The National Register. — London, England, 1812-08-09 00:00:00

TG. 9 Accotwt 110:11 America, ria Canada, have been received this 11101 - I ,t ug .wherein it appears a Billbas been introduced i n t o Ciingress tip repeal the Non-intercourse Act, prohibit the impoitlition of the following articles : }L i ; cloathing ready made, woollen cloths which cosi m,,te Arm. 6s. sterling per yard; cotton cloths, of which the prime is less than 15d. or more than 9s. silk, hemp, leather, or ales ut .which consist of those materials, except— ing !inens. The duties on inipn . etation are doubled. The Parliament of Sicily was opened on the 14th of Jane, by sce , ..ch from the 1-IEREDITArtv PRINCE, replete with scntioleas of attachment to Great Britain. Ilo.ton Papers, to the 30th of June, have been received it, town. A meeting of the inhabitants of that place had been held on the 18th, when several Resolutions, expressive or then . d.ssatisfaction at the measures pursued by the Exe ratße and Legislature, were agreed to. Mr. RANDOLPH addressed au eloquent and energetic letter to his Con stduciits against the war, which concludes in the following manner : • ‘‘ Bei re these pages a meet your eye, the last Republic of the earth I, will have. einisted meter the banners of she tyrant and become a party 1! 0! his cause. The blood 'it American freemen must fliio to cement hi , power, to aid in stifling the last stru..gles of afflicted :Ind perse• ciao! man ; to deliver up Into his hands the patriots of Spain and Pore.gal ; to estatei-fi his Empire too r the ocean and over the land that gave our loriathers birds ; to forge our own chains; --stud yet, my friends, use :ire told. as we were told in the days of the mad a mbition of Mr. Adams, " that the finger of heaven paints to war." Yes, the finger heaven dues point to war. It 'mints to war as it points to the ma-sion of eternal misely and torture ; as to a flaming beacon warning us of t h at vortex which we may siot approach but with certain destructi It pointsito des Wed Euror, and warns us of the chas tisement of those nations who have offended against the justice and almost beyond the mercy of Heaven. It annownees the wrath to cola(' upon those who, ungrateful for the bounty of Providence, Hot satis fied with peace. iibeity, security, and plenty at house, fly, us it were, into the face of the Mist High, and to law forbearance. " f. beseech you, put it to your own bosoms bony far it becomes ,Oki as treenlvil, us Christians, to give your aid and sanction to this mop nos and bloody warfare apinst your brethren of the human fa sully. To such among you, if any such there be, who are insensible to motives not snore dignified and manly than they are Willi !sicallv wise, I % %wi ld ma k e a ditkrent appeal. I adjure you by the regar d . which you have fur your own security and property, for the liberties and inhere alive of your children, by all that you hold dear and an wed, to •n• ! erpole 3 our emstitutionad powers to save your country and yoursel‘es from a calamity ) the issue of which it is not given to hu man foresight to divine. " Ask yourselves it' you are willing to become the virtual allies of Buonaparte ? are you willing. for the sake of annexing Canada to the Northern States, to submit to that over-growing system of taxation, which units the European labourer supperless to bed ? to maintain, by the sweat of your brow, armies ut whose hands you. arc to receive a future master ? Suppose Canada ours Is there ai.y man Among you who would ever be, in any respect, the better tin• it ?—the richer— the freer—the happier—the more secure ? And is it tar a boon like this, that 100 join in the warfare against the liberties of man in the other hemisphere, and put your own in jeopardy," The followiug is an extract of a letter from Gibraltar, dated July 2 1, received by the last mail:- 4 The war in Spain has_ at present a mo .6 favourable aspect for the Patriots: it never looked so well since the iievolution. All the pro vinces of Catalonia are in arms, and by this time there mutt be all "Y Of 25,000 men, English, Sicilians, and Natives. Souk has a difficult game to play. If Lord Wellington cut up Mamma, 1 siwuld not be Surprised to see Souk obliged to surrender like Dupont. The WI of Badajos decided the campaign, by upsetting all the plans of the French. Tarragona must fall, as the enemy have destroyed all the outworks, and have only 1400 badly fed and discontented AO defend the works.