The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-08 00:00:00

e, 411 0 -7 Zo. • • • - P 4 11 VP 314 THE NATIONAL REGISTER FR ES Cfl PAPERS. --.4.1••• - • PARIS, SEPT. 30.—A letter from Perpignan, dated the 18th instant, confirms the details already given relatively to the sad condition of Barcelona and a part of Catalonia. The number of persons who have quitted Barcelona is stated to be from 35 to 40,000, who are scattered in different quarters of that ill-tatetl province. Tortosa, and the whole shore of the Ebro, is a prey to this terrible scourge: Malaga, Cadiz, Xeres, and Port St. Mary, are not exempt from the infection. It is feared that the state of political affairs does not permit the Govern ment to deliberate with effect upon the necessary measures which such grievous circumstances require. Barcelona, it is said, is only occupied by individuals whom the hope of pillage has induced to remain. The lazaretto of that town is now empty ; all those who were confined there have died: that of Barce lonetta is menaced with the same results. A letter from Mount Louis, dated the 19th inst. announces that all Catalonia is in desolation, and that the streets of Barcelona are deserted, as the unhappy inhabitants have withdrawn to the mountains, from whence they are repulsed by the peasantry, and die of famine and misery. This letter confirms the pre vious accounts, that upwards of 67,000 passpints were delivered before the establishment of the cordon of health. It was concealed from the inhabitants that this coulon would be firmed at a very little distance from the town: as soon, however,.as it was known to them, they committed sad excesses. The civil authorities had quitted the town. A letter from Bayonne, dated the 22d, says,— " Advices have reached our authorities respecting the progress of the infection at Catalonia, which has determined them to adopt more rigorous precau tions on the frontier of Navarre end Guipuscoa. The customs' posts have been reinthreed by three companies of troops of the line, which now form a strung cordon. The first detachment wiil be sta tioned at flendaye, Biriatoco, the Pas-de-Behobia, mid °Baena; the second at S:.re, and St. Pee; the third at Ainhod, and ltsazou. The Pas-de-Behobia is the may point by which communication with France will be permitted. Thesa measures are at present merely precautionary, because but little com munication exists between Catalonia and our neigh. bowing provinces. Even should contagious symp toms appear amongst us, the vigilance of the authorities and the fidelity of the troops would inspire us with security." Yesterday being the anniversary of the birth -day of the Duke of Bourdeaux, his Majesty received at the castle of the Tuileries the congratulations of their Royal Highnesses Monsieur, Madame, the Duke of Angoulemc, the Duchess of Berry, the Duke of Orleans, and other members of the royal family. There was a grand breakfast, after which the Duke of Bourdeaux and Mademoiselle were brought to the King, who caressed these august infants with great tenderness. After mass, the King, accompa nied by his family, appeared at the balcony. An immen-e crowd assembled beneath filled the air with shouts of " Live the King," " Live the Duke of. .1 Bourdeaux," " Live the Bourbons." The hotel of the King's Life Guards was brilliantly illuminated 1 lei the occasion of the anniversary. The Duchess of Berry also received the congratulations of her royal relatives on the occasion. Aensa u 1112, SKIPT. 2 4.—1 t is affirmed that the Russian Cabinet, although it manifests entire sails &aim, upon some points, such as the raising of the embargo, and the re-establishment of the free pas sage of the Dardanelles, insis;s, in the most fbrnial manner, upon obtaining categorical and inure precise answers relative to several objects on which the Ot toman note expresses itself but very superficially. It fUrthet appears, that the declaration of the Russian Cabinet, which contains ample developments, has been transmitted by the Baron de Lebzeltern, to Lc addressed without delay to the Porte, through the medium of M de Lutzow, the Austrian Inter , nuncio at Constantinople. NUREMIJIM, SEPT. :13 .—We have received ac counts from Curti*, which represent that and the other lonian Islands to he in a very precarious state. The ferment which has been observed tier sonic time rust is increasing every tidy, and may be attended with rerious cowcquelice: it arises from the discon tent with regard to the Euglish, which is apparent in the lonian Islands. Pcmitsuumm, Seer. 7.—The Conserv('!cur Im perial cout:►ins the following article:—" 13aron Strogonotf, the Emperor's Ambassador to the Otto mon Porte, atter having performed quarantine with hi legation in the port of Odessa, will proceed di mot to St. Petersburgh. He is expected there about the 20th or 25th of this month." WARSAW, SEPT. 10.—The German papers have w uderfully exaggerated the warlike preparations a .41 marching of troops which may have taken place i t the Russian empire, the greater part of the army o the south remaining in its cantonments, under the command of Count 11'ittgenstein. That General Las only pushed forward some light detachments ore . •; • • • I I the Prod'. The army of the west has made no movement whatever. _ _ VIENNA, SEPT. IB.