The National Register. — London, England, 1816-09-30 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER to. teiumpluil ar.:ll the; had inttnlcl erecting to his honour, in;;;lit be devoted to the support of the invalid, and the comthrt of the poor. " I wish not," said this truly illustrious p:ince, " to enter Poland as a Con queror, but as the Either of my new subjects." T fir. LAIT. \•[CTORY. 'The French newsplpers affect to disparage the treaty made by Lord Exmcmth with the lley of Algiers. This is not touch to be uuudered at. Their malignity has always pursued us ; but their envy has produced us the advantage of exalting us, even in the emituatioa of their own friends. They insist that Lord Exmouth ought to have demanded guarantees*. For what ? Not .for the liberation of the slaves, for they were liberated. Not for an apology to the British Consul, for an apology, abject end disgracefid enough, was exacted on the spot ; not for the payment of the sum stipulated, for the sum was actually paid; their fleet is destroyed; and their bat teries levelled. What then would these delicate gentry desire more ? Should any occasion arise (which we conceive however to be almost impossible) in which an armed force should again be compelled to bring these miscreants to a sense of their Vileness, and to exact guarantees for the fulfil ment of their treaties, we trust the force will be pre pared in French ports and with French money. As to the assertion, that Sir Sidney Smith has expressed .dis satisfaction at the result of the battle, it is totally un worthy of notice, since we do not believe a single sylla ble of the matter. There is a meanness in the conduct of the French Editors, that equally excites our disgust and contempt. They insert our official account; and in the same 'breath seek to tarnish our laurels with the most odious impu tations. The Dey is said by them to have cut off with his own hand several of those whom he accuses of trea son; and who, the Editors assert, were bribed by Lord Exmouth—as if a British Commander ever condescended in any instance, however expedient, to the 'Bonapartean system of bribery ! Then they assert, that the Dey has lost no popularity with his own subjects !—assuredly not. Bonaparte lost little of fame with his myrmidons even after the battle of Waterloo.: Barbarossa was , the idol of his desperadoes ; and there is scarcely a thief, that is ex ecuted even for murder, that loses his came with his associates, if he does not impeach. it is sufficiently curious and not a little flattering to our national vanity, that not, in a single Paris paper, has there appeared a comment or congratulation ; not the slightest panegyric, nor the least expression of satisfaction at the termination of our late glorious enterprize. To this general conduct his Majesty, however, forms an agreeable exception: he has sent a letter to Lord Exmouth, written with his own hand congratulating► his Lordship on the brilliancy of his Victory. It is much to be lamented that the Dey of Algiers is not King of France! • A letter received from Lord Exmouth states, that. the. treaties with the Dcy have been signed, exchanged, and ratified. Sonic little delay occurred on account of -two Spaniards who htul been confined at Algiers, for a long series of years. They were at length restored to li berty, and are on board the Queen Charlotte. It is THY NATIONAL rttGISTER. The ConuniAsioners of the Allied Powers —.et those of the Frenck ea the 7th, wt the Royal Treasury at Paris. At this meeting it was verified, that payments, in confimmity to the arrangements, had been utmle up to July Sl, and that the payments, since that date, had been continued. with ',meat exactness,. up to the day of the meeting. The neiociation of the Americans with the Court of Niggles, is said still to be going on. The termination of this trulq important affair will, no doubt, exeinpl4 the I tistary of Goal iwrilla . or the no.less amusing anecdote of the Mountain and the Mouse! PRINCESS 01' WALES. A Morning Paper contains the following Article.