The National Register. — London, England, 1816-09-23 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER 23. NORWICH ITNION FIRE OFFICE, MRIDUE-STUEET,III.ALAVIIIAItA. Ti IL Managers recommend the Plan of this Office to the Public Mr thefidlowing reasons :—lt calculated through the appointment of local Committees. and other advantageous niea sines adopted by the Society. to lessen the number of iwcidents by Fire: iit retucc the number of Incendiaries; to prevent Fruud by removing the temptation to commit it ; and to Millet` the Expenee of insurance one half or mom, in uniting the Premiums and plating the :Money at Interest tiir the benefit of the Insured, In which means a much greater Fund is pnilnced, and better Security Ain-LW to the Public than call bl Obtained frani Insurance companies. • Institution for the Insurance of lairds and Survivorship*, and granting has been established on the saute eligible plan, and is co:1011°,1,ml at the above Office, where new be had particulars of both Establishments. THOM.i.S 11IGN(11.1). Sec. PRICK OF STOCKS THIS OAY. . per Cent. Ciins. fee, 61: I India Bonds, 7 K prem. per Cent. Navy. 9.113 92 I Exchequer Bills, 5 5 prem. Indi3 Stuck, 1h•: Consuls fur Acct. 611 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON : MONDAY, SEPTE3fBEI: IN our Paper of this day the Dutch account of the Battle of Algiers will he ibund—And it' the French are inclined to do every thing in their power to underrate its brilliancy and importance, the Dutch, ourbrave Allies, aro disposed to do ample justice. No petty jealousies, no reluctant panegyric. The gallant Vice-Admiral Capel len speaks with . a liberality, a candor and a justice that render him worthy of being the oottntryinnn of ltuyter and Van Tromp. Of Lord Exmouth's bold maraeuvre by which he placed the Queen Charlotte within pistol shot of the batteries, just before the opening of the mole, he speaks with the admiration of a real seaman—" The daring and unexpected manoeuvre of this vessel, a three decker," he says, " appears to have so confounded the enemy, that a second ship of the line had already well nigh taken her position before the batteries opened their fire, which, how violent river, was fully replied to."— " His Majesty's squadrn," adds Admiral Capellen, "as well as the British force, appeared to be inspired with the devotedness of our magnanimous chief to the cause of all mankind ; and the coolness and order with which the terrible fire of the batteries was replied to close under the massy walls of Algiers, will as little admit of description, as the heroism and self-devotion of each individual gene rally, and the greatness of Lcrd Exmouth in particular, in the attack of this memorable day." This is indeed to be an Ally—and as such we always hope to have these brave fellows the Dutch. We did not stand in need of Admiral Capelien's dis patch to know the able and gallant manner in which he kd his little squadron into action, and the intrepidity and coolness with which they performed the part they kad in it. They will not, we are sure, think it a bad compliment to them when we say, that they are worthy of being the comrades of British seamen. Paris Papers to Wednesday were received on Saturday morning. There is no news of importance in them.— ' Some of those articles are inserted in defence of the late Ordinance. "It has given universal satisfaction, and all the letters•tbat arrive from the Departments are full of . gratulations and joy." The Papers assert this because they arc commanded. It is not to them that we ever look fir a true account of the state of France. If we arc to credit the friends of the Ordinance, it has saved France from the greatest calamity .For our own parts we know of no greater calamity that can befhll France than a sys tem of vacillation—an unsteady, changeable policy, that undoes this day what was done yesterday, and pronounces the severest condemnation upon measures that were con sidered but a short time ago not only necessary but indis pensible. The French scent to have the quality which they impute to our climate, that of fickleness and change. They delight in novelty, whether it be in the timn of a Covenunent or the fitshion of a Cap—in an Ordinance of State or a Ballet at the Opera. A letter to a Gentleman in Bath, from a Lieutenant- Colonel in the East India Company's service, dated Ma dras, April 17, says—" It is expected there will be a Mahratta war immediately ; the Guntoor Circar having lately been