—The filllowing are the latest accounts relative to Greek affairs which have becn received via Corfu :—. " Hostilities have ceased for some time past in Albania and Epirus. The rumours which have been current of the progress of Ali, and of his having formed an army, &c. arc destitute of foundation. He has not left his fortress, and has lost all his cre dit, since it is known that he has made propositions for an accommodation to the Turks, which were re jected. I'revesa remains in the possession of the Turks. The Greeks have gained some advantages in the fvforea. Tripolliza and two forts have sur rendered. Pistils; continues to hold out with Napoli di Romania, Coron, and other fortresses. Thessaly has been evacuated by the Turks. All the attempts which have been made for the establishment of a concentrated Greek Government, and for the disso lution of separate authorities, have hitherto proved ineffectual." THE KING OF ENGLAND. The King of England left Calais on the morning of the 26th. About five in the evening of the slime day, the cannon of the citadel of Lisle announced the approach of his Majesty to that city. The Marquis de Jumilhac, who had arrived an hour previously, proceeded at the head of his staff, to the faubourg do la Barre, to accompany the King on his entrance. A trivial accident procured to the inhabitants of Lisle the pleasure of having a full view of his Majesty Near the barrier, a spring of the carriage broke, and the postillions pulled up. The carriage of M Adam de Lamaire followed that of the King ; this lady alighted, and had the honour of ceding it to the Monarch, who, at the invitation of the Marquis de Jumilhac, consented to occupy it. An immense multitude preceded his Majesty, who was welcomed by the most animated acclamations, which he ac knowledged in an affectionate manner. The King • alighted at the Hotel de l'Europe, where he received the principal authorities. The population of the town thronged the Rue Basses, in which the hotel is situated. In the course of the evening the gar rison band played various military airs and select symphonies under the windows of the saloon His Majesty the King of England, having passed the night at Lisle, left that city on the morning of the 28th inst. for Brussels, where he would arrive the same evening. It was expected that after having dined .with the whole Court, this Monarch would go to the theatre, to see the opera of the Bayaderes performed. To the details which have already been given to • the stay of this Sovereign at Calais, we have to add, thut on drinking the first glass of wine after dinner, at the hotel Dessin, his Majesty gave, " Gentlemen, I drink the health of the King of France." With his last glass he toasted •` The good welcome which I I hive received in this town." Every thing concurs to induce the belief that his Majesty will visit neither Vienna nor Paris, as has been rumoured. The King of England left Lisle on the morning of the 27tb, at half past nine o'clock, after breakfitit, at which were present MM. de la Chatre Lind Jumilliac, the Prefect and the Mayor, His Majesty took the route to Belgium. At the moment of his departure M. de Jumilhac received a very beautiful snuff-box ; the proprietor of the Hotel de l'Europe a draft for 6,000 francs ; the guard another for .500 and the band one for 200 francs. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 25.—We every instant expect his Majesty the King of England in this town. It is said that our Sovereign, in order to give his illustrious host, the King of England, a high idea of his royal munificence, and of the flourishing state of the Flemish school, intends to offer his Majesty 12 of the best paintings in our Saloon, in different styles. If this, which we doubt not, be true, the present offered to a great King, worthy to possess them, from his taste for the fine arts, will recall the period when, disdaining gold and jewels, Lorenzo the Magnificent received, us un invaluable treasure, the most trivial remnant of ancient art, and only displayed to the eyes of Sovereigns who visited Florence. works of ancient and modern genius. The Marquis of Londonderry, Lord Clanwilliam, Milord Dank and MM. Paris and IVard, arrived here this day front Loudon. and alighted at the hotel Wellington. The Duke of Wellington also arrived from Paris. His Grace alighted at thohotel I llcllvue. SOU:111 AMERICA. mon Letters dated the 28th July have been received from Buenos Ayres, and the Ist of August from Monte Video, on the opposite bank ►•f the river Nate. No accounts, it is stated, had been received front Chili for sonic months by the rogular mail, the disturbed state of the interior having long prevented all information by that channel. A few travellers with great difficulty and danger occasionally armed the journey, but as the haste and secrecy with which 'r r they were compelled to travel would not permit the incumbrance of letters, great ignorance prevailed in Buenos Ayres regarding the situation of the inde pendent cause in Peru. Better prospects appear to await the province and surrounding territory of Buenos Ayres, which have so long been a prey to internal quarrels, and struggles of so many different parties for pre-eminence. The death of Ramirez has been a fatal blow to the cause of which he was the leader. The accession of Salta and Tucuman to the league, which was deemed certain, would give increased strength and consequence; and the extir pation of the Montoneros, with the establishment of a federal Government, might be expected