The National Register. — London, England, 1817-10-27 00:00:00

WAR IN INDIA. Captain I lall, of his Maiesty's ship Lyra, arrived on Mooday, from India, with dispatches from the Marquis, of I Listings, Governor General of India, stating, that, the Mahrattas had suddenly commenced extensive Kos-' tilities against us. Captain Hall had been sent horn Calcutta with dis patches from the Marquis of Hastings ; but at touching MAras. he was stopped by the Governor, Mr. El -I!,u, t;,r the purpose of bringing dispatches, containing the important news of war having broken out against in the dominion of the Peshwa. The Hun. Mr. Ephinstone, our resident at Poonah, had longsuspected the intentions of the Peshwa to be hostile. In conse (Fence, as soon as the war did break out, he seized the person of the Peshwa, and committed hint to safe cus todv. It was in the province of Cuttack also that war broke out, and the communication from Calcutta to lkLuiras had been intercepted for 21 days. The leader f the Mahrattas in the Peshwa's dominions is Trim tuiee, a man well known to all acquainted with our affairs in that part of the world. Seindia and Meer Khan were expected to declare themselves against us f:rthwith, and the war was expected to be on the most extensive scale. No amounts had been received relative reel lolkar.—Sir J. Malcolm had been to Calcutta, and had returned to Madras to assume a very important command. The Martinis of Hastings and Mr. Elliot were both engaged in putting forth all the military means at their disposal. Captain Hall left Calcutta on the 19th of April ; Madras on the Ist of June ; and St. Helena on the 14th. August. He brought dispatches not only from the Mar quis of Hastings and Mr. Elliot, but. also from Governor Farquhar and Sir Hudson Lowe. The following are sonic additional particulars of the important events: — The hostile disposition of the Peshwa, and the in- . aurreetion in Cuttack, points so distant from eachother, the latter being about 250 miles from Calcutta, and the former so near our Bombay territories, broke out about the same time. So formidable was the insurrection at Cuttack, that all intercourse between Madras and Calcutta, was cut of for neary a month. The force, however, dispatched by the Marquis of Hastings, would, it was hoped, put down the insurrection forth with. About the middle of April, the Resident at Poonah heard that Trimbukjec, a well known and ac tive leader, had escaped from Tannah, and was attempt sag to produce an insurrection in the Peshwa's territo ries, with the secret connivance of the Peshwa. The Resident was equally well informed and well prepared. He immediately brought a strong military.fiwee into the field, and on the Bth of May it surniunded Poonah, • and seized Partlitte, 'a strong pagoda. The Peshwa's person was secured, and the military operations were effected without much resistance. A treaty was drawn up, which the Peshwa signed, r and by which he gave up three of his forts It was very rationally inferred that the Peshwa would scarcely have dared to evince a hostile disvosition had he not been sure that tin. other Mahn' tta Chiefs were of the same disposition, And were determined to declare war against us. Scholia and Meer Khan were expected to take the field forthwith, and I.Tolkar would, of comae, act in concert with them.— 1 , Meer Kievan is at the head of a large army of honw.— Holkar's force is not kravem. • Tlw fiwee sent into the province Cuttack is under General Mattingale. Sir John Nlakohn will command the Madre army. The Marquis of Hastings is expected to take the field with the Revd army. Captain Hall, of the Lyra, heard nothilig, we believe, of the dispositions of the Mahrattas till he arrived at Madras. Resides the events which we have detailed, we hear tlmt disaffection had broken out in the Ganjani district to such an extent, as to render it • necessary to send a force of 10,(X)0 men to quell it, and to put the country under martial law. It had been quelled, but the troops Lad oot Leen withdrawn At.