The National Register. — London, England, 1818-01-18 00:00:00

r " i • ;. J - ,) f.- - • ' 'T. . 414.1 4 . _ :.., ' ~~ •• The reports of friendly Indians concur in estimating the num of hostile Indians. Mei r 'in the Bed Sticks and Seminoles, at ena-e than iawsi. indeliendent of the Blacks at and near Sawanney, 120 miles of tlit'place, amounting to nearly .too men, and in c reAsing by the ailditiai Olaf .1' runaway from Georgia side to get to them. The friendly Indians inform me that the hostile party and Marks have been promised a tritish force to assist them, from New Providence. This promise. et ough 'mule by Nichols and Woodbine, is nevertheless relied on by th _se deluded wretches, who. I have no doubt, will sue for peace. as tht v find their hopes of British aid to be without foundation. I have cc lied the militia from Fort Ilawkiris to his place; and have directed Colonel Dually to cooler with your Excellency upon the subject of additional battalion for the protec tion of the frontier from Oknitil, tee to St. Mary's I hay 0 the hounour to be, &c. (Signed) " En. P. Gemi ES, Major-Gen. Commanding." SOUTH AMERICA. Extrarts from too Fstroordi nary Grtnlfrof the Government ofMexico, of Satu rda y , Nov. 1 , inserted in a journal rxtraordinary of the Governin cot ol llavannah, of Monday, Dee. I, of the same year. Official confirmation of the ca pture of the traitor Minn, and the end of the invasion execot , d by him and his followers against the faithful dominions t-f our Lord King Ferdinand (whom God preserve:, is Soto is Marina, an the 24th of April of the same year. DESPATCH OF COI.. noN FBA NCISCO DE ORRANTIA. MOST r 1. L ENT sr VI the greatest satisfaction congratulate your Excellency on my having taken prisoner, at o'clock this dsy , the t raitor Min in with 25 others. in the pass of Venitilito, belonging to the estate of Tlachiqucra, where he was with 200 men, nearly the h df of winan arc killed; among the r the rebel Pedro Moreno, wl nose head has been brought to this town, where I hive just arrived; and as soon as I have an opportunity will send the despatch to the Ilariseal de Campo Dun Postural de nsis. I advise your Exoellene,. of the fIII•XCSA. an account of the interest you must take in it. Go I preserve your Excellency many years. Sitars. Oct. t 7, Ist7, R o'clock rot n i g ht. Addressed to his Extxlleacy the Viceroy Don Juan 'lnez de . A podaca. DEAPATEII OF CAPTAIN D. Aol'ttTlN AGITYIIRE TO COT.OVEL D. RAFAEL RRAcito, POLITICAL AND MILITARY COMMAN DANT OF QUERF.TARo. I send your Excellency the en closed very interesting despatch. which I have received for the Vicen which I beg you will tnins:nit immediately. The enclosure contain.; the most important intelligence of the capture of the traitor Mina obi e. the two Ilerrerays, a French aim and I bring the head of Moreno. The whole has been dune hy Col. D. Francisco de Orrantiss, who ea tared Silao yesterday at 7 o'clock in the morning. Oct. 28, 1517. TURKBV. CONsTAPiTIEOPLE, DEC. s.—The Baron Strongnnoff, the Hnssian Minister, in consequence of the delays interposed by the Turkivb Government in all its transactions, was desirous of giving another form to his negoeiations, particularly re. greeting the liquidations still pending in consequence of the treaty of Bucharest. His propositions have not been a2reed to, and there seems lie possibility ot accelerating the progress or the affair. A question has arisen respecting the ill-treatment ole Tur kish vessel by the Commandant of the Russian port of Balah_ laua, in Ike Blark Sea. The Divan has demanded an expla_ nation of the linssian Minister, who, on his part, having no in structions, bas requested time to give an answer. There have been great tumults at Smyrna between the (;reeks and the Turks. The whole of the militia were two days and two nigists milder arms. These contests arose out of disputes respecting commercial objects ; and even time foreign Consuls were in danger. MISSIONARY .ESTABLISHXENW AT TRAVANCORPLA subject of judicial arrangement in the administration of justice at Travan• •cnre. deserves moue... , : The resident Missionary has by his own exertion. prayed from the Court of Travancore. many civil Advantages for the native Christians ; and anxious to improve the administration of justice throughout ifravaneore, lie is desirous of engaging Missionaries to lend their aidto that important object. The appointment of Christian jtulges, to set with the tribunals establiseel in Travancore, is an arrangement. as 'Colonel Munro rematka. lighly favourable to the protection and respectability