The National Register. — London, England, 1818-01-05 00:00:00

w.n the LONDUN GAZETTE, Salitaziv, Jun. 3. TIAN Kin'PTCY ENLATIGr.D. Howtt t J. ar.d 11. Blackfriars.road, linendrapers, from Dec. 23, to ° eb. 10. BANKRUPTS. 1:1.1.is E. Manchester, joiner. Jan. 16. 17, Feb. 14, at Manchester* ktti. Aalitn,o, pnl n , Ca. Iledtied-row. .ii , uus W. N. Sa:tlad, Lancater, corn denier. Jan. 16, 17, Feb. at Manc*K.A.:r. .Ktt. Mr. Ellis, Chancery-lane. I..tuitE W. lioilder. Jan. 16. 19, Feb. 14, at Shcffield. .\tt. Mr. S:r;cant's Inn. H .nerg G. I.arx Ln-1, Statrind. draper, Jan. 16, 17, Feb. 14, at Nlarieitt-;ter. Wilns and Co. Wionford.court. TO' ii.tt .1. Jas. and Leiutt .1. late of Agecnd., Lancaster. c, ii Jan.l7. ‘2.2, Feb. 14, at Manchester. Atts. Willis and Co. W:iet,..,rl.cotirt. w Ct. t. W. derby, ch....c, , efactor. Jan. 16, 17, Feb. 14, at Derby. Atts. Long and Co. Gray'd Inn. Gnat( It. N..rwich. hinueliold broker, Jan. 16, 17, Feb. 14, at Nor wt.+. Atts. roole sad Co. Gray's Inn. il t.:TsoN .1. and SMITIL T. Nli.ldleton, Lancaster, cot..oitsiti.mers. Jan. Pi, 17, Feb. 14, at Manchester. Att. Mr. Askin , on. Temple. W gtt'ttvtr rtte ßrighouse. York, cornfactor, Jan. 8, Feb. 14, at York. Att. 11. EV3114. I lattOn Garden. ;rwtvaus J. law Of Manor-rote, East Smithfield, merchant. Jan. to. 17, Feb. 14, nt Gitililliall. Att. Mr. Wilde, Warwick •square. et. .1. lloant:zii M4rket. potatoc 111:10;:tIlt, .Jr_.: 6, 11, Feb. 14, at Gail.r , • , ll. .ktt. M r Watant, Clittind's lit as II aat .1. late .-t .1e7.• firm. Stafford, farrier. .Tan. 10,17. Fell. I. at Guildhall. Att Mr. Cook, Woodbridge house, Clerk- I :. Wdl• DIVIDENDS. 11. nvm %h. Herby, chetscf. etor. Feb. 6. LI. Ch....,lner, and J. Down, Ct. Winclicstn-stroct, c`ia 31. .1. lockill, Itirst.ill. York, linendraper, Jan. 31. W. Wir.e. Bahr. bookteller. Jan. 26. J. Ileay, Mark.lane, wine merchant, Jan. 31. Statronl, timber merchant, April 7. Stockport. Cii.:ster, cotton spinner, Jan. 26. lato of Bristol, ::thier..lan. 26. C. Jame, and 11. Cock, late of Bristol, brandy merchants, Jan. 29. G. Sizer. Holborn Hill, mercer, Feb. 48. D. C. Marsh, widow, 1.. Deane, widow, 11. Westbrook, sen. and 11. B. Deane, Beading. bankers. Jan. 21 , S. Brown. Shad Thames, Surrey, victualler, Jan. 13. 11. Atmore, late of Fouldliam, Norfolk, grocer. Jan. 9.4. J. Sto.•cer, Ea-41e-yard, %Vell-etrect, Ratcliffe-highway, sugar re- finer, Jan. 21, C. 11.ilzer, Bristol, seedsman, Jan. 26. J. 11 urry. Nates !lest-court, Graeechtuvh.street, merchant, Feb. 12. H. :ma _l. Ekst.on, Three Tun-court, Southwark, hop factors, Jan. 17. R. Burr. Chatham, upholsterer, Jan. 24. G. Strong, Exeter, ironmonger. Jan. 26. J. :Middleton, Kings I.ynn. Norfolk. insurance breker, Jan. 24. It. Cole. Gnat Yarmouth, linendraper, Jan. 26. E James. Pembroke, shopkeeper, Fab. rt. I). Ames jun. late of Oxnead. Norfolk, paper merchant, Jan. 27. CERTIFICATES, JAN. S!4. - _ W. Hall, Halifax, York, 'money scrirener-11. and .1. Dickinson, John-s,treet. C'erkenwell, brewers—J. Ripley, Lanca:ter, mer ehant—J. Knapp, Talbot-court, Gracechurch-street. victualler—J. }lob,,on, Manchester, brazier—S. Bennett. Bath, broker—.W. Ro den, late of Itirmingham, currier—J. Itoardniam jun. and G. Alsop, IMancite ster. twist tie.ders—H. Warei, lererin.rton. Cambridge, miller— I. Richankon„ late of Great St. Ilelensonerchant—J. Rope, High-street, Slioreditch, hosier. '.•With conductors of Public Journals, the commencement of a new year, is usually a period of promise : thank ful for the past favours of our friends, we look with a con fident hope to a continnation of their patronage; simply assuring them that no effort shall be wanting on our parts to render the NATIONAL RLGISTER still more worthy of their support. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON: MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1818. For some days past the Funds have been rather hea vy : Consols for account remaining of 82. Yesterday they experienced an advance. Indeed, we arc of opinion, that the late depression arose entirely from temporary causes, which a few days will entirely remove. When the first decline commenced, a thousand political ru mours were circulated ; but now, even upon the Stock Exchange not a rumour exists, with the exception of some reports as to Finance, which we have no doubt arc circulated with as little authority as the late political rumours. The true cause appears to be the improve ment in the value of land, and the great increase in trade. On both these accounts extensive sales of Stock have been made. This, added to many heavy payments to the Exchequer for this Quarter, are the only reasons that can be assigned for the fall of the Funds. The preparations made for the loan to France has also been suggested to as having considerable weight in de pressing the money market on Friday, when so great was the scarcity, that at the rate of 20 per cent. was given in the City for money till Tuesday next. It is reported that above half st . million was on Friday paid at the Custom•housc flu. Sugar Duties. One extensive West India