The National Register. — London, England, 1811-07-07 00:00:00

NATION, assassination of Louis that ever wielded a all suspicion of parti cipation in such abominable principles, he trusted he should hear a fuil and frank di- , al. Mr. PER , , necessary for he thanked them. Du! imagined fc slightest not the smal:, no circumstances they who resent Ind __ their objects or interests one step by such means. Whoever esta!ll:shed so infernal a system would involve the world in a Calamity far worse than any from which it could in this way be relieved. He agreed with the Hon. Gentleman, that when events were decreed by Providence, no attempts of short sighted mortals could alter their destined course • bit when a se; itiment of that kind was introduced, care ought to isee,taken that it should not be mis , inderstood. He did not, Ito ever, imaeine that the Hon. Gentleman intended to adopt a system of fatalism, or to say that designs were not to be resisted bt cause entertained, and carried into execution, not by Providence, but by the ruler of France. He was satisfied the Hon. Gentleman meant, that where resistance appeared proper it ought to be made, for Providence wrought by means. Ai to the doctrine of assassination, he again declare d his disavowal and utter abhor rence of such abominable principles. Mr. Win lineal) was glad that the Right Hon. Gentleman had given so full and frank a disavowal, and thanked him for the justice he had done him in not affixing a sense to his words which thought no human being could have snpposed they in tended to convey. He was no fatalist, nor did he say that 13o naparte was irresP , tible; and he must have been a fool if he had said ao, since he was now more resisted than he had been at any time since the commencement of the war. He was happy that the abominable doctrines which-had called hint up on this Occasion, had been so openly di.avowed.—Adjourned. 420 THE NATIO last twenty years, every Sovereign would have been assassinated The doctrine wouli have justified the assassination of Louis XIV. of France. and indeed of every man that ever wielded a sceptre. To dear the Government from all suspicion of parti- _ _ Frank d;,avowal. . LCEVAL said, that if the Ben. Gentleman thought it or the Governmept to disavow such principals as those, d him for affordine the opportunity of disclaiming he should rather Attic that it never could have been cr a nioment that thetriti,h Government gave the ,untenanct: to the doctrine of assassination. He had al:est hesitation in declaring, that he could conceive ;tames in which assassination could be justified, and esoi ted to it would find thatthey were not advancing TVESDAY, JULY 2. ADDP ESS TO THE PRINCE REGENT, On the Motion o' Mr. STEPHEN, an Address was permitted to be made to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. humbly requesting him to order from the Governors of the West India Isi.tods, au account of the Number of Slaves until the latest time such accounts had been takin. An account of the whole inha bitants, with the number of the free persons of colour. The Curt.; of Clergymen of the Church of England resident and non resident, with the extent of the parishes and the amount of their inhabitants, with the number of the Dissenting Clergymen. An account of 211 Acts relating to the ptinislunnent of Slaves, and Acts of any incorporate body on Cho reli-ion of Slaves, with the numl)er of prosecutions at the bar of the Admiralty,Court of vessels on the Siave Trade, and the account of Slaves bound ap prernices, dates of their indontures, and names of those living. A lViessenyer from the Lords intimat , d their Lordships ap proval to the Westminster hustings Election Bill. On the motion of Mt. YnaKe, the House a: its rising, was ordered to be adjourned to Allieday. Mr. SWAN observing the thinness of :L . : House, and the inter val of time which they had awaited; Without doing any business, moved that the Ilous:-; should be-adjourned. The SPEAKER observed, that the li(Ai3C had given attendance to the Peers before four o'clock, and halting returned, were for a considerable tbne without performing any busines?. Such de -1 he did not deem proper, auttl the House had i po occasion to •Aidge those Members who had motions to tike, when they wd not attend at the usual time: . He believed the motion orthe Hun. Uentletnan was highly expedient. • rhe motion was then pot from the Chair, and carried. The House then adjourned to Monday., • LORD KING'S LET'T'ER. got? C .A LETTER raor4 LORE RING TO HIS TENANTS, 1811. " By . ltc.se, dated ICO2, you hale agreed to pay the annual ;um of Lt good izad lawria money of Great cow qutt3;:e qt the lat depreciation of paper-nioriey, I can no 105nTli:v acts pt 'of an-/ hut& r, •tes at their nominal value in pay- Merl, or satisfaction cif an old contract.