of the Christian.; there ; and is also agreeable to the Bran ins and Nairs. who Sad, in the integrity of the Christian judges, a check on the venality amid corruption of the Nair judges ; he adds. " I annex a very great degree of importance to the employment of English Missionanes in that duty. It will in sure a prompt and impartial distribution of justice to all ci.isses of people, and will thereby conciliate their attachment to the British government, and increase their respe ct for the character and poinci ples of the Missionaries themselves. It is unnecessary to dwell in this place on the eminent advantages dot will 'be derived from the plan. J I Col. Munro most justly attaches to an efficient and extended sys tem of education, particularly in the English lauuage, great influ- 1 ence on the early and substantiul establishment of the Protestant re ligion in India, and on the confirmation of the British Power. ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRAIIE IN CEYLON.—.This Med, sure has been effected by the zealous and persevering exertions of the Chief Jostict, who has transmitted to England all the documents on the subject. Sic addressed a letter to the Dutch gentlemen on the list of Special Jurymen of Colombo, and at a meeting held by them, on the 1 tth July, tritti, they came to an unanimous resolution, that nil children, born of their slavesafter the 12th of August following. should he-free. This example was followed without hiss of time, by the native jiror; at Colombo. of the respective classes of the Alshabaddc, who .are chiefly employed in cutting down and preparing for exportation the Cinnamon ; amounting to about 25000 people :--of the Ilfolso ,e,i,vvr, who are descendants of the Arabs on the coast of India. about 30 or 40,000. who are an active people carrying-on a (Inv:niers -I.le pert of the retail tratle of Ceylon :—ol the fiedscrown, who, tlinti a namemus 'and powerful class, who manage the fisheries, which yield niargt revenue to government : of the Citifties, whose ances t irs emigrated from thepcniesula of India. and retried atTeylon for trite and twinufacture ; they are not so numerous as affluent, and are forthe most part Christians the nit46,-.. who belong to the firm class in rank, wlient* most of the headmen arc elected, und-the natiTeitottl owner.: are chiefly of tilt: caste. anti by the DuteirSix ,eial .Itartuen of Jaffiriapatam and Gene. The generous exumple gives to all others who assume a property in human beings. and mho havelicreby given a plelge of their disposition to concur in those farther immures for ameliorating the coniliiion of Ceylon, deserves Highly the praise of all nations of the civilized and inure mpeciidly of the yet.uncieilized world ! Artinquest was held at the White Bart, Tottenham, on the body of !gory C0a1..., n widow, aged Ehzahuth Buckingham said on Tuesday miming the der cased's dau liter told her, her mother had been sleeping oWthe floor since Rattled:ly the loth inst. and would not svak to her. Witness went to her. :tad tbund kn. as described, .n• would room ; she ism speechless, but recollected them. The room ranch trmv.:!y of brandy ; and a gallon bottle, nearly empty, Wai by hot siee. Dr. Holt was called in, who she wr:s mni bed, and offered her scone c;ittee: btu 41 from her mouth, and she ,!;untly after s*,w Outright her heath was occasioned by eceoninitiy. TIIE NATION.AI. lIEOI,STETT. BUONAPARTE ii D LAS CASES, - [FROM A FLE:1110 , 1 PAPER.) M. de Las Cases, separated from a master who has never ceased to be his friend, has brought to Europe an ample stock of anecdotes about that extraordinary man, who has united in his illustrious career all the chances on good and bad fortune. Buonaparte always fixes the general attention—he is a lu minous meteor which it is impossible to conceal. The por trait of this great man has never till now been drawn, but by a flattering or an exaggerating pencil s and it likely, that, during his lifetime, the resemblance will never be seized. In writing this work, reserved for posterity, we present anec. dotes that yield us some features of the moral 'physiognomy of the man whom sovereigns have now thrown in chains as it punishment for having enchained nations. We derive them from an artisje which appears to have been communicated by Las Case o the Journal of Antwerp. Napoleon at the commencement of his residence on the Island, voluntarily received the English officers, and admit ted them at Longweod into social circles formed by the com panions of his captivity, and two or three of the principal