The National Register. — London, England, 1816-12-16 00:00:00

pay 200,000 dollars to the Government of the Low Countries. The Dutch squadron consisted of four ships. There was no action. Captain Mames, of the galliot Dorothea, Which has put into Cette, furnishli these particulars. Letters frorrT-.Cetta, hf the fatnte &ite, state, that cot seurs under Barbary colours have continued fresh in sults on the Spanish and Dutch flags. To this is added a proclamation from La Vendee to prevent insurrection in that quarter. • • PRUSSIA. BirtVlTOslinitn, TllCc. I.—The &St increase in nta tntraetoritts which the kingdom of Prussia has obtained by the corporation of the industrious duchy of Berg— of the productive provinces on the Rhine-4w the reco very of the manufactories of iron and steel of'Westpha lia—:.of the bleach-fields of Bielefeld—of the linen and damask manufactories of Ravensberg, which Frederick the Great used to call his good spinning country, and the new commercial relationsin general, have made a DM office necessary, specially charged with this depart- Moat This post has been given to Mr. Knuth, Coun aellsir of State, under the title of Commissioner of Tads and Menufaetures. The important questions *MIA have already been brought forward respecting fbreign calumny, and the system to be adopted by Frit/nisi, obtain by means of this new office, which has at its disposal all authentic accounts, tables, and ar chives, a desirable organ, which guarantees to the So vereign and the Ministerial Department u mature exa mination of all 'proposals that may be made, and at the alone time a never.failing source, from which the riches furnished by experience toward commercial legislation may be drawn. STuTGADD, Nov. 26.—The Queen Dowager took . up her abode on the 14th at Ludwigsburg. and Count Von Dillon entered on his office there, as Grand Mao. tor of the Household. -01 6 AMERICA. September 2R, a fire brake out at the New Assembly tnom in New Orleals, which in less than three hours destroyed the greater part of three squares of the city, includitv the New Theatre, before its progress could he stopped. If the wind had not fortunately shifted, the whole of the vlace would have been destroyed. The National Intellrgeacer states, that the Congress frigate was preparing to proceed to the Gulf of Mexico, to pro tect the Americaa trade in that quarter. A British commercial house is said to have offered to supply the United States Bank with 10,000,000 of dollars, to be' exchanged for stock, at the rate of 4s. Bd. sterling per dollar. An account had been published at the Havantuth of the defeat of a body of the Mexican insurgents, amounting to between 4 and 5000 men, who had at tacked the new Viceroy on Ids march from Vera Cruz to Mexico. The loss of the insurgents is stated at seventy prisoners, and a considerable number killed and wound ed the "Viceroy lost about 100 in killed, wounded, and prisoners. The royalists after the action, marched to kilnilaper, from whence they were to proceed shortly to Means. According to advices of the 15th September bans Boquilla de Para, a Spanish flotilla had been re pulied, with some loss, in an attempt to seize that place. The Insurgents are also stated to have repulsed the Royalists at Orisava, and have occupied the villages on the coast to the southward of Vera Crux. Letters of the 26th September from Curacoa state, that another land.. ing -had. been effected by the Patriots of the Spanish Malts, and that they had obtained possession of Barce lona, after defeating the Royalists, under Gen. Lopez. The Patriots were headed by Pier, hfonago, and Marino. —On the• defeat of Lopes, the inhabitants of Barcelona who espoused the royal cause embarked fbr Cumana end Languira. Lopez marched with the remnant of his iroops to join General Morales, who had posted about four leagues from Cumana. if the junction could be ef feetill it was supposed that the 'united force would im nsediitely march upon Barcelona and that the Patriots would again be dislodged.- Acc ounts: from Languira to 'the Stb October mention a report that the event thus anticipated had actually occurred, and that the Patriots, en the approach of the Royalists, hod, Idler phritderlisethe )dace, abandoned it with great Fedi. pftatlon. nwee iticennts- 'state, that the action above alluded to took place on the 10th of September. The Patriots tdettatted to between 1500 and f.'ooo, and thy' 'ysflitittlinta 1200 to 1500 in number ; the latter last froatll 'to 900. in lilted, wounded, and prisoners. It lON geiseintlY believed at Isangtira _that the Patriots were combo by Sir • Ginger M'Gregor, and, of course, ollfeial *stimuli of' his having been killed in the baffle of file 2tl. Await • Quebteditta, Was false. An 'article howevir, of the' . - * from Ttioldadtbollftl‘slhaNalytof4ds fallen - DECF,Mnr,a In the General Assembly, on the 29th of August, se veral messages .from the Governor were delivered con taining copies of the addresses of the Ilmses of Lords and Commons to the Prince Regent on the late insur rection ; and a dispatch froth Lord Bathurst, with a re commendation to the Legislative Council and Geoend Assembly, to meet the views of the Sovereign and pa rent sti.te, by passing such arts as may be beneficial to the true interest of Barbadoes. Mr. Mayers congratulated the house in having in a bill under consideration anticipatod the views of the Bri. tish Government, by the adoption of measures to aseer. tain more particularly the slave population. It