular rock, near the sea, threatens to fall. The well began to sink, which is ascribed to the frequent ruins in the winter, and the melting of the snow. The Ceylon, armee en flute, Capt. A. P. Hamilton, arrived at Portsmouth, Saturday sc'nnight, from St. He lena. She sailed on the ;22d ult. with Capt. Roberts (lute Flag Lieutenant to Sir G. Cockburn), and a comple ment of Officers and men suited to a sloop of war, to take the command of the Island of Ascension. She conveyed also stores, guns, ammunition, and provisions thither. The Racoon was cruising otf Ascension. The Eueephalus, Northumberland, Havannah, Spey, Ferret,. Julia, and Zephyr, were lying at St. Helena. The Bu cephalus, in consequence of an injury she sustained in Algore Bay, on her pasmge from the Cape, was to sail for England in a fl,sw days after the Ceylon. The Fer ret was to sail tin. England five days after the Ceylon. Buonaparte remained sullen, in consequence of Sir G. Cockburn insisting upon his being accompanied in his rides by a British Officer. The Archduchess Muria Louisa, late Empress of France, entered her new capital at Parma, on the '2oth ult. where she was received with every demonstration of joy. She is addressed by the title of Majesty. It is stated, under the head of Berlin, that the Chan cellor Flardenberg is busily employed in digesting a new Constitution for Prussia. ..... _ All the Jewish inhabitants of Lubeck are ordered to quit thAt city. The embarkatiOrr of the British cavalry belonging to the l)uke of Wellington's army, which was about to re turn to England, has been count%:nnanded, in conse quence of apprehended disturbances in France. Ministers, we ntlerstaral, expect, that they will be able to elm the Session of Paliatneut before the end of J THE NATIONAL REGISTER, We have received Jamaica Gazelles and Papers to the Ist ult. The Gaz•elte of the 30th of March gives distressing accounts of the cruelties committed on the Spanish Main : it is stated, that the army of General Morillo was attacked by hunger and disease; the native troops under his command by the small-pox, and the Europeans by the dysentery. Detachments which had been sent into the interior had been defeated, the inha bitants retreating to the mountains and burning their houses. A party stationed on the mountains near Zimity had been surprized and put to the sword by the insur gents. The army of Morillo afterwards on entering that place put 1500 of the inhabitants to death.—General Morillo, on summoning New Granada, had received in answer, that the inhabitants were determined to resist to the last breath ; and that the most horrible of wars, that of extermination, would inevitably ensue. The arrangements concluded between Austria and Ba varia fier an exchange of territory arc already carrying into effect : Bavarian troops mares! about the end of April to occupy the important throe* , of Landau, with the contiguous territory. The marriage of the Prince of Orange to the Grand Duchess Maria Paulowna of Russia, was announces! by an Official Message from his Majesty to the States-Ge neral at the Hague on the 7th inst. It is positively states!, that the Pope has recommended to the Irish Hierarchy to accede to the reto in all its details ; and to impress upon the Laity the necessity of submitting with gratitude. Among the strangers in London (says the Journal des Debuts) the French Generals Sebustiani and Flabaut are remarked. It is observed, that the former visits only the ministerial party, and the latter those belonging to the opposition. The Ausglmrg, Gazelle says, that some very well-in formed persons assert, that M. Lavalette has not quitted the continent, and that he was recently in that neigh bourhood. An account laid before Parliament estimates the pro bable annual expcnce of the Island of St. Helena during its continuing; to he the residence of Napoleon Buena parte and his suite at 37,4701. I ss. 4d. To this is to be added the adfrtiAsal expellee in the naval depart ment, which, in a letter from Mr. Croker to Mr. Goul bara, io estimated at 54,562]. 