families of St. Helena. We are bound to say, to the credit of the English °throes, that they never approached Napo leen but with that 'respect as bids his misfortunes cop 1111 l auded. One would have believed that he saw the Emperor at the Tuileties, surrounded with his courtiers. Ile made the English journals be translated to him, and lie was allowed only the Ministerial journals: he soon remarked those articles of corrosive gall and insipid irony, in which lie was repre sented as successively surrendering himself to childish spleen or disgusting caprices. He was so unjust as to believe that those even whom he admitted to his society, and from whom lie received the most abject adulation, were caterers fur The Times and 'lke Courier. He then flamed the resolution to see nobody, and did not even snake au exception in favour of the Governor. Sir Hodson Lowe took a singular mode of overcoming this determination , lie transmitted one dry a request for en interview, snider the pretext of having to communicate things of an agreeable and interesting nature. He was admitted : but shat was the astonishment of Na poheen, when he perceived that the only object of his con. vet sation was to itiforni him that the expenditure of the cap tives exceeded by 1,200 louis the funds placed at his disposal by the Government, and to beg him to find the means of co vering the deficit. He sharply replied, "M. le Gouver. near, I never intermeddle in such details. Never did any complaint of mice descend so loco as you. I command, or I ant silent. If after this you allow me to avant necessaries, 1 will go to seek them in your own camp (pointing out his linger to the English tents which are seen from Longwood), and these brave soldiers will not drive from their mess one of the oldest and the first soldier of Europe." Is the private conversations which he often held with Ber trand and Las Cases lie sometimes indulged in effusions of tiding which gave the lie to what has been said about the aridity of his heart. In speaking of the double catastrophe which deprived him of his crown, he sometimes said," Have I done all that was my duty for that good people, the French? Ought I not likewise to hat e died for them f They did so many services for me; but they likewise abandoned me. I deceive myself ; they abandoned me twice, in the most cruel manner. The first detection may be excused, but fur the second should they not have understood better ?" They asked him why, among the numerous expedients which presented themselves to him, he had adopted that of surren dering himself to the most cruel enemies? Witho►t replying directly to the (pies ' , lie said that he had at one time the idea of proposing his abdication ow condition of retiring into Corsica, and retailing the sovereignty of that island : but, added my enemies would not have failed to have said, that after launching Fiance and Frenchman on a stormy sea, I abandoned them after the tempests, to shelter myself ' in port." He never speaks but in terms of eulogy of the city of Lyons, and ou such occasions l►e discovers projects which were never suspected to be entertained by him. For exit n ply, he said," It is useless to express how much I love that good city : but one thing I am certain of, that I have always been, and shall always be beloved by it; I had formed great projects for its prosperity. It is so situated as to become tl►e capital of Gaul Awl Italy." He cannot believe that the two Emperors of Austria and of Russia entertain towards him personal animosity. " They only (said he) persecute in me the sword of that revolution which made them tremble on thoir thrones." He said of Ney Murat " they were. perhaps, the two bravest sums that ever existed; but if they had bad but two ounces of good sense more, they would, perhaps, have been the greatest of poltioons." The English journals, containing the details of the death of Murat, were read to him. When he heard the word shot, he abritvtly interrupted the reader, and salt, • rue Calabrians were more generous and less inhuman thee the people of Plymotith—proceed ;"aud he listened to the details of his lirother•in-law without shedding a tear, The tone of these discourses, though in general severe, is rut remote Hon eleasantry With General Bertrand dad Count Las Cases in particular, he abandroed himself to allthe communi— cativeness of confiding familiacity. One day lie asseu the former what party he %%as of at fire commencement of the re volution? " Of the constitutional, sire, replied lie, since I narrowly escaped death, at the Toite:ies in defending the throne, and the iiiviolabitity of the inonacek." " And you, Las, Cases," said Napoleon, pinching familiarly the ear in his chanmerlaiu, " I shalt nut ask what party you belonged to, you emigrated ; you wets essentially all aristocrat. Omit you allow it, now, to be very strange, that of tiathree 1 4111 lie only republican ?" " Very singular indeed,* repli.