-1 must, th,erefore, de sire you tl provide tvr . tl.e payment of your rent iu the legal tea l ni; at.clfie &anw time, having no other object ttaii Ko rectiviparneni of the real intriniie value of the aunt it4olKr4,l lri oilrevana t t o gpfibeln4 cl s e4iretts so avoid giving You unnecessary trouble, I shall he willing to receive payment its either of the manners following, according to your option. •' Ist. By payment in Guineas. " 2d. If Gui►:eas cannot he procured, by a payment in Por tugal gold coin, equal in weight to the number of Guineas re quisite to discharge the debt. " 3d. By a paymer.t in Bank Paper of a sum sufficient to pur chase (rte the present market price) the weight of standard gold requsife to discharge the rent. The alteration of the ♦alue of paper looney is estimated in this manlier. The price of gold in 1802, the year of your agreement was 4/. per oz. ; the present market price is 41. 14s. arising from tha diinivished value of paper—in that proportion an addition of 171. los. per cent. in paper money will be required as the equi valent for the payment of rent in paper. (Signed) " KING." " N. B. A power of re-entry and ejectment is reserved by deed in case of non-payment of rent due.-.--No draft will be re ceived." TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. ADMIRALTY-OFFICE. /LILY 2, 181 1. Extract of a Letter from Vice-Admiral Drury, Commander is, Chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels in the East Indies, to John Wilson Croker, Esq. dated on board the Samarang, in Madras Roads, Jan. 3, 1811. You will be pleased to lay before the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, the enclosed copy of a letter I have received from Captain Christopher Cole, of hit Majesty's ship Caroline, detailing his successful enterprize against the strong, and generally supposed impregnable fortress of the valuable island of Banda, the principal of the Spice Islands in the Molucca seas, with a handful of men, led on to the storm of the place by Capt. Cole, Lieut. Richard Kenah, acting cum• initialer of the Barracouta. His Majesty's ship Caroline, Banda Harbour, SIR, August 10, 1810. I have the honour and happiness of acquainting you with the capture of Banda Neira, the chief of the Spice Islands, on the 9:h August, by a portion of the force under my orders, in con. seqaense of a night attack, which completely surprized the ene my, althouah the approach of .the ships had been unavoidably discovered the day before. '1 he attempt was made with less than two hundred men, con. sisting of the sea:: en and marines, and about forty of the Ma dras European regiment. A dark cloud with rain covered cur landing within one bun. dead yards of a battery of ten guns, where by the promptitude and activity of acting Captain Kenah and Lieutenant Carew, who were ordered with the piketnen to the attack, the battery was taken in the rear, and an officer and his guard were made prisoners, ithina a musket being fired, although the enemy were at quir alias with matches lighted. From the near ap proach of day-light our situation became critical, but we had preaa red a native guide to carry os to the walls of the Castle of Belgica ; and leaving a guard nver the prisoners, and in charge of the battery, the party made a rapid moveine , t round the skirts of the town, where the sauna of the bugle was spreading alarm among the enemy. In twenty minutes the scaling ladders were placed against the walls of the outer pentagon of Belgica - and the first markets were fired by the enemy's sentries. 'l'h e gallantry and activity with which the scalitt ladders were hauled up after the outwork was carried, and placed for the attack of the inner work, under a sharp fire from the garrison, exceed all praise. The enemy, after firing three guns,_ and keeping up an eieffectual discharge of musketry for ten or fifteen minutes, fled in all directions, . «ntt.hroagh the gateway, leaving the Colonel Commandant and ten others dead, and two officers, and thirty prisoners in our bands. Capt. Kenah, Lieutenants Carew, Allen, Pratt, Walker, and Lyona of the navy, Lieut. Yeates and Ensign Allen (a Volunteer) of the Madras service,_ were among the foremost in the escalade ; and my thanks are dtit to 'Capt. Lieut. Nixon of • the Madras European regiment, for the steady ard officer-like conduct with which he directed the covering party entrusted to his charge, and to Lieutenants Brown and' Decker of that reginient attached to the marines. ...; - The day now beaming on the British flag a discovered to us the fort of Nassaui and the sea defences at our feet, and the enemy at their guns, at the different ports. I dispatched Capt Kenah with a flag of truce to the Governor, requiring the ins. mediateaurrender of Na au, and with a promise of protection for private property: At sun-rise the Dutch flag was hoisted in Nassean, and the sea bUtterits opened a fire'on the Caroline: I way induced to send a:second 0.4, statinginy determinatiOn to storm Nassau that instant, and to . ley the town in ashes , if the co:our& were not immediately struck. This threat, andawen vlacfs4 4b i ot from Belgka intavne of flail 110-bibtiltir•, proilscal •