was agreed that an answer should be returned to the Governor's message on the Plowing day. The house then went into a Committee on the bill alluded to. The 'Speaker, in addressing the Committee, observed, that to the present bill, which was free from the ob noxious clauses Mr. Wilberforce had introduced into his in the House of Commons, and particularly of that in decent clause which scented to ha% e been unnecessnrily inserted, merely forthepurpose ofinsuhing theirfivlino.s, he had no objection. Though no Africans had. been P illicitly imported, and though it was impossible, to smug gle any into the island, yet that was not o well known in England. The passing of the act would therefore remove all suspicion. After commenting strongly on the conduct of the African Institution, he concludettby giving his support to the bill. Mr. Jordan agreed in opinion with the Speaker, con ceiving that there could be no fair objection to the adop tion of this bill, since it was divested of the heavy ex penses, and the noxious clauses of Mr. Wilberforce's measure. The clauses were then read, and agreed to unani. mouslv. On the 28th, the Assinahly ordered an answer to the Governor's messages to be presented, in which they informed his Excellency, that the earliest attention would be paid to the recommendations contained there. in ; anu that they had the satisfaction of informing him, that a bill had been already introduced, embrac ing all the objects recommended, which bill bad passed through its first stages, and was in further progress. The House then proceeded to the further considers. don of the Slave Population Bill. Mr. Mayers thought, that the appointment of the persons to receive and transmit lists of slaves should be left to the Commander in Chief, instead of to the re presentatives, and moved to amend the bill accordingly. This amendment was tarried. Mr. Jordan, seconded by Mr. Mayers, ?noted that the blank in the .sth clause be filled up with the sum 'of 1001. penalty for each slave omitted to be given in. Agreed to, and the clause passed unanimously. The remaining clauses were agreed to non. con. ADMIRAL BROWN.—" The Hercules, Commodore Brown, arrived at Barbadoes towards the end of Sep tember; at the same time Ills Majesty's ship the Ika ver, Capt. Stirling, came in froth a cruise. 'The Cus tom-house officers went on board the Hercules, but nut being able to read Spanish, or being otherwise deceived, they did not seize her; and Sir James Leith ordered her to quit the Island. By some circumstances Capt. Stirling's suspicions were excited, and on searching her papers he found out who she was, and Brown acknow. 'edged he had abandoned the cause of Buenos-Ayres, and was seeking a port to dispose of his cargq. The only commissions he had were, a esramission for ano ther vessel, and one to a person not on board. Captain Stirling, therefore, seized her under the navigation laws, and carried her to the Admiral at Antigua, who approved of what he had done. The Hercules mounts 2 guns and has 56 men, with a valuable cargo of quicksilver, silks, steel, dry goods, and spice, supposed worth a million of dollars, the produce of plundered towns and vessels in the Pacific Ocean. The lawyers have no doubt of her confiscation ; but there appears much doubt of what is to be done with Admiral Brown and his crew, whether or not they are to Ise sent home and tried as pirates." AMD ROOKS.— Extract from A private Letter, dated Boulogne-sur-Mer, Dec. Q.— " A verj young Gentleman, an Officer of Dragoons, was last week pgeoned at Calais, by men who assume the rank of Gentlemen, of several thousand pounds at billiards. From the know character of the players, it was evident unfitir means had been used, anti that men who could not pay 500/. if lost, were staking bets which we understand ultimately amounted to 19,000! In THE NATIONAL RECISTF.It. entering into any negotiation whatever until the pre liminary In.!,:nowlotlgement ham been solemnly made ;" then bowed and retired.,--The frigate was to have pro ceeded to Cape Bent;', where it was expected the Minis ter would not meet with so . gnstious it roception from the Emperor Christoplie. [Frotif the Rostov Recorder, Nov. 12.] SUNDAY SCHOOLS. • The thiril Quarterly Meeting of the New York Sun day School Union Soaety, was held in the Rev. Mr. Spring's Chureh, on Monday the 4th init. Reports were read from twenty-two Schools connect ed with the Society, coinprelel•ntiing about 2,560 learn erA.—Eront nix Schools no communications were re ceived. • The above rerrts were replete with interesting de tails, highly ealculated to encourage the friends of the Institution in their arduous labours. The Schools, in general, were Shown to be in a prosperous state, and to have produced ‘eery beneficial effucts, not only upon ' children, but upon parents and neighbourhood!. Extract ofa L-ttrr jilav tie Rea Corso Kisgsburt. to a grielYensals is pastas?, d ant tgtms„ Miss County, East 7'canessee, Oct. 15, 1516. "The Council at Turkeytown, was a meeting of the Chiefs of the Creek fuel Cherokee nations, for the ! impose of ssttling ha 1111 l leries between theta, and ratifying a Treaty be tween the latter and United States. Auer the Treaty was ratified, Genend Jackson eery politely introduced the sub ject of the school, and tirgetklie importance of eiltteatitig their children. l explained th'e principles on uhi.h the school was to he established. After • short consultation, one of the principal Chiefs took me by the hand very