house paid in one cheque 60,0001. IVlten the Dividends arc paid, which will be next week, mo ney will be as plentiful as it is now scarce; and we have no doubt a rapid alvance will tale place in the nds. THE NATIONAL TirGISTMR, A private letter from Paris, received on Saturday, states, that since the disposal of the law on the liberty of the press in the Chamber of Deputies, the public mind appears more tranquil. The discussions of the Peers, however lively, create no sensation, as they take place with shut doors. The Duke of Wellington is said to have refused the office of mediator between Prussia and France, which had been pressed upon him by the Emperor Alexander. The same letter seems to hint at a sort of connexion between the rise of the French funds and the decline of the English. The French Minister has received many offers for the loan of 1;2,000,000 of francs, proposed in the project on the budget. An article in theputch papers states, that the Prince of Onufp had appeared in the Theatre for the first time since the resumption of his various offices, and had leen greeted with the loudest acclamations. A. Vienna paragraph threatens some measures of the Courts of Austria and Prussia in concert, against the I " licentiousness" of the German press. The statement in the Flanders mail, that the Prin cess of Wales is about to sell her estate in Italy, gives colour to the rumour that Her Royal Highness intends to return to this country. A Flanders mail received on Friday, brings the following intelligence, which is more than usually in- terest : " Bats ssus, DEC. 26.—Letters from the Hague, which come from the best source, state, tl•ut his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange is re-invested with all the places and offices which he held before the 15th of last November, at which time his resignation was accepted. It is with very lively satisfaction that we announce this happy news, which will dt übtless put an end to the ridiculous rumours with which the public curiosity is continually fed."—Oraele, Dee. 27. " 27.—" The High Court of Justice was to hear to day the appeal made by the public officer in the affair of the Duke of Wellington against M. De Buss cher of Ghent ; but it has beet, put off, till a decision is made respecting his Grace's application to the Court ' of Cas.sation, from the decree which has rejected his appeal. Hamburg:it mail contains a document, signed by the King of Sweden, on the events which have taken place since the last Diet, and on the general state and prospects of the kingdom. By this it appears, that a treaty of commerce has been concluded between Swe den and the United States, and a treaty with Russia respecting the commercial relations between Sweden and-Finland, her former province. Prussia has made considerable progress in paying up the sums agreed upon as an indemnity to Sweden for the loss of Pome rania. The Swedish revenue of customs has improved, and her foreign debt has every where been discharged or diminished. KING'S HEALvw.—On Saturday a quarterly meet ing of the King's Council was held at Windsor, and the following report was given in by the physi cians : - " W inasor Castle, Jan. 3. " His Majesty has passed the last month in a 'cry tranquil man ner and in a good state of bodily health, but His Majesty's disorder remains unchanged." It was exhibited yesterday at St. James's-palace. WINDSOR, JAN. 4.—Yesterday, after the breaking up of the Queen's Council, ell the members left Wind sor, except Lord Arden, who remains on a visit to the Queen. The same day the Duke and Duchess of Glo cester, and the Princess Sophia of Glocestcr, left the Castle for Bagshot-park. This morning the Queen and Princesses attended Divine service in the private chapel in the Castle. Her Majesty, it is ncw said, does not go to Brighton on the sth inst. This morning was the time fixed upon for the de parture of Prince Leopold from Claremont, to Came, in Dorsetshire,forthe recovery of his health. Sir Henry Halford left the Pavilion at Brighton about nine or ten days since, when the Prince Regent was enjoying much better health than his Royal High ness had done for some time previous: but he feels himself, it is said, unequal to the opening of the en suing Session of Parliament; and the Session, there fbre, will be opened on the 27th inst. by commission, when it is expected that the change of succession to the throne will be noticed. The Duke of Canihritlge is expected to arrive in England, about the middle of February, to settle some preliminaries, relative to his approaching marriage. The American ship Two Brothers, recently arrived at Portsmouth from Batavia, with a cargo of coffee in bulk, bound to Holland, left on the 9th September, and reports, that the whole island of Amboynu, e:;- cepting a very small part, was in the hands of the In surgents. A detachment of troops had been - scut from Batavia to endeavour to suppress the revolt. .TAN. 5. THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE: The following beautiful tribute to the memooy of the late Princess Charlotte, is