plundered, by a body of .it►oo horse from the Mahratta country, which has caused the greatest conster tiation, such a circumstance not having taken place since the days of old Hyder Ally." Madras Papers of a later date 30th April, have been received which arc totally silent upon the subject. But we arc not prepared on that account to discredit theintelli bence in the letter. Thursday, the Acorn, ,0 , arrived at Portsmouth from Madras, she touched at St. I lelcua, whence she sailed on the :10th July. ('ol. I Keating, thrmerly Governor of the Isle of Bourbon, and who had been many years most pliantly and zealously enpged in various services in that hemisphere, came home in her. This Officer had a long interview with Butmaparte, whilst the Acorn lay at St. Helena. Blumaparte, it would appear, was induced to break through his accustomed restraints upon this oc casion, from a desire of' being acquainted with the charac ter and condition of several persons whom he had banished t Bourbon, and who resided there under Colonel Keat ing's government.—lt was, likewise, the last hold of the French '-• the East ; and • these subjects Bumaparte THE NATIONAL REGISTER. entered into conversation with great freedom, and mach apparcnt inters.st.—lle itiopvars now to have established hittbelf in a quiescent, methodival way of living : he sees no company, and never goes beyond his interior bounds. Before Col. K. left him, he was disposed to confide to hint the tuck of explanation between Sir Hudson Lowe and himself, regarding several regulations which Sir 11. had ordered since he took upon him the government of the Islad. The explanations led to us much mutual sails ftetion as the nature of the case would permit: previously, Buonaparte was very wrath with Sir Madame Bertrand was dreadfully alarmed when the news of herlms band's sentence arrived, but the General laughed her out of her fears, by saving, " 'Tis nothing, fbr I tun ointa mace !" She is in the way to increase the population of St. Helena. Buonaparte expresses himself deeply in debted to the Prince Regent for some personal accommo dations conferred upon him. The cottage palace, &e. has arrived out, but it is said that there will be extreme difficulty in conveying its most bulky and heavy parts up the mountains to construct the building. Some of the timbers must be sawed into a more portable size. Buo naparte reads many of the London newspapers, and ar gues on political subjects from the data they atliall him. A few days before the Acorn lett St. Helena, a lire broke out in Buonaparte's house, which threatened the total de struction of the whole buildings ; but by prompt and in trepid means the flames were confined to the room, the interior of which was consumed. It was supposed to have been occasioned by accident. SILVER COIN. COIN. Considerable inconvenience has been experienced for a day or two, and particularly Saturday morning, in the different shops and markets in the Metropolis. For some time it less been known that French Shillings and Six pences have been refused ; hut, on a sudden, the English Sixpences and y!sterday morning the smooth shillings also. Many shopkeepers would not take any hut the Shillings upon which the heads are visible. Now the quantity of these is so very small, that not one perhaps in 30 of those in circulation have any head on them, or indeed any mark to chew that they ever lore any impres sion. Yet the silver is good—and as they will be re ceived at the Mint in exchange fin. the new Coinage when it conies out, it surprised us that they should be refkised, But it proceeded from a report which we are able to contradict by the following notice, which the Lord Mayor stuck up at the Mansion house, and which, of course, must produce the desired effect, of restoring circulation to the rejected Shillings and Sixpences. SILVER COIN. "'false Notice, the Einziadd do not refuse any Shillings or Sixpence* un ace( 00000 t otbeing plain, provided they are English "By Order of the Lou() tv on, " FRANCIS i10111.lik." In addition to the Lord Mayor's Notice, un Evening Paper inserted the tiAlowing from Authority : SILVEN COIN. " Take Notice, all Shillings and Sixpences of the Coin of the Realm, and whether PLAIN or NoV, will et/11(4111C to be ex changed at the Bank of Englund as heretofore, till the issue of the slew Silver Coinage, which will nut take place before the month of February next. " N.B. Those who refuse to take the current Coin of the Realm are liable to be prosecuted. " Sept. 