— "We hear, that a 'State l'rocess, which has bA‘n, car some time, under consideration, is suspended, at lust, if not relinquished, in consequence of the affectionate and strong remonstrances of an Amiable Young Relative; but it is understood, that the obnoxious party is to abstain from any mode of conduct, which might seem 10 defy the other, especially .from near residence," ROYAL bIARRI %GU. Political marriages are in general sufficiently nauseous. The King of Spain has married his niece (at least by proxy), and the Emperor of Germany woos the Princess Charlotte of Bavaria ; a lady already betrothed to his nephew, the son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany. Be fore this marriage therefore can take place, the nephew must renounce his intended bride. The Princess of Bavaria, born in 1792, is the divorced wife of the Prince Royal of Wurtemberg, and is highly praised for her %dr tues, and for the fortitude with which she bore her former marriage. The Heir-apparent to the House of Austria is already destined to many the Princess Char lotte's sister : so that the Emperor will be father and brother to his own son, and the Empress will be mother in-law to her own sister, and aunt to her former lover ! SOU UI AMERICA. By accounts received on Wednesday, the affairs of the Patriots were represented as in a promising condition.— Private letters, lowever, from New York, give later ac counts. A letter of the 14th of July, from La Guira, ten leagues only from the city of Caraccas, represents all Bolivar's schemes as having been wholly frustrated. It states that he was again, on the 10th July, in attempting to penetrate into the interior, completely routed by the royalists troops—that on the 11th the insurgents fortified themselves under the shelter of their :Vessels, but were pressed so lard, that of 500 who debarked, only 200 es caped—that several of the prisoners were sent to the Ca raccas—that onthe 12th there was great slaughter among the insurgents, and that Morales had . put.to,tbe sword all who could not embark. A Spanish brig, arrived at Porto Rico, from the coast of Africa, brings information that several British ships of war had appeared on -the coast, and had captured 25 sail of Spanish vessels, belonging principally to the Havannali. They arc said to have been captured at the very moment they were taking in their cargoes of slaves. We have received Yew York Papers to the 529th tilt. A correspondence of very considera'ole importance shas 'taken place between Mr. Dallas and A. St. John Baker, his 13ritanic Majesty's Consul General for America, re specting some lugher rate of Customs, &c. imposed on British vessels entering the ports of America than ships belonging to the United States ; the British Consul Gene ,ral immediately applied to the Government to redress the grievance. Mr. Dallas, in a letter dated Treasury Department, 26th July, enters into a long detail cx - - had for condurtinn. , Sit . . • lanatory of the•varions circumstances that hall come to THE COMMITTEE fiw conducting the ELEC- highly gratifying to observe, that regard to the liberty of P the knowledge of the Executive ;he mentions that the T . Itf.N l of _ MIL AI.DERNTII7III!ST . OPyEIt - SMITII, re!peet- only two persons, and those crf a foreign nation, retarded HU ) ir A leave to su„grea to lux Friend,, that in order to secure his Re- acts of thedifierent States may impose for local purposes,, turn in tore Court or aldermen, it will be expedient that they should the conclusion of an important ,treaty. It is a trait of higher rates of pilotage, firs of . Wardens, Health Office, g:we SINGI.E VOTES in Favour of the Worthy Alderman. national integrity inteeti y \milky the character of ancient &c. which may appear contrary to the stipulations London Tavern, 214th Seri. 1816. aMdorman Cu RlSTOetliill SMITH'S Committee will meet daily Home ! of the Commercial Treaty ;that only one instance of nu- at Mr. the London Tavern, and will be thankful for any COMMUalailion ISISIEItiEI 'hod occurred when a 13ritish vessel haul been ten d ing c o sccarclas Return. One of the French Papers, the Ater:lei des Debate, compelled to pay higher rates of Custom-house dirty but , gives the following minute of a couveration that •tcx4k that the business had been .investigated, a prosecution. A letter from:Gibraltar, received on Friday, comma- place between the fey and Capt. Brisbane: " I informed tbllowed, and the persons bad been punishea ; and that . I•the late 1 • nieates seven% new particulars mace the fey," says the latter," that Lord Exmouth required the American Government were determined, and had battle:—lt states, " that after the victory, a ntiober of satisfaction for the insults offered to the English Consul in every instance conformed to every Article in the Treaty our people had been permitted to land, but that the in- He concludes his letter with assuring the Consul that habitants had grossly insulted them, and used every and to the English nation."