—The French now bombard Cadiz most dread fully, and with great effect; many lives are lost daily. Thirteen-inch tarrying three miles, charged with forty pounds of powder, are thrown continually into the city." Government, it is said, dispatched on Monday n 10,000 . stand of arms, with • ammunition and - to - Corinna, fo r the de .if the -,, uarillas. • • • • • f•-•;.-?" '4lllllllll r■r.c THE NATIONAL REGISTER. s 1.111: OF His MAJEIrb HEALi 491 " RT N oson-CAsri.r, Av o yrr I.—Soon after the lest Monthly Re port, his NIA, rsll . had a severe accession of his disorder. which qpickly bubsided, and his 111,13 EbTT has dine continued as well as Lictore that attack." LffERATtTRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL. REGISTER. answer to CAustruct.s, ill , not intend to prove Liiigiesgs. and, therefore, will nut apply for a rule to !thew cause why an informa tion de contempt. Leg. Metric. should not be filed against hot for using the last syllable of Qoare as x brieve ; but, as there is s9ine credit due to originality, give me leave t, vindicate that meld, poor as it is, for the Latin Epignan inserted in your Paper of the 5 It ultimo; and •to assert for myself the character of a Gentleman wk.-, would despise such a trick as to send you as a production of the moment, and per. fecily original, an imitation of a Tetrastick of several years standing. have read Anacreon, Camillus, Johannes Secundus, and other Plate matologists, hut, the alleged MS. Epigram ot P. Pindar, I decline I never saw or heard ot. Besides, instead of ouc Epigram, CAUSIDICUS iVeS ll• two ; anti, since btAli of them ring the changes with nearly the same words, upon the same theate, 1 eonfes myself unable to guess which of the two is the supposed original However, the knowing ones pretend that both might be imitations of suitor ; it 'Ol, I feel nu small de gree of self-complacency at finding that my extempore should bays be gotten orr,p r ings ohich evince, even in their Negliges, so much elegance and taste. The following, which is also an origiii4l, was written ou the vOii tilt. ;if von give a corner iu your interesting %vitt) you will .per. Z. Teniple, July 2ti, 1812. AD PHYLLIDEM. Quid juvat iminensas duro cumul.ire labnre, 1.(1.11.1in si pattAs linquere coAit,o;)es ? Quid juvat iitteuto 1114110 S illqUite't: holieLeS Nisu, ai It ti: um 1114 jubet esse pares ? Cedo mihi crod murs, (lod vis, qu , Kl tiara tyrannif Nutiquant autlr.c redo The Drury-Lane Commiqee have invited all persons who are disposed to WI ite an Address for the opening of the Theatre, to send their performances sealed up to the Secre tary of the Concern. There can he no doubt but there will be a sufficient number of candidates to funoi:h the Com mittee with rcatfing fir some rime ; but if they realy wished to see what the poets of the present day can do, they ought to have promised some rested to the successful candidate, as the writers of our times, however anxious for fame, have. still such a hankering after fi od. that many men of genies cannot write, unless they have a prospect of being plid. On the teceirt of intelligence 'of KENSINGTON and ro.'s bank having shut up, the bank of Messrs. W ooD, of Work ington, stopped pa y ment. It has caused the utmost alarm in the seaports, towns, and villages in the west of Cumber land.—(Carlisle .burnal.) A small boat was picked np off Cherbourp:, by our squa dron on that station, containing nine Spaoiaids and Pottu guese, who had made their e3cape from Cherbourg. They report that there are not more than 500 Frenchmen in the garrison. and about 3000 Spanish and Portuguese prisoners, who are constantly employed on the woiks; for which they get one pound of coa'se bread. half a pound of beef. and three sous per day, which they expend in washing and to bacco. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A floating light ha; been ordered by the Admiralty, ti- be moored off the point of Bembridge-led..te, at to►e east t 'id of the Isle of W ►ght, as a guide to enable his Maje=ty's ships to pass into and out of St. lielea's road, by night or day. Prefeesor W 11.-DENOW, the celebrated botanist, died Berlin, on the 10th of July. at r • • •