The National Register. — London, England, 1818-10-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Rents, OCT. 10.—The Pi ussith troops rantoned in the departawnt of the Meuse are en the march for Sedan, where a gram' review will inunediattly take place. It is thought that the Sovereigns assembled at Aix-la-Chapelle will ar. company the King of Prussia to Sedan. 'file commandants of fortresses, detachments, and bureaux, are continued in their it•Apt•rlive quarters. In Isis interview wills the King of Saxony, at Lripsic, the Emperor Alexander lavished on this sovereign professions of friendship. It appease certain, that Prince Frederick Aligns- Ins, nephew of the King of Saxony, and heir presumptive of Ike crown, ss ill espouse an Austrian Archduchess. Seyeral protnutions have been made in the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis. Lieutenant-General the Marquis de Matson has received the Grand Cross, and Mar, ises de Dessolies and de Saint Aulaire, and Counts Trixaut tie Beau mont and Louis &Amin ileac, have been named Commanders of the Order. The Council of State, in a meeting of yesterday, was occu pied in the examination of a pi uject of a law relative to the psin at I. tuistillletit , the Ministry lowing judged it tudispensi lay necessary to make some modification therein as the heizlibouring Poweis will nut receive the exiled individuals. _ - Fi end' Funds, Oct. 9.—rive per Cents. 731. 90c. Bank St irk, 1660 f. Ocr. 11.—Lett.r from the King to the Vicars-general of the NI et rt.) oli tan Chapter of Paris _ _ - - - - GENTLEMEN,—Tbe anniversary of the day which deprived France and the Royal Family of Queen Marie Antoinette re. calls toes as painful recollections as the 21st of January, and oiled to be equally an epoch of expiatory ceremonies. For these reasons, our intention is, that the 16th of October shall be celebrated by a solemn scrvire in all the churches of the kingdom. You will invite thereto all the civil and military authorities of the kiegdom. Our will is,that no funeral-sermon be delivered; but that the pa cachets shall confine. themselves to reading from the pulpit the affecting and sublime letter of that Princess, vs hick breathes the most tender and the most plaits sentiments. These presents having no other object, we pray God Messieurs Vicars-general, to have you in Ilia holy keeping. (Signed) LOUIS. Tuileries, Oct. 2. (Counter signed) LAINE. On recciring this letter, 411 e Vicars-general issued a men d/anent to the inferior (bleeding the service and the -reading of the letter of the late Queen, conformably to the desire of His Majesty. AII•LA-CRAPELLR, OCT. 6.—Madame Catalani, who ar rived here on the 4th instant, has had the honour of singing an hymn, in the Russian language, in the presence of his Ma. jest y the Emperor Alexander, who caused a magnificent pre. sent to he made to her. FRANKFORT, OCT. 4,—lt is said that the Grand Duke of Radell has just convoked the Landwehr of his States. His army is estimated at 30,000. CASSEL, OCT. 3.—Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland have arrived here from Frankfort. Prrtatsnuitc H, SEP. 13.—Rhin., ta there were counted in Russia 58schuols or seminaries for forming y oung ecclesiastics, and for which there had been appropriated an annual fund of 180,000 rubles. This bind having been found iiisiittic;ent, the Eteperar Alexander has recently advanced it by au ukase •to 300,000 rubles. The Emperor has also permitted the ecclesiastics of all confessions in the Russian empire to beat a silver cross attached to a button-hole by a tiband, similar to that of the Order of St. Wladimir. The ukase published on this occasion says, that it is "for having contributed, by their exhortations and their zeal, to the defence of the coun try in the years.lBl2 anal 1613." At the University of Moscow almost all the public courses have recommenced, and it is remarked, that the very disasters of that city have had a favourable influence on the stale of the sciences. The appointments of the professors have been augmented, the different blanches of the sciences have re ceived a greater developetnent, and the number of students is augmenting. The Gymnasium has been opened anew, and perfected in several of its parts. It is the same with the schools in the country. Alter the example of the Emperor and Empress Doweger, the grandees and wealthy iudnidoals study to contribute to the progress of iustruction, by donations and