15s. 11. ; but it is ob served, that it is possible the Admiral may find that the service can be carried on with a less amount of force. A return to an order of the House of Commons states the total number of debtors committed to prison in Ire land, within the last five years, at 17,785. An Accennt, laid beEire the I louse of Commons, states the number of persons prosecuted for forging and utter ing, or having in their possession, forged notes of the Bank of England, for the last four years, as follows : Til 1812, 64 persons ; 1813, 65 persons; 1814, 47 per sons ; and in 1515, 63 persons. In the printed official accounts of the Army Extraor dinaries laid before the House of Commons, there is a sum of 1,2521. 2s. which appears to have been paid for two Field Marshal's batons, for the Duke of Wellington and his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The mansion in Streatham Park, at which Dr. John son was so often an inmate, has been sold by auction, with all its furniture, library, and pictures. Friday se'mtight was the last day of sale; when the Collection of Portraits, including those of nearly all the visitors of Streatham House, was thus disposed of by Mr. Squibb's hammer :—The portrait of Lord Sondes, 35 guineas ; Lord Lyttleton, 41gs. ; Mr. Murphy, 98gs. ; Dr. Gold smith, 127g5.; Sir J. Reynolds, 122 gs. ; Sir R. Cham bers, 80gs. ; Mr. Garrick, 175 gs. ; Mr. Baretti, 824.; Dr. Burney, 80gs. ; Mr. Burke, 240 gs. ; Dr. Johnson, 360gs.—The above were all painted by Sir Joshua Rey nolds. We are glad to see that the portrait of the ve nerable and mighty teacher of sound philosophy far ex ceeded the others in the estimation of the company, in which were many of the surviving friends of nearly the whole school ; and that Mr. Burke stood next to him. _ _ _ . The Marquis of Buckingham has reduced the rents of his tenantry 151. per cent. Saturday sennight, a small poncy, the property of a gentle man in Park-street, for a bet ot• Ink started on the Edgeware. road, at six o'clock, and was rode by a lad who weighed S stone 7 lb. to co 20 miles in two limits; which it perfinmed, notwith standing the heaviness of the road, three minutes within the time. Cutlets C tSE.—Early on Friday morning, as the watchman was going his rounds, in Bond-street, he oh-erred a man put a box, resembling a tea-chest, into a hackney-coach; suspecting ail was not right, he stopped the coach, and ON a aminiti the box, the contents proved to be a human body and fi'oll, the circumstance of its having, mustachios, it is supposed to be the body of a foreigner or a hussar soldier. The man who had the box, however ran away ; but the coachman was secured, and was examined on Saturday hetiire the Magistrate , , and dis charged, as it wax proved lie did not know what the box cor tiined. A coroner's Inquest will be held OH the body this day. • AGRICULTURAL APHORISMS. Hand to the Plough, Wife to the Cow, Boy to the Mow, Maid to the Sote, Will pay the rent now. ant —Man with his Talk ho, Wife's squalling Pian-0,, Girl with her Satin-oh! Boy with his Lorin-oli! Is splash, duth, and must end in Ruin oh kiss. OPERA HOUSE. The comic opera of La Cusa Rara, revived for the oc.. casion of BRAHMA'S benefit, was repeated on Saturday evening to the most crowded and brilliant audience that has ever been assembled within the walls of this magni. ticent theatre. The delightful duet with NAM, "Pace , Caro mio Spam," the music of w hi c h i s so f am ili ar i n t hi s country to the words of " Oh thou went born to please my" produced an effect which has never been surpassed upon the Italian stage. The opera went off extremely well; the performers appearing to be not a little encouraged by the interest taken in their exertions by the Royal Bride, who, with the Prince her illustrious consort, occupied) the lax prepared for them on the left of the orchestra. As this was the first time that her Royal Highness ho nour any public spectacle with her presence since the auspicious event which placed her in a light so new and im portant to the nation, the anxiety to behold her was ge— neral throughout the metropolis. The price of boxes tiat the single night, rose, in sonic instunces, 80 high as ten guineas. The pit at un unsually early hour was crowded almost to suffocation. The royal pair s who had not re.. turn(. from their tete-a-tete drive in a curriele to dinner until near seven o'clock, entered the theatre about half past nine, and were