extracted from a Ser. mon preached at Chester on the Sunday after her : inter• ment, by Dr. Law, the Bishop of that Meese :-- • " Youth, under any circumstances, seldom sinks into the grave unlamented. The sympathies of our nature, too, arc generally and powerfully awakened, when they whose morn gave the promise of a resplen dent day, prematurely close their earthly career, And disappear from off the face of the earth, to be seen on it no more. But these regrets an naturally still far ther augmented, when comeliness of form has been an peradde7l to the attractions of youth. And such sensi bilities arc excited in the highest degree, when the shaft of death has fallen upon one, who was early treading in the paths of religion, and who was exhi biting a bright pattern of every rising virtue. Our grief too is always embittered by contrast. Never then could any disappointment be more aggravated, at nu period could a female sink into the tomb more deeply lamented, than at that moment; when expectation was about to he realized, and when a new source of. duties appeared to be opening to her, in the person of her _ _ " Neither on such an occasion should the distinctions of rank be disregarded, or the important consequences of an event be overlooked, by a reflecting mind. " Now ALLthCSe • particulars, alas ! were combined in her whom we are deploring. Comeliness and youth were her's, but they were her last attractions. How early she had imbibed a principle of devotion, how strongly she tilt in her tender years the sanction of Rem ligion, has been evinced by an interesting trait, recorded in the life of that eminent Prelate, whose memory is still fondly cherished in this place. " And in estimating our loss we cannot surely forget —that the object of o — ur regrets was the only daughter of a Prince, endeared to his people, and most justly, by every public obligation and principle, and to us indeed, by even local and personal considerations—that she was the grand-daughter of our King—u King, during whose reign most of us have been born—a King, who in sick ness and in old age, still lives enthroned in the hearts of his subjects." " Under the present illustrious House, we have en. joyed a degree of appiness and glory, certainly not sm. passed by any other nation, if indeed they have ever been equalled, in the annals of the world. We have been no less distinguished in Arts, than in Arms : and though a transient shade may sometimes have obscured our prospects, yet have we seen darker clouds impend ing over every other kingdom. What soil is there, ex cept our own, which has not lately been polluted, by the hostile tread of an Invader ? For the secure enjoy ment then of our country and home, for the spread of our manufitctures and commerce, for as great u share of liberty as we are perhaps capable of enjoying, for ous toleration, the great and unrivalled privilege of worshipping God as our reason prescribes—for these and numberless other blessings, let us now, when thus called upon, draw nearer to the throne—let us by an increased attachment, and a still firmer support, testify our devotion to the family of the Monarch, in this their hour of trial. The sympathy of the subject cannot but be grateful to the heart of the Sovereign. It will fill up the chasm and the void which Royality hos experienced. It will shed the balm of consolation there, where the wound must be the most painful, and the deepest." This being Plough-Monday, according to annual custom, the gentlemen who have been elected to serve as Common Council for the several Wards of the City of London for the ensuing year will be sworn in before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and a bench of Aldermen, at the Adjourned Sessions at Guild hall. It seems now to be reported with some degree of confidence, that the dissolution of Parliament will not take place until after the next Session ; but whether in the following autumn, or in the spring of 1819, is not yet known. Sir Joseph Banks transacted business with the Ad. miralty Board on Saturday, supposed to relate to the intended voyage towards the North Pole, on discove. rics. It appears from the French Papers, that the number of dramatic pieces produced last year at their ten then. tres amounted to 1.42: of these 22 became stock pieces. As neither pantomimes nor revivals are included in this account, the quantity speaks well for the fecundity of the French stage-writers, and still better for their enterprise; for the failure of six plays out of seven holds out but small encouragement, and might damp any courage, except the courage of literary vanity. Tltere is no accomplishment in which the English Ladies have a more decided advantage over the French * tha:i in their skill in the management of the horse.— Lady Wedderburne Webster, the lion. Mrs. Arbuth. not, &c. excite the envy of the Parisian Belles at the reviews near that city, which fidlowed the restoration of Louis XVIII. Lady Annesiey, seated with grace. ful case on her Barbary courser, flying along the 800. %Thirds, is now the gaze of the day. ~.