very considerable foundations. The Count de Schouwa. lolf has given a sum of 130,000 rubles for the formation of a Gymnasium at Moscow. The Counselhr of the Mines, M. Demiduvr, has given a sum of 100,000 rubles to the Univer sity of Moscow, and a similar sum to the seminaries of Keilf and Yarosloff. The Count de Sclieremeljew has granted for the foundation of en establishment for poor persons, a fund of a million and a half of rubles, and another very considerable sum to the Univer-ity of Moscow. The Grand Chancellor, Al. de Romatizow, has established upon his estates a number of schools of mutual instruction. He is getting built at this moment four churches of different confessions ; and the fact is known, that he has furnished the hinds for the voyage round the world directed by Captain Otlion.lititzebue. Lastly, the Cossacks of the Don have sent the sulfides of the Twelve Apostles, formed of massy silver, of the natural size, to the church of Notre Deane of Goan, at Petersiourgh. lisurtmoitE, SEPT. 1 1. —Yesterd.sy sentence of death was executed on John Alexander and Joseph Hare, convicted of mail-robbery. A vast concourse of spectators was present. Hare has published a ilyiag confession, and acknowledges, that for the last fourteen years lie has been a highway rubber, on a larger and more successful scale than soy other robber its Europe or America that he knew of. AFAIN ES, OCT. B.—lt appears certain that the Emperor of Russia will review the Russian mad Euglisli troops together, between the 15th and 20111 inst. The Russian army, which is at p►esent at the camp of Diniechaux, and the camp near Maubtoge, n ill he put in movement the 12th, to manceitvie in the plains between Sulestnes and Valenciennes. It k thought that the mint-gall point of the review will be the celebrated Camp ot The following curious account has been taken flow a Rom. bay paper:—" Mr. Powell, commander of the Queen Char. lotto, informs ns of the interesting circumstance of his havilig recovered from a ruck, 21 miles N.W. of Nooallecvali (one ot the Mal quesas), a wan that hail been its solitary inhabitant for nearly 3 years. His account stated, that early in ISI.t he proceeded thither from Nooahrevith witl► four others, all of whom had left an Aloe' lean ship there, fortlllic purpose of procuring feathers that were iu high estimation among the natives of Nooabeevall; but losing their boat an the rock, three of his companions in a stunt time perished through famine, and principally from thirst, as Mere WAS no water but what was supplied by rain. His fourth cum/1311101i continued with him but a few i erica; when lie formed a resolution of snooping to sake , 4ll Cie aid of a splintered traglivnt i that rema►ned of their boat, to the island, in which effort lie must harp raeritably.tmlislied i lie had once himself at- THE NATIONAL REGISTER tempted to quit his Purloin situation by constructing a rata. but tailed, and lust all means of any future attempt. They laud originally taken fire with them from Nooaheevah, which he had always taken care to continue, except on mar occasion, when it became extiogoishcd, and never could have teen restored but by a careful preservation of 3 or 4 grain* of gunpowder, and the lock of a musket, which he hail broisen up for the construrtion of his catamaran. The flesh and blood of wild birds were his sole aliment : w!th the latter he quenched his thirst in seasons of long draughts, and the skulls of his departed companions were his only drinking vessels. — The discovery made of him from the Queen Charlotte was purely accidental ; the rock was known to be desolate and barren, and the appearance of a tire, as the vessel passed it on an evening, attracted notice, and produced an inqiiiry which proved fortnnate to the forlorn inhabitant of the rock, in procuring his removal to Nooalieevali, whither Mr. Puss ell eonveyeit him, and left him under the care of an European of the name of Wilson, who had resided there for many years, and with whom the hermit had had a previous acquaintance." Letters from Odessa, received at Marseilles, announce, that the great profits which were derived, in the lust year, from the sale of grain, have not failed to rouse the industry of the agriculturists. Large tracts tit land,bitherto neglected. have been sown. "1Y heat, therefore," say the letters. "Is so abundant in the markets of Southern Russia. abut if Europe does not come to our assistance, we *ball never be able