—The Dev answered, " 1 every communication he may transmit, will be punctually means to provoke a quarrel—:lacy II th • • • ant ready to give it. ‘Vlint is it that you ask ?"—I re- attended to ; but that the President who bed been con- kicked dust - , and even tire dat th ei. ju Our sea me n pli e d, " Express your extreme displeasure at the via- stilted on the °carrion) and th e Ex e cutiv e had no controul• nil these.insults with the utmost. patience, as Lord Ex- lences which, its 110.2 licat of the moment, you have excl.- ever the State Authorities, who might impose trifling' mouth requested they would by no means get involved eked toward the Consul, end l' hi pardon for these duties forlocal•purposes. in anuarrel. The state of the Mule and tbrtiftcations is -. 'g -; . r violences."—The fey rei ined, °' Well ; I beg his par- TI absurd report of Bnonaparte Laving escaped to 'ne s t remarkable, being nearly &nu:lisl:1; and the . the Inked States of America is renewed in France, anti Eight-house is knocked to pieces. The Impregnable doo."--To this I added, " . Address yourself to the Consul, numbers of people are credulints enough to•belkm it. was placed opposite two tiers of le.tteries, the upper parts and beg his pardon." This ha du in the ore ninon 015.11 One circumstance?, which surprises anti alarms most of wl.ich she soon cleared; but the Ab . rerines were sa Irk Ministers! • persons is this—thatwithin the lest few Months, without completely seettrA below, that it was impossible to ei.- 3. . any measure of an elmexi..us nature en the part ct the lodge them ; the :lip has sutfered diext•lfully, end :lo u t English, or the r:Llrcr 'ULF, tie French have every day thirty-five men have died of their woun.is on Ward her . " This accusation• is rcnoeird not..a little ti Hendon when it is re - ' become more Tenements against them. If there was an since the official returns. She tired near ten thousand !i i e:acet,sl. " that a French ft-ira was :dually lieVeise- , nat Alei..rs, insurrectimr in Paris, every English person within its cannon balls, and the writer firmly believes that cvcry 4 w:lea our fleet errrivol there ; emit at its p.pproaell ESC Cept.in I• WE. drew from the flay, where he lay. wierrtt o.T.Ting Lori Remo; el any reach would be in great dnnger. Such is the druid of one did its execution. Lord Exmouth conthawd eir . a,:v: ce t e f ore , ra .i stanee in, or eangtatulations after the 11.,ttlel"- an event of that sort, that sway have in . consequence Algiers, but by Ibis &twit is supposed his Lerdr s hip h as • pier' fur the m e an hamkuce of an carious moat left Poi/. ;Jared at (.41.4 - uita , - . . ELECTION OF A LORI) MAYOR, On Saturday there was a Common Ilan held, pur suant to annual t.tbtom, for the plrpose of electing one of the Alder taco attic City of London to fill the situation of Chief Magistrate for Cie euming year,—Vas; numbers of per:ons su.r.roundal Huddled' and its avenues. attracted by the rumour, that the present Cnief Mvis trate would again be propose , ' to fill that distinguished situation.— After the u; :al ceremonies. the Crier announced the name of Alder man C. Smith, ;M.P. for St. Albans, as next in rotation. This drew tlirth a tolerable chew of hands, opposed strongly. howenT, by hissing, and repeated cries of No, nal-111C next was that of .‘ltlernian Good. behere, and his name produced an exhibition of hands Le more numer ous titan the former. The nooses of Alderman Atkin. Nlagney, Cox. and Ileygate, were then severally put up and rejecual. The offbeat having thus gone thorough the list oithose who had not served the office of Lord Mayor, procred to announce 0103 C who had, by stniority. Upon the name of H. C. Coombe being held tv..t, genera applause took place ; the chew of halals, in. favour of his return, WWI almost Itencrid. .fhe name of the pre cot Lord Mayor was then exposed, and gre.it ap plause instantly burst forth from every quarter of the hall.