The National Register. — London, England, 1811-09-22 00:00:00

THE NATION the siege of Peniicola were obliged to take the road of Sai agoss in consequence of these c immotlons in Ar nigon. The most destructive warfare is stated to he carrying on in Catalonia : the peasants have all taken up arms, and have appointed six Generals to command them. A malignant fever is stated to have broken out at Carthaeena, similar to that which proved such. a scourge in that city last year. The accounts do not enter into details of its fatal consequences; but, as a measure of precaution, the Governor had issued a proclamation, requiring all good citizens to re main quiet at their houses, until the state of the town, regarding the fever, had been investigated ; and should its contagion be established, the gates of the city xv..,uld be shut, and every means taken to prevent 4 ts fu-ther progress. At Cadiz, as %yell as Gibraltar, great alarm had been excited by this malady ; and measures of precaution were resorted to at both places. Murat h s ordered a second conscription in the kingdom of Naples, which causes great discontents among the people. The conscripts are sent off to Fiance, to augment the armies of the great oppres sor of Europe. The Ex-King of Sweden. Gustavus, still remains at Tonningen, but eNpects to be permitted to take his departure for Switzerland. A private letter front 113ston mentions, that a gentleman had recently arrived in that city from Canada, who reports, " that the importation of India good , , of every desciiption into that province, from the United States, is positively interdicted by the Government of Canada." French Papers were received on Wednesday to the 13th inst. but they are destitute of news. 13tionaparte still remained at Compeigne. The arrival of J. el Barlow, Ambassador to the United States, is mentioned, who is accompanied by two consuls. MISCELI,ANILS. Tuesday a Court of Aldermen was held at Guildhall, when the Sheriffs elect, Mr. Ald rman Birch and Wni. 1 levgate, Esq. gave bond to take upon them the office of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, at Michael vas next. Upwards of 2000 ounces of gold was sworn to as foreign. coin for exportation. On Thursday, a meeting was held of the Proprietors of Bank Stock, to determine the dividend for the past half year. Mr. Clifford, the Barrister, in a speech of an hour and a half, ani madverted upon the conduct of the Directors, in with-holding from circulation under the present circumstances, the great quantity of coin which was hoarded up in the repositories of the Bank. He also contended, that the state of the profits was such as to afford an increase upon the usual dividend ; and, cniforin ably to this opinion, moved, that the dividend shohld he declared to be 7?; per cent. l'he Duke of Norfolk addressed the meeting on the great scarcity of chunge throughout the Country, and pressed on the Directors the necessity of further issues. Mr. Pearce inf,rmed his Grace, that the Bank had recently issued half a million of spcie, and that they intended to continue coining till the wants of the Country were completely, supplied. 'Mr. Clifford's motion was then negatived; and the half-yearly dividend was declared, as usual, at 5 per cent. All the Country Bankers have received permission to issue silver tokens for small change. The Devonshire Dank has em •ployed an artist in town to stamp near five thousand pounds worth of tokens for shillings and sixpences. The Ely Bank stopped payment on Monday morning last, to the great consternation of that town and neighbourhood. The sAnes of distress witnessed at Ely, in consequence of this event, can scarcely he conceived. The circulation of the Bank was principally hi small notes, nearly all of which are in the hands of little tradesmen, and of the labouring class of people, the latter basing just received their harvest *area in these notes, among . REGISTV. whom are many Irish who work in the fens at this season. The higher order of tradesmen and fanners seemed to have andel. pated the failure, for few of them held notes to a large amount; but the distress of the other zlacits beggars aU description, as many poor families are destitute of t he means of purchasing the necessaries of life, much less of paying their rents or tradesmen's bills. It appeared from observations made by Fabrenheit's thermo meter, that the mercury stood on Wednesday last at 128 in the Sun, being four degrees higher than is general with the heat in the West Indies, and