to hind vent for it." A letter from Lyons, dated the 3d instant, states—" Our fine and extensive Maonfactitres resume their atictent activity; the trade can scarcely meet the multiplied orders from Spain, Germany and the United States. If we may rely upon seve ral individuals, said to be well informed on the subject, the town of Lyons has thisyear exported silks to the amount of more than 60,000,000 ut francs. The most interesting literary intelligence which could be announced at the present moment, is the ensuing publication of ' The History of Cromwell,' by M. Villemain. Tile manu script has been purchased by Maiadin, bookseller, for 12,00 t) francs. VINEGAR ACT.—Some proceedings having been instituted by the Commissioners of Excise, under the 7th elau.e of this Act, of a nature not contemplated by the framers of the law, a memorial was addressed to the Lords of the 'fleasiiry, by certain respectable merchants and others who s ere affected by that construction of the clause. To this memorial the following reply has been given : TO MESSRS. A. B. AND CO. Gentlemen,—The Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury having had uadcr corkideration the Memorial signed by yourselves and others, complaining of the vexatious operation of the 7th clause of the act of last session, cap. 63, I have it in command to acquaint you, that my Lords, under the circumstances stated In your Memo • nal, have been pleased to direct the Commissioners of Excise to sus pend any proceedings for enforcing the observance of the said clause, by any person other than persons engaged or concerned in the ma nufacture of Venuice, Vinegar, or Acetous Acid, or dealing therein ; and I am to request you will communicate the above information to the several persons who signed the said Alemorial. I am. Gentlemen, your obedient servant (Signed) GEO. HARRISON. Treasury-chambers, Oct. O. BUONAPARTE'S COMPLAINT.—In the observations of Bnonaparte on Lord Bathurst's Letter to Sir Hudson Lowe, he asks, " Would any prisoner of war in England, in Fiance, is Russia, in Austria, or In Prussia, be prevented Irma cor responding with his hanker, with his friends, or Isis mistress, without previously submitting his letters to persons who were to inspect them ?" General Buoisaaarte, it would appear, from these questions, forgets its own acts, when he sere at the head of the Government of France ; if he did not, lie as well as every Englishman detained in France daring the late war, knows that the prisoners of war in the various depots, were obliged to send their letters, addressed to their friends in England, open to the military Commandment of the places where they were confined, who stint them to the Minister of Marine at Paris, and by him were forwarded to the Minister of Police, who, after having read them or trans_ toted, returned them to the Minister of Marine, end they were then, and not till theu, sent off to England. Butt as Gen. Boonaparte speaks of the treatment of prisoners of war iu the various European States, we will ask him if any Govern ment but his, and that of Algiers, would have made women nod children prisoners of war ? That he did so thousands of persons can testify. The following is an extract of a letter from Manchester, dated the llth inst.—" To day we have had a 'souther of ship letters, via Liverpool, from Philadelphia and New York.— Such as are commercial arc rather of an unpleasant nature. British goods are I eprestitted as a complete drug in the mar kets, and several cargoes had arrived which remained unbro ken in the stores. The only articles for which sales could be effected at any thing like a remunerating profit, were [lists linens and Yorkshire woollen cloths, and the markets were becoming overstocked with the latter. To add to these un pleasant accounts, matters wear rather a sombre appearance with us here. Thete is little or no demand for article's in the fancy line; and what is doing in other brandies, has become extremely limited within the few last days. Indeed, among well informed persons. there is a pretty general conviction that America will, at no very distant period, become a very formidable rival to this country." A Clergyman in the county of Essex has lately resigned two valuable livings into the hands of his Diocesan, the Bishop of London, alleging, that lie could not conscientiously hold them any longer, dissenting front many articles contained in the Liturgy of the Church of England. The Bishop, knowing how num•h the circumstances of the clorgyunats would be re disused by the loss of his livings, in the handsomest and most friendly manner, before he would accept the resignations, endeavoured lo remove his scruples, and to prevail upon him to retain his livings, but without effect. RIIEUMATISM.