direction ately, said they had listened to my talk and understood it ; that they were glad to ace Inc wished to have the schools es tablislied, and hoped they would be of great advantage to the nation. I have agreed to meet one of their Chiefs on the 2l ili instant, to select a place.' The buildings will then be erected. I shall need considerable assistance at the commencement : but I hope if we are prospered, iu a few years to be able to raise most that we shall mint—and in that way to teach the children the economy of civilised life, and to get them into habits of industry, which will be very important. " I have been twice solicited to preach in the Indiarinotion, which skews that they are desirous of religious instruction as well as literary. I hope to have is Sunday School established among them iu a few weeiss." Extracts?' a &M a- from a gentleman at Chapel 11111, North Carolina. On the anti July, a Missionary Society was irstitne d Raleigh, for the purpose of sending ministers to preach lb • Gospel in destitute parts within the hounds of the Synod of North Carolina. A considerable loom was theu sttbseribe.l. The prospects of the Society are promising. Mare than 30J dollars have been subscribed in this village. Many of those who compose this society are men of the first characters in the State. Several gentlemen of the law department are en rolled amongst its members. Its Vice-President is one of the associate Judges of the United States, but more honour. ably distinguished by being of that number who profess that this world is not their rest. TROII THE SANDWICH ISLES. In the Recorder for Sept. 24, p. 155, we gave some account of a young prince, son of the ling of Atooi, one of the Sandwich islands,—And in the Recorder for Oct. 29, p. 124, we published a letter which he wrote to a lady in Connecticut, in which he signs his name George Prince Kummooree. It should be written Tamoree. Capt. Edes, who arrived at this post on Thursday last from elle Pacific Ocean, was at Atooi and saw King Tamorce.—He inquired particularly after his son, but Capt. Edes could give no information.—Capt. E. re lates the following anecdote : Capt. Ebbets, in the ship Enterprise, of New-York, was at Atooi in February last, and during a violent gale lost all his anchors but one. The ship was saved by King Tamoree, who sent a boat in the height of the gale with a large anchor on board, and thus enabled him to ride it out. An American ship, and the lives of several Ameri can seamen have thus been preserved by the humane exertions of King Tamoree. TROM CHINA. By the arrival of the ship Beverley at this port. on Thursday last in 140 days from Canton, we have re. ceived several numbers of the Pekin Gazette and other Chinese productions, translated into English by the Rev. R. Morrison. These works are interesting as they illus.. trate Chinese customs and literature. We shall publish extracts from them heroaßer. The following is part of a letter Rom Rev.- R Morrison dattxl. Macao, China, May, IAI6. During the last twelve mouths there have been several cases of hostility to the Roman Catholic Christians in Chinn. One European Missionary was beheaded in Sze.clinen, a western province. A native priest also was pot to death there by the viceroy. Several others mere pnnislied by transportation. Hie imperial Majesty sanctioned these proceedings.—China has been much agitated fur several years by a disposition to rebellion i and by associated banditti in different parts of the empire. 'A Tartar Khao, near Castiger, revolted recently, but bas been suppressed. moment do you *at gibed, . it is rsiporteellits Pon-sa,Prieers, that be we tawswasmuu, wwwwanwy 1111111111111711 U. 4:1,111/11:. 111 killed in 'the bat& of the 2d Augnst at Quebreditta, -4110-- consequence, en Officer of the 18th dragoons, though Waa 'false. At 'article however, of the' 1 Bth . September, COLONIAL INTELLICIENCR. unknown to the loser, interfered, and finding the win- 'from Trimulad;tougnetheitsbitorldshavn g actually The Leeward Island Mail has brought the Barbadoes nen were also 011icers upon hal . fry, ho threatened to Mien on that occasion, and adds, that his body had papers to the 19th of October inclusive, and th e y com - bring the whole transaction bis a Court-Martial, be mated, and sent to ClUlliCilWtb be reposed. minicab: the intelligence of the death of Sir James and un accommodation in consequence took place: and It is rsipnrtedqbat a &melt • had arrived at L e ith, th e Governor of Barbadoes. He was attacked on thus, though they ca ug ht a lagoon , t h ey were not iii- Port-undPriests, with a A ihilater M C Louis XVIII. ; the 10th of October with a fever, which proved ffital lowed to pluck it. The above you may rely on, and 'it that he was irambotnely received by Peden ; but at the to him on the 15th. Sir Jones was buried with military may put some giddy young men on their guard against snomesit they atetilseptst'thlsluestiott to him—" air, honours on the 17th of October. a set of unprincipled sharpers, who ply in numbers about do you aenie thllyiaathailied Mlitekno*ledge the bade- By the death of Sir James Leith, the command of Calais and this place, and indeed is every town in . =le of filayeitM.Bilag.traserered in tbe creative, the t h rees on the Barbadoes station has devolv e d o n F rance , ' an d h ero no means o f support b ut w h at t h ey replied. "Weil, iiiir. I must absolutely decline Major General Ramsay, Governor of Antigua. derive front their skill and want of principle."