The National Register. — London, England, 1815-10-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL ItEGISTER. pelled them to resist the armies of Napoleon, during a siege of three year,. Nothing was to be seen but felicitations and etnbtacings; every thing denoted that the minds of the people were ready for an explosion. Unfortunately, a few hours after the receipt of the happy tidings, the extraordinary ex press sent down by the Court with all haste arrived, an nouncing that Porlier had fallen into the bands of his ene mies. Two days more would have been sufficient for all Spain to have manifested her wishes. Yet our hopes are by jno means lost. This shock has only paralysed the towns htch have not had time to decide for themselves. A flame thus confined cannot fail to break nut with greater fury. We are assured, with certainty, that Carthagena has embraced the party of the Cnrtes."—The accounts from Madrid state, that a new Contribution is intended by the Government. The following particulars concerning the seizure of the unfortunate General Porlier, at Santiago, were commu ricated by Captain Castor, commander of the Speedy packet boat, which arrived at Falmouth on the 15th instant from Corunna :—The clergy of Corunna having given the sum of ten thousand dollars to the subalterns and non-commissioned officers of the troops remaining there, after the departure of General Porlier, they agreed, for that sum, to seize his per yin, and bring him back, which they executed in the fol lowing manner :—They marched out as if to his aid, and ar riving on the night of the Seth ult. at the house where the General with the officers .of his personal Staff' were at supper, the serjeants (of the corps) only, drew their swards and as sailed him; he fought in the room for some time, but over powered by numbers, he delivered tip his arms, and was car ied into Corunna a prisoner, thrown into a dungeon, and in thrte days afterwards hanged! OCT 6 29. water, but were made prisoners in the flight. The King's ships now affording a rallying point for those sailors, who had been retained by the Committee against their will, several of them resigned themselves up, and offered to proceed instantly to sea with any vessels that might be ready. With these men, and the apprentices in t e har bour, Captain Toker was enabled to send to sea from 20 to 25 colliers. Letters from Shields and Sunderland, up to Monday morning last, state that at Sunderland the ship-owners have compromised the ' business with the seamen, and they have all to a man repaired on board the vessels ready for sea, in conformity to the new arrangements. By Monday night It was expected, that no fewer than 100 sail would leave the harbour for the London market. At Shields, the seamen have not been so tractable. Only a very small portion of them have gone on board to man the colliers. It appears, that they have bound themselves to each other by a solemn oath not to separate their cause. Of the large body of seamen in the northern ports, by far the greater portion are strangers, who are aware, that, in case of an adjustment of ditlerences with th - e ship-owners, the native seamen would be preferred, on account of their local knowledge of the coast, and therefore they are more resolu! , in their demands. Se veral of the Committees of the rioters were seized, some on the north, and some on the south side of the river. The seamen had the address to procure the release of one of their Committee in custody on the north side, by the promise, that immediately on his liberation they would all submit. They made a similar attempt to obtain the liberation of two others in custody of Mr. Fairless, the Magistrate on the south side, but without success. There is little to apprehend from the seamen at Shields, v4llO still hold out, as the marines are sufficient to keep the river clear, and the soldiers are more than equal to preserve peace on shore; and the grand combination be. ing broken up by the compromise with the Sunderland men, nothing is left for the remainder but to submit, and return to their duty. The brig Renown, at Laing's Dock, South Shields, was set fire to, it is supposed by some of the misguided sea. men, on the 18th inst. and burnt to the water's edge. The Gazelle of Tuesday contains an offer of five hundred guineas reward, and a pardon to any one except the principal, for the discovery of the perpetrators. 6 , Newcastle, Wpinsday Morning, 1! o'clock. The business with the refractory seamen is finally settled, and the Tyne free from all incumbrance. The seamen are flocking to man the vessels with the utmost haste." SEAMEN IN THE NORTH: information was received in town, on Tuesday, of the disturbances in the Northern parts having at length been put an end to by the interference of the Government. In pursuance of orders for that purpose, all the military and naval forces stationed at North and South Shields as sembled, on Saturday, under the command of Major- General trial and Captain 'Poker, and the military, loth it.lantry and cavalry, being posted on the north side, a disposition was made to send to sea as many vessels with coals as could be manned; and on the part of the re frat-,tory seatncn there also appeared an intention to re sist the proceedings of the King's forces. The seamen collected to the number of several thousands ; but none upeared in arms. The Mayor of Newcastle, and the 4) , tagistrates on the spot, as well as those from the neigh touring sea-ports, held consultations with the military and naval commanders, with a view, that if force should trove necessary, it might be used with as little bloodshed 1:3 poisible. A body of marines first took possession of the bridge of boats, which formed the passage for the bailors between the North and South side of the river ; and the latter being thus deprived of the means of escape, the cavalry on the North side wade more of a demonstra tion, than of a real charge against them. This was suffi cient, however, to drive th em t o th e r i ver s id e , an d p l ace 'them entirely at the mercy of the soldiers, and accord- Ingly they sought their sa;ety in dispersion and flight. The Connnanderg of the forces anticipating Fuch an event ? had of tiered a partiOular look-out to be kept for the Committee, who t , vere known by their dress. The greatest put of them seized a boat and attempted their escape by SUNDERLAND EXCHANGE, OCT. to. At a Meeting of the Shipowners of this port, held this evening, Rowland Webster, Esq. in the Chair. It was resolved, That the following scale for manning the ships o this port pe agreed to, and o ff ere d t o t h e S eamen, w i th the wages o f 41. Ws. per voyage, until the tsth day of March next : Ships of 6 Keels, 4 Men and 2 Boys. --- 7 to 8 ditto, -- 9 - • -- 2 10 ------- 6-- 11 7 _____ 2 ..-- 1$ 8 --- - —. 4 p 2 Li ws.mdama..l 9 3 7 Apprentices of twenty years of age, baying been one year at sea, to be considered as men; and those of seventeen years of ari 6g4 ~` . ;;;4 4