-11 Bet trai' ; " lite tile, they made you pay dear fur it." It is eery tine that he repeats frequently liberal ideas have rained me; but he adds, Eliot mistakes recalled over his ultimate "I ,•aly* he, "to restrain liomal ideas first, in der to make them tuna with all their lustre After wards." evening paper gives the foll9wing particulars respecting the paiel s tiro alga by Conut Lab C.Aties,a Ida* ate said to liar, ile.o:ved into the hands of the agents of tae Alien °dice. A .in; die ilucuabills Ifelerxed to ac e se•vrai one wit ch is istliire•Aseil to Ili. Einpiess Maria Lgtu a , ...Lich put. Imo •to gi.e. set Isollon the etfl , tout Napaleun 114 • 11 el cd, and 44' the ei 14111' with %hien Le has ea:aired 14,•••11. U 1•41111.1,lis J plan Ut s Loie4Woo4l, which likt. ),0,11,44ex Lis C.lNes 11U • th . ..%%11 dating h.t l'assi.:ruce in the i>tand, and which pilstlL , to his Ilietlielr. the (-omit A.:111.1111(4 . N 141 1110 Atcbducitess iiie prvbent 44 . a lock or hare and he :kap . he won'd not surrender to alts bat his eOll3Ol t, who 'is atone capable of' opine elating its Yalta:. SAN A second letter is directed to the Grand Dueltess of Baden, and its principal purpose is to obtain an asylum for M. Las Cases within the territories of the Grand Duke, should h.. be refused admission into Great Britain. A third is for Prince Joseph, in America, and it presents only what. is called a faithful picture of the " torments" of the exile at St. Helena. A fourth is without any address, excepting to a Duke, in blank, for whonitas Cases is said to have formed an affection ate regard on board the Bellerophon, and it is believed the nobleman alluded to k the Dnke of Rovigo. A fife: is for Prince Lucien. and a sixth for Cardinal Fetch, atßome. After repeating the details to the Archduchess Maria Louisa and Prince Joseph, M. Las Cases informs the C ar dinal, that there is no Minister 'of religion at St. Helena, that the • Freneh inhabitants feel severely this privation, and that lie is assured if Napoleon were allowed to do so, he would re. quest his uncle to look oat for a cit4iyntalt, who. in addition to his other duties of a sacred nature, would copy corres:Zii from dictation. Las Cases ingnires of Prince Lucien, if he could procure from I a place of refuge at Rome. The letter in which these particulars were contained adds the following remarks:— " 'fhis tamely to obtain an asylum, •expressed in all the letters from the Count, shows that he did not expect to be at lowed a residence in England. But the language to this Archduchess Maria Louisa, sufficiently proves, that he should have preferred to remain in London, if leave should have been given. He acknowledges that his first object, on reach ing Europe, would have been to have placed at the foot of the Archduchess, his most respectful homage, but that the object to which his ss hole life had been devoted would have induced him to have remained in England, to invoke the laws and Ministers of that country in favour of the illustrious pri soner, in order to obtain seine alleviation of his miseries. 'fhe British Ministry,' he says, ' could not have been deaf to my entreaties, because I cannot believe that they would have been guilty of any personal revenge ; and I am persuaded that they would content themselves with measures that, at the same time that they rendered sure his confinement, would not add persecution and cruelty to the restraints imposed. Who,' says the Count, could better fulfil this important dnty than I, wh3 have witnessed all the wretchedness to which this august prisoner has been exposed ? That duty I will fulfil with the utmost ardent zeal, and most faithfal loyalty. " &c. KNOLF..PALACE, &c.