The National Register. — London, England, 1815-12-24 00:00:00

Si 6 We have had numerous arrivals of Papers horn North Ametica. The ailair of Detroit, in which an English Officer was arrested by the American Government for entering their ter ritory in arms, in pursuit of deserters, has been terminated. The Oilicer was tried by a jury of six Americans and six foreigners, and found guilty of a riot only : and sentenced to Pay a fine of 500 dollars. Another circumstance has occurred at the san=e place, which is likely to foment the angry disposi - - ti olls ofthe two Powers. An American soldier shot an I ndiau v h o wa s under the protection of the British Government and a reward has been offered by the English commander, Colonel James, fur the arrest of the murderer: the Lallans were in close watch for him. This has produced a remonstrance from the Amei ican Governor, Cass, who threatens retaliation if his p e ople are annoyed by the Indians. From South America the only intelligence which has reached as, is a report contained in a Jamaica paper of a late date, which states, that Morino had been defeated in an attack (Hi part of the works at Carthigena, and had lost 1300 men in kil led, an:1300 prisoners. We do not vouch for the authenticity of this report. Another affair has occurred between the Indians and Ameri cans, which will, in all probability, be attended with serious consequences. A small party of Indians from the Twiggs county had come to Marion to market, and remained there the whole day.. They left the place at night, and encamped at a little distance. f he; were pursued by some American citizens, armed with muskets, who, without any provocation, fired among them, killed some, and wounded several others. These are the vii tuous men who preach morality and good faith to England ! I A dispute has arisen at New South Wales between the Go vernor and the principal judge. The Governor insists upon attornies transported thither being allowed to practice profes. sionally ; which the Judge opposes, on the ground that the dig mity and purity o f lie i t kb j o ,tice would not he likely to be duly sustained bv such hands, and that the at.ornies in the Settle ment, appointed from home, mere fully competent to the business. A Daily Paper, speaking of Ireland, has the following most alarming remarks :—" We do not deny the dreadful state of the country. The accounts appear more gloomy every post. The country Gentlemen, the natural guardians of the public peace, have fled from their dwellings ; and so extensive is this fundamental evil, that the regiments which have lately marched from Waterford to Mallow, adistance of above 70 English miles, found not a single couutry-seat inhabited. The middle men in the most disturbed counties, a class of landholders who rent large farms, and relet them to a lower class of tenants, in smaller divisions, and at a higher price, arc said to promote the excesses of the peasantry, that strangers may be deterred from making proposals for the vacant farms ; that they themselves limy be rid of all troublesome competitors in the market, and procure the lands on their own terms from the proprietors— Absentees habitually, or driven away at present by iltvir fer.rs. So subverted are all the principles, prepossessions awl moues of action, which characterize in tranquil times the respective class. es of society, that Magistrates arc made the instruments by which the laws are superseded. , -and a Judge upon the bench, confessing the impotency of public justice, threatens aloud with military execution, a people • in eclainiable by any other means. - Mr. J. Magee, proprietor of the Thiblin Evening. Post, brought an action in Dublin lately against Mr. O'Gorman, One of the Catbol c board orators, to recover dania:;es, under curious cir cumstances —O'Gorman Was counsel for a priest of the name of O'Mullane, and procured his own report of the trial to be insert ed in the Post. It turned out to be a libel, and the proprietor of the paper was fined .;)001. thr its publication ; to which, add iug the costs of suit, his loss amounted to nearly 10001. For this sum he proceeded against O'Gorman, who declined respon sibility; and, aftei a ti ial of three days, the Jury returned a Nerdiet for Ma l ec, damages 077. 13s la The dilleiencas between the king of kVirtemburgh and his states arc warty terminated. Tl4c King has as:mai:Ll to the .......4.pb• THE NATIONAL REGISTER. DEC. 2 demands of the States for a Constitution, such as it existed in 1806. The appeal of Lavalette has been decided, and the sentence of the Court of Assize confirmed. His friends however, have made several appeals to the Royal clemency in his favor ; and it is thought they will ultimately succeed in procuring the com mutation of his punishment to exile. Generals Drouet and Decaen have been arrested, and are to be immediately tried. The India Company's ship Bombay arrived on Wednesday off the Use of Wight ; she sailed from Bombay the 234 of Au gust ; from the Cape the 2.5 th of October; and from St. Helena, the 12th of November. Olf the Land's End on Tuesday last, she spoke . the Ladv Carrington all well Buonaparte was in very good health at that tine; he took several of the officers of the Bombay by the hand, and conversed with them a long time. He seems to be quite satisfied as to his habitation, but complains much of being so narrowly watched : he is not allowed to ride on horseback without being attended by some of the English Officers. These had been no arrivals from England since the landing of Buonaparte on the island. The ships Lord Eldon, Huddart and Northumberland, arrived at Madras on the 6th of Angust. The ships, Charles Grant, David Scott, Inglis, Essex, Marquis Camden, and Vansittart, sailed from Bombay to China on the 22d of July ; and the Ge neral Harris on the Ist of Au!ntst ; also the Rose and Stratham. for the .Mauritius, on the Bth of August. 'The private ships Lougee Family and Moffat arrived at Bombay from England the 4th of June. The present reduced value of land wag singularly manifested at the late disposal of a farm in the possession of Mr. England, at Bishop's Lydeard. The 'eat on the lease, just expired, was 3001. per annum, and the tenant paid for repairs and all out goings. At the letting by auction, a few days since, of the sam e farm, the utmost bidding was 1161. ; and out of this the landlor is to pay all outgoings, and allow for repairs—thus reducing thd net rent to little more than 801. per annum. The farm consiste f 10' acres,--; l't:ivaon Courier. 9 We have the pleasure to record the active and benevolent exertions of the-Lord Mayor, i❑ regard to the case of foreign sailors, including many blacks, who have been brought to this country in ships from the West Indies and other places. They have been discharged when their services were no longer wanted, and found in the greatest distress, with no other means of sub, sistence than that of begging. Some instances of death in the most deplorable circumstances have occurred. We understand that about 50 of these unhappy men were found in the greatest distress, being reduced to the necessity of sleeping in a common privy at Billingsgate, where they were glad to sleep in turns on one another, as a protection from the coldness of the night. Being brought to the Mansion-House by the proper Oilicer3, their case was immediately attended to, and arrangements made between his Lordship and the Secretary of State, whereby all foreign sailors, whether white or black, arc to be immediately received on board a vessel, and provided for until they can be sent to firtir respective countries. England as well as every other nation, needs opportunity to look into her private interests, to cultivate her domestic morat,s, to pursue with calmness and dcliberati3n the proper works of peace. One great and beneficial measure of this kind we hasten to notice; vie. the institution of SAVING BANKS. By these e very man who can save a shilling in the week is enabled to de posit it safely, and to receive interest for whatever sum he de posits, without being under any necessity of forfeiting for dis continuance. "rhe Edinburgh Society wa3 the 'first regular establishment of this kind. It has been conducted with great judgement. attention, and perseverance, and is going on with increasing prosperity ; the deposits are constantly increasing, and the interest allowed on the deposits which was at titPt 41. der cent. is already M. A similar institution has been estab lished at Bath, and at Leatherhead ; and another has latelv been set on foot at Southampton. To those at Bath and Southamp, ton, Mr. Ituse has 31forded the assistaue of his talents and sup port. • ~' ; ~' ..