to fidlow. At Monte Video a revolution of an important na. tare has occurred, that province having declared itself a portion of the Brazils. An assembly of the representatives of the people was called on the 15th of July, to consider that step, or the alternative of establishing un independent government. They chose to become a province of Brazil, but on what terms is not distinctly stated. It is mentioned as one indispensable condition, that 6,000 European troops shall be maintained for their protection. We may doubt, however, whether the united government of Portugal and the Brazils may think the adherence of Monte Video worth purchasing at so expensive a rate; yet it is clear that their vicinity to the roving tribes that have so long been the scourge of' Buenos Ayres, render a large military force indispensable, and the province is too poor, unassisted, to support them. Vessels had previously been sent from Rio de Janeiro to bring off the troops from thence, but they were disembarked as soon us the above deter. mination was adopted, and the vessels sent back. The military were by no means satisfied with their detention, as it appeared to remove the prospect they had of receiving their pay, which was no less than 23 months in arrear. On the night of the 24th of July, therefore, they advanced, in arms, to the gates of Monte Video, and demanded admission. Being refused, they were on the point of forcing them, when their commander, General Lecor, appeared. The soldiers, instead of submitting to his authority, loaded him with reproaches, and demanded their pay. General Lecor was only able to pacify them by promising within one month the full payment of all the arrears. Should he be compelled to forfeit his word, which the exhausted state of his military chest and of the treasury at Monte Video rendered extremely probable, very serious consequences were apprehending from the resentment of the soldiery. PARENTAL CRUELTY.—The following account of a barbarous father is extracted from the Journal des Debts of Thursday : naussm.s, SEPT. 23.—A private letter states, than an extra ordinary discovery has excited much interest in the en►irons of Merbes de Chateau. A young woman shut up in a dungeon during twelve or thirteen years by her barbarous parents, was recently discovered by one of the horse police, and restored to the world. A potter residing in the above Commune had several children, and one daughter named Mary, who resided at Mims; she suddenly disappeared, and no person knew what became of her. It was given out that she had committed suicide, and mane believed her dead. The police officer who made the discover/ having recently lent an attentive ear to the conversation of seve ral individuals, heard expressions which led him to suspect the young woman was still living. lle spoke to the Commander of his Brigade, and they held a conversation with Lambotte, which confirmed his suspicions. An information was laid before Lieut. Mathieu, at Charleroy, who went himself to die place, accompa nied by the Deputy Procureur. The porter was interrogated, and denied that his daughter was with hum lie added, that lie did not know what haul become of her. The officers of justice searched the house, and they found the unfortunate girl thrust into a dark hole, covered with a few rags, and laying upon a handful of rotten straw. Het state was the most misentble that imagination could figure. Several mouldy crusts of bread were scattered near her. his wretched victim, who enjoyed robust health before her horrible sufferings, had lost the use of her limbs. The proceedings of justice against these unnatural pa rents will, doubtless, throw inure light upon this crime. BUTTER TRADE.—The following is a copy of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the Dublin Chamber of Commerce : " Treasury Chambers, Sept. 22, 1821. " it,--I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the Chamber of Commerce at I)ufilin, with reference to their Me morial relative to the importation of foreign butter, under the denomination of grease, that their Lordships have given general directions, that whenever any article is entered as grease, the whole of the packages should be carefully and duly examined by the proper Officers on the quays; and should the same not appear to be the fat of animals, but deteriorated or damaged butter, the article should not be delivered out of the custody of the Officers as grease, until a sufficient quantity of tar, or other ingredient be mixed therewith, as the expence of the importer, so as to render it unsaleable as butter, and only fit for the purpose to which grease is applicable; and in case of doubt on the part of the Water-side Officers, whether the article is damaged butter or otherwise, the Officers to cause the same to he viewed by sonic respectable persons in the trade; and, previously to the delivery thereof, to submit their opinion for the direction of the Commis• sioncrs of Customs. " 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, R. LUSIIINGTON." Magnanimily.—Lord Byron, in his letter to Bowles, says, " I hate the word magnanimity, be cause I have sometimes seen it applied to the grossest of impostors by the greatest fools." Appearances.—Lord Byron also observes, never judge from manners, for I once had my pocket picked by the civilest gentleman I ever met with ; and one of the mildest persons I ever saw was Ali Paduz