—(Louil shouts of Bravo! Wo.xl for ever! and the waving of hats and hand kerchiefs long continuettt—These demonstrations were succeeded by a persevering exhibition of uplifted hands on every side. The Common S:rjeant then came forward and announced that, in the opinion of the High Sheriffs, the choice of the Livery had fallen upon Harvey Chris tian Coambe, and upon the Right Hon. Matthew Wood. to be ;c. turned. to the Court or Aldemica as proper persons to serve the office of Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. l'he High Sheriffs. Officers. &c. immediately attended the Court of Aldermen to acquaint them with the decision ; when. after rome deliberation, the Lord !Mayor, Ile. eorder, Aldermen, /ie. lett the Council Chamber, and entered the Hall in due farm. Upon enterin„'r the court, and ascending the hustings. the Lord Mayor was greeted with acclamations, and as soon as silence could be obtained, the Recorder came forward, and 'mimic: al to the hall, that the choice of the Livery having been communicated to the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen, they coincided therein ; but that Mr. Alderman Christopher Smith, the next in rotation for the office of Lord Mayor, had dentandol a poll, which the Court was of course, willing to grant. The Lord Mayor then came forward, cinid applause, w:ii:11 was continued for several minutes, and repented to as to interrupt his Lord ship frequently in his attempting to address the Assembly. At length he obtained a hearing, anti assured the LiverT, that he had not the slightest idea of this proceeding, on the part of his friends, until two. days since. Ile thought proper to dwell upon this insurance, in order to convince the public, as well as the Lis ery, that no plan or concert food been entered into by himself, or friends, to adopt the measure, which was then pursuing Aw the purpose of re-elecing him. But be would be lie his own feelings, and prove himself the most ungrateful of man kind, if, under a distinction bestowed upon no individual in the recol lection of the Court, he sitrunk from the performance of the duties of a chief Magistrate when duly elected. fShouts of applause swiveled his Lordship's address, and continued emend ninnies.) The Lord Mayor, Recorder, and Aldermen, having retired, the She..- .riffs declared the poll to be opened in a short time, and at half past three it commenced. A warm contest continued for an hour, when the poll closed for the day, leaving the numbers voted as follows: Fur the Hight Hon. the Lord Mayor - For Harvey Christian Combe, Esq. - - 97 For Christopher Smith, Esq. - • - Total polled - 3c7 At the time our paper went to prat. the state of the poll was much in favour of the Lord Mayor, and Mr. Alderman Combo. Should the latter gentleman be returned, however, to the Court of Aldermen, we conceive. that neither election must even then take place t for Mr. Al derman cowl* stekmast LO say. is in such a state of ill health, that it will be imperil& kw hies to serve. There is no legume of s !Chief Magi trate of the City of London ha v i ng be e n re..dossil komsraisely idler his find mayoralty since the iffijF institution of this sem I bat we have an example of th e chair being fi lled tat letsitsda twice by the same individual. within the memory of r am generation ; and it was the case with the most popular 4nagislifire that ever sat in it, Mr. Alderman Beek. ford. „,„.....,-......,-„---- TO THE WORTHY AND •INDEPENDENT LIVERY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, An attempt having been this day made to vary the usual course adopted-by you in returning two Aldermen to the Court of Aldermen, of whom one should be by them elected to the high and honourable office of your Chief Magistrate, I (as next in rotation) appeal to your liberality to return me as one of them. An Englishman bY hirth, and as sensible as any of my Countrymen of an E:iglisbruan's privilege to act as respects political subjects, according to the dictates of his con science ; I have adopted a line of conduct for myself and have respect ed that of others, however 1 may have differed from dim in opinion. If to this is to, be attributed the displeasure of those by whom I am opposed, I shall regret the circumstance while I glory in the occasion that ha. , given rise to it. I look leeward with confidence to the result of the Poll; and shonhl my expectations be realized, I will so ensleavour to discharge the Duties • of the Office, that it may descend to my stwaessor unimpaned in its importance, and unsullied by nly conduct. .1 have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient Servant, Guildhall,2Bth Sept. 1816. CIIRISTOPIIER SMITII.