- cording to the official returns we had in the field the finest army ever employed in India. It was superior to the force with which Lord Lake over-rim Himlostan. There were two regiments of his Majesty's dragtxms, two of his Majeasy's fart, the Company's European artillery, a rotket Si(,or two regiments of native dra rams, and numeroosl•atallions of native Mlle I try, with the largest and heaviest battering train that ever moved in that etaintry. India stock has experienced a-depres sion iu consequence of this warlike news. Fren , lt, “crrnan, and Flemish Papers have come to • baud, but their contents are not important. The l)uc D'Angouleme has been received with much enthusiasm at Dieppe, whence he proceeded, by the way of Rotten, to visit the other maritime places within the jurisdic tion of his Royal Highness, in quality of Grand Ad miral of Trance. It is announced in rather an ostenta tious taunt:et:front Nuremberg, that the Prussian ototern tient is disposed to establish an unlimited freoloni of importatitm and exiswtation Of every species of pro duce, with regard to those countries a hich adopt the -same pritteiples toward:: Pros:.ia. This is tocant t,) c.mvey, order on indirect form, a repetition of the old menace against the trade of England, as being pegulated upon princlples which constitute au ex ption to the rule. CONCLUSION OF THE STATE TRIALS. As will be seen by the Report in another part of our paper, these important trials closed on Saturday. We, cannot but rejoice at the temper with which they have been conducted. We cannot hut rejoice at the temper with which these trials have been conducted. The officers of'the crown have acted with the most di!!nitied f:trbourance, pressing up on the unhappy men, no firtht r than was absolutely necessary to the ends of justice ; and the Council for the prisoners on the other hand. have exhibited a de gree of talent, zeal, and manly candour, which must raise them in the estimation of every good man. How ever we may execrate the conduct of those wretched beings, who will soon expiate their offence by an igno menious death, we cannot but agree most cordially with Mr. Cross, their council, in his view of the causes which produced their deviation . from the paths of virtue, and, front valuable and industrious nwmbers of society, converted them into sanguinary and rebellious ruffians. Having spoken of the misery to which the poor were reduced, at the close of the late war, Mr. Cross observ ed.—" At that period there was a class of men far dif ferent from the unfixtanate conspirators, of whom the prisoner was stated to be a member : these men lost no opportunity—wickedly, artfully, and with the worst designs, of instilling into the minds of the poor a ha tred of the government of the country, which they took occasion to assert was the sole cause of the miseries and privations which existed. To one of these men he could not but allude—he meant the individual who sent into the world an Address to the journeymen and lahonring classes of this country. This diabolical publi cation was sent forth at a period when distress was most prevalent, and was followed up by others not less detest able and atrocious. Ile here read some of the Adver tisements from Cnblxtt's publication, in which it was stated-that 44,000 of a ,cartWtt numbcr had been sold. Why-such poison was suffered•to'be circulated with im punity, 'he could not but ask his Majesty's Attorney General, and the Magistracy of the County. He ad mitted that the novelty o! such public tticms might have a little puzzled the Magistrates ; but he trusted they would in future attend to that advice which had been so wisely given by Lord Sidinouth, namely, that where they found the nuisance to exist ; they would use the power with which they were invested for abating it. He had no hesitation, however, in asserting that to these abominable publications all the mischiefs which had acatual were attributable." TRIP:WM.II MavonA I.TV.