eight degrees more that the usual scale at Bombay. The excessive heats of July Inge occasioned the conflagration of several forests in the Tyrol, with the consequent destruction of 61 villages and hamlets, situated in their vicinityy , and of the lois of near 10,0(1) head of cattle. The ilincipal font, which has thus been destroyed, is Riamneg, of ab ,ut seven tni! .s in extent, and three in breadth, and distant three leag ues trots Inspruck. It caught fi re on the 26th of July, an d had not ceased burning on the 4th of August. Near 24 thousand pea sants had been deprived of habitations by these conflagrations, which had occasioned likewise an epidemic that carried oft great numbers daily. 'throughout all the depots of France, the Spanish pricorers of war, acquainted wilt naval a ff a ir s , have been invited to enter into the French service. They are to receive 60 livres bounty, and the pay of a regular seaman.. • Lord Courtcuay has talc,. n ;.orue ground about six miles front New Yo k, on which he is erecting a splendid mansion. He has launched a grand carriage with a suitable equipage, but sees no company. The Cominb•sioners of his Majesty's Customs have offered a reward of QN E I alit D l' to all persons who will give inform ation of any illicit waffle in gold, and the name of the informer will be conceal,. d. On Thursday, Chamberlain, coachmat to the Bath and Bristol Man from Lad-lane, was orderel to . find hail till the Sessions, on a charge of buying guineas at a greater sum than their legal value. The evidence against him was a Colice Officer, named Ruthein, who laid a trap for his detection, by order of Mr. Powell, solicitor to the Mint, and had him apprehended. A discovery has recently been made, which will, doubtless, lead to an investigation of the timber an the dock-yards; and also occasion a more minute inspection of such as may hereafter be delivered into them. Th- Queen Ch rlotte, of 120 guns, the building of which ship lasted some years, in Deptford dock. yard, has, on ly,r arrival at Plymouth, been declared by the Officers of that yard to be in a rapid state of decay, owing to the dry rot. This discovery, it seems, arose from its being found necessary to caulk the ship's top-sides where the effects of the rut appeared visible. The timber in which the decay has taken place principally consists of Canada oak. The Queen Charlotte was launched on the 17th of July, last year, at Dept ford, arid went to Sheerness, where she lay sev, rat months to stetson ; and not long since piuceteled under charge of Captain Illaurice, and a proper number of Officers and men, from that place to Plymouth. Ex FRAQIWINARY CUARACTER.—Mrs. B. a respectable old Lady, residing at the wcst eind of Oxford-street, returning from church a Sunday or two ago, called on her way home on an undertaker, and saying she Aid not expect to live very long, wished to know what he evould charge for looyisig her. The undertaker, of course, a-ked her where she would like to be interred, &c. when she said she wished to be laid in the family vault, mentioning the place a Western county), but that she was not going to have any one to follow her, and did not wish any finery—merely a leaden coffin, with a hearse and a pair of horses. After much talking and reckoning on both sid , e, the !Nice was fixed at 501. to include every ex.pence, and a written agreement to that effect was entered into. The Lady's tnnent proved not to be urroneons, for on I\4lmd:ty last she died. The night before she was complaining much at the dearness of every thing, the rise of bread, &c. and felt very uneasy at an unnecessary expeuce she had lately incurred, viz. a chaldrou of coals, which had unfortunately the day before come in, and which she had countermanded three different times. Since her 200.1. duty has been paid for the money she had saved (within a year or two) out of her yearly income. Her eldest son had 18 0001. per annum since the death of his father. The greatest attraction in the smallest State ' Lottery ever known. The Capital Prizes more varieui.—Tickets end Shares consiierabty cheaper than for newy Years past, ant 3 Prizes of 14,(401. 30f 5,00:0, 3 of 2,000, 6 et 1,0(4), 12 of 500. end up wards of 2,7n0 of leo, 50, 25, to be drawn Tuesday, the fe2d of October. In the late October Lottery. upwards of 19,000 Tickets were sold; in the resent th-re are only 1 ;400 Tickets, and from the universally approved Scheme, and great Demand, it is likely all the Tickets and Shares will be sok& be fore the Drawing.