—A correspondent in one •of the American Papers lately received, communicates the following recipe for iheittliatic pains, as a certain core. He says he " had it front a judicious master of a vessel, who experienced the hap py effects thereof upon himself and crew.—Recipe:--'fake some of the oil that swims an the lop of a cask of inaled sal mon, and rub it ma the part affected; in two or three days' application it will effect a cure." Several of the 'mbar works, streets, &e. in the metropolis and elsew here, are injudiciously termed New, instead of tieing named in honour of their original founders or projectors. At Oxford is a remarkable instance. The name of Nero College ( rounded iu Li/WO which was then properly enough applied to it, loos unaccountably been continued to the present time. Wykehant College would certainly be wore .iaorming and appauptiate. OCT 18 INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. Mr. Sri joint nunnington presided at the adjourned Ses. sion for the discharge of Insolvent Debtors. There never was a more municrous list of applications than at pi esent. Sixty-nine were fixed for hearing Weilties. day, seventy-two for next day, sixth-six fur Friday, and forty fur Saint day. Colonel Gould, of the Mil: tia, who applied for his discharge, was /types' d by st-,e).11 creditors, ott the wound that lie had obtained money in a Nay which deprived him of the benefit of the act. The Court, tinder all the circumstances, allowed the Colonel to be clischugtd. William 'Pickard was opposed by William Cook. a butcher, 4t Camden Town, for obtaining credit under false pretences. Mr. Cook stated, that the debtor, in 1812, applied to him tor credit, representing biotech' to be the ow iterof a house. He said lie had an income, and would pay for his meat quar terly. lio consequence of the above iepiesentation, Cool: rtipplied him w al. meat until his bill amounted to 211. The debtor was then round t o be insolvent, and his representation false. The Court held the ab.sve transaction to be one which came w Ohm the meaning of th 4 Act, and Mr. Cook's debt was excepted. Nathaniel Jscobs, a horse dealer. well known at the west en d a l tiie town, was opposed for nut producing his books, disposing of his istDpeity without a satisfactory account of the 5.1111., and neglecting to make a perfect schedule. The case stated against Lim was dieter selling five horses, two of which lie Lod let in a jot) carriage to Sir Artlinr Piggott, without acycl;oting his creditors, either by books or his schedule, !loss lie lied disposed of tti lOU ;o ; l , es , w hi c h were lift produce. The debtor said, in answer to the several queries put by Mr. Pearson, aid Mr. Wilson, another op posing creditor, that he paid the money to a Mr. Nelson, in disehatge of a debt which ha .contracted before he went to prison. He kept no hook but the post horse dirty book, and that was not in his possession. The Court considered him, author all the circumstances of the case entitled to his dis charge. Edward Ambrose, late a dealer in coals by commission, being called on to obtain his hearing, appeared in a state of di iiiikenuess, in consequence of which the Commissioner remanded him to get sober cud dismissed his petition to be heard. Wiiiiam Twysden was opposed by Mr. Basset and Mr. An drews, on the ground that his notice and schedule described Lim to be a prisoner in the King's Bench, when in tact be was a prisuer in the Fleet. The Co Coheld the error to be fatal, and the insolvent was remanded io.give notices de novo, and amend his schedule. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER SlR.