-Mr. Greet Chief Magis trate of Queenboro Kent has been re-elected for the third time to the Civic chair. In congratulating that Gentleman and his friends on the event, we bare also to express our joy at the feeling which produced this flattering distinction. Gratitude and reverence of our laws, seem to be the incentives. Mr. G. has long been ecnspicuous as a jealous advocate and supporter of the rights and interests of his fellow freemen, and on a late occasion when the punishment of whipping a delinquent was ordered to.he inflicted, and the appointed flagillator retired the office, proceeded himself to exercise the ne cessary functions with a spirit and energy highly com mendable, an promising the most salutary results. Weecusort, OcT. 26.—0 a Friday the Duke of Sus seK arrived at the Castle, ta pay a visit to her Majesty and the Princes-e , ; ; after dining with them, his RovaJ. Highness returned to London at 8 o'clock. Yesterday her Majesty, accompanied by Princess Elizabeth, attend ed by a lady in waiting, took an airing to Frogmore. lu the artentoon the Prince Regent arrived at the Castle, dined with her Majesty and the Princesses, and after wards returned to London. In the evening her Majesty had a select party at the Castle. Yesterday morning was ushered in with the ringing .of bells, being the anniversary of the grand jubilee. The remains of the late r. Raymond were interred yesterday in the churelt-yard.of St. Paul, Covent Gar den. The funeral was arranged under the direction of Mr. 11. Johnston, with a due regard to the circum stances of his fimily, and to the character he sustained in his profession and in private life. The attendance of his theatrical brethren from the theatre Covent Gar den, .as well .us that of Drury Lane, was numerous and respectzble on the mehituluoly occasion. The officers of the navy have been called on by the Lords of the Admiralty to deliver in statements of their respective services from the period of entering, and through their several gradations, on board his Majesty's ships. This measure is •supposed to be for the purpose of selecting such us may be wanted at any future period for particular service► in places they may be ac quainted with. Connor; Pt.r.ts.—Sittings before the Bight Hon. Sir Nieary •Giblvt, Lora Cbief Justice, in and after Mi chaelmas term, 1N 1 7 : IN TERM. Frilay Nov. 7 Thurml.ty ~.13 Toursday 1(1 TAINTN.W. Saturday Nor. S Friday l4 Fnthy ATTY.* TERM. 29 I Mooday Da. I Losnos ?-I'rinted and riil,liLbell by R. w u N e . t at, 1 . 1.1.ET-STUEFT. between St. nunNtan', Church nrd nttc, Lane, and forwarded into the Country by all Novi:meat Bookaellcr►, and Clerks of the RosJs, free of F,ostsgo. THE NATIONAL. REGLSTBR. • (ICT27. PLUNDERING Wnrerts.—.A most appropriate Ser mon was preached at I,lanelly church, on Sunday the HOh instant, by the Rev. T. D. Evans, against the cruel and &graceful practice of plundering wrecks.— The Rev. Gentlemen took his text from St. Paul's 'de scription of his own shipwreck (Acts xxviii. 2) " And the barbarous people shoved us no little. kindness, for they kindled a fire anti received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold."—Such a contrast in the conduct of ignorant and uncivilised peo ple, culled Barbarians, to St. Paul and his companions, and the too usual practice in that neighbourhood and other places, were dwelt on by the worthy Divine with forciole and impressive eloquence ; and the civil and divine laws on the subject were pointed out in a clear and decisive manner. The frequent personal ill treat ment of the unhappy sufferers, and the plunder of their stranded property, imperiously call for the most active exertions of the civil power—liberal rewards should be offered for the discovery and conviction of such coward ly anti inhuman felons, and the sword of justice should fall on them with rigid vigour. The practice on the coast of Cambria (to our disgrace) is notoriously com mon, and the punishment of plunderers scarcely ever heard of—(Cailewine Nrnvaper.) M.