21, Hittl." - The rumour that the Bank would not receive plain shillings and siwpences occasioned a great cessation of re tail dealing in Westminster; and the Police Office in Queen-square was thronged with tradesmen almost of every description, inquiring of the Magistrates how they must proceed. One person said he had taken col. in plain silver that morning, and he could not get one other tradcman to take any of it from him in business. Several pawnbrokers said, that persons who had small pledges could not release them, in consequence of their not taking the silver; and they could not receive a pledge, as none would take their money: persons offering the pledges said they could not get food with it. The bustle so increased, that the Magistrates began to fear some serious result, if something were not speedily done. The 7 sent an officer to the Bunk, and being informed by Mr. Hose that he should not refuse taking plain silver, if not French or counterfeit, they in the course of au hour, issued 500 bills, to appease the public mind, which, in a great 1111.11 sure, had the desired effect, anti business was restored as usual. The billowing is a copy of the bills issued from the Queen-square Police9fficv SILVER, Public Office, Queen-square, Westminster, Sept. 21, 11416. The Magistrates of the alio% c office inform the public, that all kind of Shillings, now or lately in circulation, are taken at the Bank of England, with the exception of French or base metal; they then fore recommend to all slimckeepers, dealers, and others, iu order to prevent anv breach of the public peace, to take such silver abut c named, as usual. Signed by order , W. MILLER, Clerk. The attention of m Magistrates at the other p4Aice of fices was occupied during the whole day with similar com plaints, and similar measures were restored to in order to tranquillize theilopulacc. The South American have captured, in the neighbourhood of the Canaries, eight Spanish vessels, and among them the Carlottin; with a cargo valued at 500,000 dollars. .It is stated in letters, dated August Ili, that (K)0 emi grants at New York have applied to the Consul there for a passage back again to Gruit Britain and Ireland, as find • -of living in that country to break through his arcustomen restraints upon this oe- among them the Larimtin, vsi,o counties, r ' and promises to exceed easion, from a desire of' being acquainted with the aurae -500,000 dollars. tin, rig's' Ily in must ter and condition of several persons whom he had banished .It is stated in letters, dated August 16, that 000 emi- the most mire , . • expectations. t Bourbon, and who resided there under Colonel Rent- grants at New York have applied to the ('i , ,uo there Thanksgivings to the Almighty were returned on ink's government.—lt was, likewise, the last hold of the f o r a passage back again to Great Britain and Ireland, as Sunday in the churches of the inetrolxilis, f or th e p re . French in the East ; and upon these subjects Buouaparte they cannot find means of living in that country. mat MP weather. 9 BANK OF ENGLAND. Thursday ;1 General Court of Directors and Proprieters way held at theliiiiik of Fiagbilid, when the Governor t Ntr.liartums,) proposed, '' That this ('oust do order- a dividend of five per cent. on interest and profits for the half year ending on Thurs day, the lush of October next."—On this inotien being put, Sir TI 'Curton inquired whether it was intended to furnish the Proprietors with any accimot of the nature of their profits The Chairman replied, that no such proceeding was contem plated by the Court of Di reetors.--Sir Thomas 'button then ex pressed his astonishment that the Directors should, by a con ecalment of their Recounts, allow themselves to sink in the estimation of the public, and stiller the most injurious epinitins to remain afloat. Lt vain, he said. would they (feature dividend.; of two per cent. or even of twenty, so hing as they allowed the Proprietors to remain in the d,u k as to the nature and extent of their accoonts. All be would ask woole be, the apuiiiiit. ment of a Secret Committee chosen unit of the b o dy i d p i ,,. prietors, who need not enter into detalls ui.h lily puLlie, litit confine themselves to a general report.--Wit bout sock a Report he would protest against any dividends. If it were not voluntarily gis en by the Directors, then the Proprietors would he driven to seek it by a another course, and the laws of Eng land were different from what he believed them to be , if the Directors would not elsewhere be compelled to comp') with the previsions of the Charter.