received with hearty acclamations. " God save the King was called for ; sung by the princi. pal performers, BRAHAM especially, with powerful ex pression —and joined in enthusiastically by the audience. The Princess, gratified and evidently touched by the affectionate welcome of her future subjects, acknowledged it by smiles of pleasure, and by frequent bows, directed to all parts of the house. Her Royal Highness, as also his Highness Prince Legyild, paid much attention to the progress of the opera and ballet. At times she recog nised and affhbly saluted the ladies of the foreign Am bassadors, and many of our native Nobility in their boxes. ller whole carriage was in the highest sense gracious and dignified, as heroines her exalted station: nor was there wanting something peculiarly well advised and of good omen in the simple circumstance of a Princess, on whom so many eyes are fixed, and of whom so many hopes are formed, entering into public accompanied only by her husband ; for they had neither visitors nor attendants. It is in good taste, and of good example—it is in the old English, but half exploded, fashion of man and wife May the practice continue—may the example prover.— may the . fiishion revive, and extend, and endure ! The internal part of the new English Opera House is now nearly approaching to a finish. The stage is completely formed, and the scene-painters are busily em ployed in the painting-rooms. The house, it is said, will be opened on his Majesty's birth-day. The Rev. R. C. Maturin, the author of the new Tra gedy at Drury-lane, is the son of W. Maturin, Esq. one of the Clerks of the Roads in Ireland. The author was educated at Trinity College, and is at present a Curate in the parish of St. Peter, in that City. A Court of the Governors of Bethlem Hospital was held on Wednesday, at Bridewell Hospital, fbr the pur pose of considering the evidence which has been taken before the Committee of the House of Coli•anons for re gulating Mad-houses, to z gether with the observations of the Medical Officers of Bethlem Hospital upon that evi dence (both the evidence and the observations having been previously circulated among the Governors.) The Court was very numerously attended, and a long and animated discussion took place upon the respective ques tions—That D.. Monro and Mr. Muslim should be re elected as the Physician and Apothecary of the Hospital, both which questions passed in Mc negatire ; and the two offices were in consequence declared, from the Chair, to. be vacant. The principal speakers were—the President (Sir R. Glyn,) his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, Earl Fitzwilliam, Lord R. Seymour, Lord Milton, the Hon. Mr. Pusey, Mr. Williams, Sir J. Slraw, Alderman. Atkins, the Common Serjeant, Mr. J. Dent, Mr. Ser jeant Praetl, and Mr. S. Dixon. Dr. Monro was re moved by a intiority of 45 against :35. Mr. Ha.slam had but four hands held up in his fiwour. Tuesday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall ; at which the Lord Mayor presided, there being present 15 Aldermen and the City Officers. Mr. John Wont- Der, and Mr. Neville Brown, lately elected to be Mar shals, attended, and were sworn into their offices. The following Gentlemen have been nominated by the Lord Mayor to be submitted to the Livery, for their elec tion of two of them, on Midsummer day, to serve the office of Sheriff for the year ensuing:— It. Kirby, Esq. needle-maker; F. Landbroke, Psq. grocer; P. Terupleman, Esq. skinner; J. Street, Esq. patter-maker; J. Key, Esq. stationer; W. Booth, Esq. Cooper; W. llonntfunl, Esq. Haber clasher; J. Lett, Esq. goldsmith; A. Pott, Esq. grocer. Felix Lasibroke, Esq. citizen and grocer, and Arthur _ • Pont, Esq. citizen and grocer, have severally paid their , fines of 4001. and .e 0 marks, with the usual f ees , i nto , •i -dle Chamber, to be discharged from their respective I :;:•iif nominations for Sheriff of London and Middlesex. The Corporation of Dublin have chosen Alderman Bluxam Lord Mayor for the ensuing ye a r, a nd M essrs . r Reed and Dixon, 'high Sheriffs. - N... • A,. • A fishing establishment has been recently formed at • Greenhithe, from which much benefit to the county of ! Kent is anticipated, in a cheap supply of that article. •)• 117