~Ritll I). i. Clement on, Esq. of Great Queen-street, Westminster, to Eliza, third dam of Sir T. Turton, Bart.—Lieut. Col. ICArcy, of the Hord Artillery, to huh , C. G. NV eNt, 'lam of the late Earl Delawarr.—Rent Adm. Sir C. Durham. H.C.R. to Ann Isabella, dais. of Sir J. Henderson, Dart. of Fordcl, Fifcsliirt. I In Chester-place, Pimlico, Mr. Raymond, the stage manager of Drury-lane Theatre. I le was seized with an apoplectic fit, early in the morning,. and lay in a state of insensibility (motionless and speechless) till the moment of his death, which was gradual and with. out pain. lie has left a widow and nine children to lament his kiss. —At Rochester, aged 49, Mrs. Dowton, dam of the late Mrs. Baker, many year.; proprietor of the Kent theatres.—Ketchlove, a Niggler, of Wrstbourn. He was driving his cart, accompanied by his wife, whet. he suddenly fell back into the cart a corpse! The unfortunate woman drove the body hack to her home.—Mr. Cochereati, a young and excellent drtist, he was travelling through Greece with the Count dc Foible, and died from the effects of a dysentery. LONDON MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER ?4. We have had a few fresh arrivals of Wheat, and Roe parcels met a ready s.sle on better terms, at 2s. to 3c. per quarter.—A test samples of Malting Batley were also taken °fiat an advance of is. per toaster. Beans maintain ow last quotation. MONDAY, OCTOBER 27. • There was but a small supply of English Wheat this meeting : • the fine samples experienced a brisk sale. at an sdrat.se of about per nitartcr:—middling samples rnairv.iined last week's pri , •s—Pine 13arlrr and Malt were dearer.—Hailing Pease. and Tick Beans &- dined 2s. per quarter.—Pine eamp!es of Oats Is. per quarter dca7tr. Rapeseed and Linseed were both dearer. S. F. Wheat st a tir. Fine ditto. Gs a 9& Rye 513 a 43 Fine Barley 34 a 5 4 1 Malt 72 a 90 R. s. white PeaseVl a 33 Grey relic 38 a 4% 4t) a 50 Ticks 36 a 59 (let.. la a 35 S. F. Poland natg 3 I ; Potatm.. ditto ?6 a t , Fine Flour 7.5 a t , , ,1 Second ditto 70 a 75 ltapc Seedthl. it 554 PRICE OF lIIIF.AD. The highest price of the hest Wheaten Bread throughout the me• tropoli, is stated by the litlers to be 14t1. the Quartern Loaf. SUlllt Rakers srll the Quartern fiO/YI ht. to Stl. lowa. AVERAGE PRICES OF COHN l'Elt (417ATITEB. TN ET:OLAND AND WALES FOG THE WEII:K ENDING OCT. IS, Wheat. 1 Bye Barley 1 Oatc 1 Beans P 4 9 46 4 I 4251 27 11146 3 I erve 43 0 PHUT. fl SMITH!' IF. LI). IF MEAT, MoNDAY.Oc . NEwG4Tii •Tourit AN I) r. 7: A. li. C. (1. Mods of Cottle of Carew M. d. s. d liecf 10a 5 8 I SatithfirM. I Bed gI; a .1' 0 Mutton ..3 lo'a 4 4 neasts,ahout..... 13110 ;Mutton-2 Ca 5 8 Veal .....5 .5 a 3 I 0 :cep tt;,;(a) Veal 30a 4 8 Pork 4o a 3 I; ( . 3lt'es llO Park —...t 0a 5 8 Lamb... 48a 0 0 Pil_s HAY AND sTitAw PEI LOAD. :E. s. 41. s. d. F. ff. ( Hay 3 0 0 3 .5 5 0 .. 4 y 6 SMITHFIELD -1 ('lover 400a6 04 0— 7 S 0 Straw 1 10 0 a 1 13 0— (flay 1 0 0 a 5 8 0 4 4 0 ST. JAMES'S Clover 4 0 0 a 0 0 0 _ 0— 0 I Straw 1190a125 n 2 2 3 Hay 14 16 na 5 16 n— .5 6 n , P 7 murecnartr. ( 'lover 6 0 0 a 7 0 0— 6 10 0 Straw 1 16 0a 2 2 0— 1 19 0 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, Computed from the Ilcturns mode in the week ending Oet.22,is 555. 7.1. per 42% t. exclusive of the Duty of Customs pail or parable thrrion on Importation tbco.of into Great Britton—(Satordois Gazcite.) PRICE ON STOCKS. Bank Steck 2Bl 3 - per Cent.Hemlueed kol 3 per Cent. Consols Blj 4 per Cent. ex div. 91 3 per Cent. Navy 101 India Stork Ditto Bonds 15 per Cent.) 114 116 pr. Exelleper Bills, 21d. per Day et; 31 Consols: for ti4j Long Annuities rm 544