—it was stated last week, that Kilole-castle was in imminent danger, front a fire breaking out in the Venetian bedchamber. The conflagration arose from a defect in the fins of the bake house, called the con fectioners room; by the ravages of time it was in a damaged state, and hail communicated to the grained arches and other oaken timbers, so that hail not a timely discovery been made, the whole edifice would most rove have been destroyed. The Venetian bed chamber a rove alluded to, was so called from having been slept in ley Niehola Molina, the Venetian Ambassatku. The pictures saved were, Catherine H. of Russia, grandmother to the Emperor Alexander ; Lionel, Duke of Dorset; Elizabeth, Duchess to the latter. The state bed and hangings were placed there for the reception ofJames 11. The Venetian drawing-room also buttered in an incon siderable degree. The pictures saved were, Isabella of Bra bant, Margaret of Austria, Mrs. Abingdon, Miss Oxford (the fair Quaker),and Monsieur Campchinetze. The latter was Lieutenant Colonel in the Swiss Guards when they were overpowered by the furious Jacobins in the Tuileries, at the commencement of the French Revolution, and lay many hos t s concealed among the dead soldiers, till night afforded an opportunity to escape. Being convifsaut in the Enr,..li s h fan. page, he passed himself for a native of this ec.mintry, and quitted Paris in the disguise of a servant. He I...ved for some time as an hostler at an inn wt the road, till Kt length, he was so fortunate as to escape to England, wherein he was a resi dent is the family of the Duke of Dorset until his demise. FIRE IN SHEERNESS DOCKYARD. —On Friday night, the 9th, inst at about half-past nice o'clock, this place was thrown into the greatest consternation, by the ringing of the alarm bells in the deck yard, the heating of drums, and the firing of the men of war's guns. It was occasioned by a tire having broken out in the house belonging to the strain engine erect. ed for carrying on the new works, situated in the southern part of the dock-yard, near the kilns used for burning cement stone. '1 he most serious apprehensions were entertained for .he safety of the arsenal; and what was more distressing to the feelings of the spectators, was its contiguity to the work house, which, from the pressure of the times awl want of employment: is crowded with suany unfortunate individuals. —Providence, however, averted the impending danger, and idiom 12 o'clock we bad the pleasure of seener the rasing flames subilited,with only the loss of the engine -house. No lives, it is understood, have been lost, bitt one pour man is severely hurt. Captain Walker, of the Northimiberland,and the officers of that ship, Lieutenant Griffin of the Swan cutter, and Captain Brown and the Alerts of the Ordinary, with the military officers and soldiers of the garrison, assembled on the first alarm. The latter were finder arms the whole time. and were of great service in keeping off the spectators. The in habitants of site town were at one time under serious appre. lieuions, as the lire was not far from the Fountain tavern., and the resideisoe of Mr. Aliller, in High-street. At the former, the landlady of the !anise had but recently lain in, and was removed on the 6t at alarm being given. Sir Robert Barlow from Chatham, who sup.veintends during the absenoe of Co mm issioner Boyle, was here yesterday to investigate ?lino the cause, %skint; it is suspected arose fe . inn carelessness. The damage, hoswever, has not been so great as was at first .expected, and %Welt it might have been but for the prompt and effectual assistance that was gis re. MELANCHOLY ACCIDEN IGHTON Jan. 12.—This mows ing about so noblemen and gentlemen assembled at Standiml, ntl.r this town, to enjoy the diversion of the chase, with the stibser iptiott pack of harriers. After running in at the death of two hales, they took the directions ff fitichling. At tin: s p o t C a pt a i n Curtis ob:serveil Master Wetherall, u tine youth about 14 years.of age, nephew of Mr. Sergeam. Itomingion, mounted upon a spiritow hone, with his feerin the strips of the stirrups. The Captain warned the boy of the danger of ridieg in that manner, and requested him not to joie in the sport of the field. Untortunately, at that moment the hounds passed in full run, when the animal started oil; and in less than ton minutes, the youth was seen to lose his seat, rand hung suspearle.l by the straps. His head was knuui:ed ligains Cie new laid aims :a a most •dreadful mannur. The borse, tint iIL itself ineumberett, plunged, and quickened its speed down Sian.lend.hill, whilst the gentlemen in.the chase were endeavourin g t o sup eareer.of the isaiutal. The hounds even joined in tile pursuit, std when the horse was stopped. actually stool at buy. We sincerely regret to add that Le youth was literally dashed to pieta, and was lifele s. TIM melencholy event has occasioned the wog faunal sffiictiou Ur • front colt!. ''t'iter put her irtt at the ntrrareitt Bland issttetl 14 . 4 e! iv • , w,:r4l, died. W ant exabbive 4 • F.