—Having attended the INSOLVENT DEBTOR'S COURT for. many months, I would humbly suggest to the Honourable SER. GEANT who presides with so much credit to himself, and in sonic instances with so much humanity towards the prisoners, that there are some cases which appear to me to be decided without that regard which every man ought to experience who gives up die whole of his property for the benefit of his creditors. I bow, with the utmost subrnis,ion to the authority of the Court ; but if no creditor oppo.e the petition—and every one has due notice when he may either attend personallyior by Counsel—it appears to me hard, that the Learned Sergeant should himself propose questions, in which either ignorance or tear may induce the unfortunate Debtor to commit himself. I have seen instances, where truth has been twisted into goilt--and the Petitioner remanded for that, which, in a common court of law. would only . be considered a misdemeanour. I conc.:ice, and I ant authorized in my opinion by Connsti learned in the into, that if no Creditor oppose a Petitioner, it is to be presumed he has given a fair and candid statement of his affairs; and, consequently, ought not to be opposed from the very quarter from which lie expects, and ought to expect, protection. I do not impute the shadow of blame to him, who has ever proved the " poor man's friend"—but may not this hint convince the Learned Sergeant—that the feelings of the un fortunate may sometimes be too severely excited—and that his own humanity may, for the moment, be misled by doing what, certainly., the Act requires ; but which, common sense would dictate, might lead to endless misery. 1 repeat again, no real blame can be un puted because "Law is law;" but Equity should hold the balance, and Mercy turn the scale. I am, Sir, Yours, &c. S. The coilition between the Water Companies is injurious to the public, as the latter lose the benefit of competition. If, however, they should raise the price of water, or negketgiving an ample supply, they may endanger their charter, and therefore, if any negligence ur fault should arise, the persons aggrieved should make application for redress to the higher authorities. This hint, we hope, will not pass unnoticed. _ _ A curious story is told of a hare lately sent .to.a Lady at Margate. It lay at the inn, directed to be left till called for, whcie it remained until it grew so bad that it was thrown upon the dunghill. The person for whom the present was intended, shortly after received a letter, informing her that she might have acknowledged the receipt of the seasoning, for there was a present in the body of it. On this the lady went to the inn, the hare was brought back, and found to con tain five guineas !—a very acceptable present. ANECDOTE or• FOOT E.—A parson talking of an acquaintance of his, who was so avaricious as even to lament the prospect of his funeral expences, though a short time before he had bean censuring one of his own relations for his persitnonious tempt r; " Now is it not strange," continued he, " that this man %lonia not take the beam out of his own eye before he attempted the mote in other people's?"—" Why, so I dare say he aJuld, ' cried Foote, " if he was sure of selling the timber." On Wednesday, Mr. Wm. Davis. of Theobelds street, New Kent toad, was robbed of his pocket book, containin 161. in Bank notes, as he passed through a crowd of persons assembled in the street. An elderly man, named Charles Byron. was on Wednesday night found by Howarth, the Beadle of the Waterloo Bridge, sleeping under one of the arches which support.the road on the Surrey side. His appearance was that of an old soldier, and lie stated that he had been 17 years in the military service of the Last India Company— had applied fur u pension or scow rezo.npzae'l for his services, but had obtained no satisfactory reply to his claims. lie was nearly perishing from want, and for the last sixteen nights had reposed under the arch where he was found, not having the means to procure a lodging. He was taken bef o re a Surrey Magistrate tT. Evanics Esq.) who presented him with a sum of money to relieve his imme diate wants, and recommended him to renew his application to the East India Company. LEGAL CHRISTMAS BOXES.--in the 11 , portof the Com iiii-sioneis for into the Ditties, Salaries, and Emil_ Willem, of the J edges, cce. of the CUM is ofJustive in England, it :44 ems, that the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. "according to aucimit usage, receives annually at Christmas, four yards of broadcloth lion Blackwell Hall, and 3ti losses of sager, presented to hint by parliculJr ()dicers on tile Plea side of the Court ;" and that each PaiNne Judge sect ivPs an nual flout the same Officers a small silver plate, awl It; loaves tit linear' Wednesday morning Amos, employed in the West India Docks.while walking along with a heavy load,waspretipitated through &trap door ince a cellar, by which he was dashed to:pieces. :',r,o