—Mr. Catlyti said, when the Monist contidenee was reposed in the honour and probity of the Directors, its the same proportion 010111(1 secrecy be o h served in the nature of the issue' of their paper, which Ras under the controol of just act! lionoulable I)arbv followed on the , ;1111P Skil', 411111 was replied to by Sir Thomas Tinton, alter which the motion for a dividend of aye per cent. was put and carried. Lord Exmouth is coming home. An op'nion was en tertained at Paris, and by several persons in this country, that his Lordship was about to proceed from Algiers to Tunis and Tripoli, but it is erroneous. The gallantry, with which Lord Exmouth exposed himself during the engagement, is spoken of with enthu siasm.—He received one wound, and haul one of his epau lets carried off; it was his own ship that opened the fire. A scene still more horrible than any produced by the fire of the British ships took place, it is said, in the town, during the battle : the Dey, in his fury, haul several of his superior Officers beheaded, because they had not re sisted so successfully as he had expected : among the suf ferers are said to have been two French Officers. During the late glorious action betiire Algiers, as Lord Exmouth and ('apt. Brisbane were conversing together, either by a spent ball, or some other cause, the latter was struck that on the deck. Lord Exmouth immediately call ed the First Lieutenant, and exclaimed, " Nor Brisbane! he's gone ! take the connnand." Tlue Captain, raising himself into a sitting posture, coolly said, " Not yet, my Lord ;" and in a moment after resumed his share in the business of the day. Hear Admiral Milne, who so ably supported Lord Exmouth, as second in command in the Impregnable, which suffered so severely from the fire of the Algerines, is a native of Edinburgh. On the commencement of the war with France, at the Revolution, be was a lieutenant on board the Blanche frigate, which, after a dreadful and se••cre action, captured the French frigate La Pique in the West Indies. On that occasion the bouts of both ships were so shuttered by the shot when La Pique struck; that tame of them could float, when Lieutenant Milne leaped overboard and swam to the sinking French frigate with the British colours, which he immediately hoisted. Rear Admiral Milne was raised to the rank he now holds at the last general naval promotion, and was appointed to the Halititx station, where he was about to proceed, when ordered to second Lord Exmouth, previous to his departure across the Atlantic. Saturday, about two o'clock, was launched at DetpfinA, the Hero, rated at 74 guns. Vis. Melville, and other Members of the Board of Admiralty, Admiral Sir 'l'. Martin the Comptroller of the Navy, attended in their • respective barges, as did s:weral persons of rank, and some thonsand of spectators. This ship was built lo supply the place in the navy of the fimmer one of the stone name, which was wrecked in a dreadful stria on Christmasday, 1811, when returning from the Baltic, off the Texel. Of upwards of 500 souls then on board, only eight were washed on shore alive from the wreck, and those made prisoners of war. She was commanded by ('apt. James Newman, who with all his eskers perished. On Tuesday the Prince Regent went to Claremont to ♦isit the Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold.—Their Royal Highnesses spent three hours in walking over the park and grounds together. WINDSOR, Sser. •L'l.—Fridav the Duke and Duehessi of Ohnicester arrived at the Castle from Bagshot-park..— Yesterday being wet, the fete which her Majesty intend ed to give to the boys of Eton College and the neig:tbour ing nobility slid not take place, but was postponed till Tuesday. This morning the Duke and Duchess of York, and Duke or Sussex, arrived at the Castle, but returned to Oatlands to dinner.—This day being the anniversary of the King's coronation, the morning was ushered in with the ringing of bells. The fine state of the weather, which appears now to be settled in, has spread a general joy and gladness, and demands our g•Tateful thanks to Providence thr the lii vourahle and timely change. The wheat hat:vest is get ting on rApiilly in most counties, and promises to exceed the most sang • expectations. Tkanksgivings to the Almighty were returned on Sunday the churches of the metr o poli s , f or th e p re . seat NW weather. !i% l