The National Register. — London, England, 1817-03-10 00:00:00

i 6 .From the LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, March 8. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. R. WARRZY, of King.strect. Holborn.baker. BANKRtyTS. ROBERTSON G. of LiverPOol. merchant, April 7. 8, 19, at Liver pooL Mts. Black.tock and Co. Temple. Minntmvon J. of King's Lynn. insurance-broker. March 10, 31, April 19, at King's Lynn. Atts. Clarke and Co. Warnford court. LUSH J. of Frome Selwood. clothier, March 27, 28. April 19, at Frome Selwood. Au. Mr. Williams. Red Lion-square. LEA T. of Stapenhill. dealer, March 27. 28, April 19, at Burton upon-Trent. Arts. Lowe and Co. Temple. HttilllAM G. of Black-Hall, Devon, seedirnan, Match 17, 27, April 19, at Totnes. Att. Mr. Alexander, Carey-street. Donn I. late of George-street. Mile-end-road. rope-maker, March 15. 22. April 19, at Guildhall Atts. Noy and Co. Mincing-lane. Pool' E. lath of Lewes. shopkeeper. March 11. In, April 19, at Guildhall. Arts. Taylor and Co. New Basinghall-street. Parer. C. of Threadneedle-street. hardwarenian. March 18, 25, April 19, at GuildlialL Att. Mr. Oldham. Earl-rt. Blackfriars. Fowl. xi J. of Liverpool, timber-merchant, April it, 12, 19, at Li. verpooL Atts. Leigh and Co. New Bridge-street. W xxt *vow T. of Coventry. ribbon-manufacturer. March 21, 22, 'April 19. at Coventry. Atts: Meyrick and Co. Red Lion-stuare. Altrolckg R. of Stockport, hatter. March 21,22, April 19, at Man chester. Atts. Milne and Co. Temple. COLLV(ION A. of Wakefield. bout-builder, March 28.29, April 19, at Wakefield. Att. Mr. King. Castle-street, Holborn. CRICE W. of Fralsharn. tanner, March 25, 26. April 19, at Ches ter. AU. Mr. Ellis. Chancery-lane. BADER J. of St..ltunes's-street. dress-maker, March 11, 22. April 19. at GuiltlfrllL .Att. Mr. Smith, Tokenhouse-yard. Scovr W. of Nottingham, lace-manufacturer, March 18. 19. April 19, at Nottingham. Atts. Willis and Co. Warnfonl-court. Minot: x M. of Bread-street, merchant, March 15, 18. April 19, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Birkitt, Cloak-lime. Dirt Isom J. of Warwick-court, Holborn.-merchant, March 18. 2 5, April 19. at Guildhall. Acts. Wind and Co. Throgmorton-street. DLACE wru. R. of Manchester, manufacturing-chemist, March 20, plac 21. April 19, at Manchester. Atm. Harvey and Co. St. Helen's- DIVIDENDS AT GUILDHALL. U. Sewell, of Piccadilly, coal merchant, April 22. C. W. Bailee. of Larniveth. brewer. March 29. W. Manny. of Pali-Mall-court, taylor, April 5. S. Lvnaell and Co. of Chatham, grocers, March 29. W. Shaw. of Loag-acct. oheesernoager. March 29- J. biackcoull, of Worthing, stationer. March 29. T. Bolas, of the Inner Temple, and J. Robson, of Crotched Friars, • on, factors, Match 29. DIVIDENDS IN THE COUNTRY.. T. Lai/bowl, of Ashton-under-Lyne, grosser. April 5. T. Field. of Gresham, Norfolk, carpenter, April 9. R. To:venison. of Leek. Stafford, shopkeeper, April 10. E. Furnace, of Newcastle-Sport-Tyne, grocer, March 3t. . Rutherford, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ship owner, March 31. .1%. Atkinson, of York, woollen draper, Alai! 9. CERTIFICATES, MARCH 29.—.1. I'. De Retire and J. Ham brook. of Angel -court, merchants—C. Tapp and W. Crowther. of Charles-street, coach makors—J. Green and A. Odling. of Notting ham. drapers--J. Armstrong, of North Wamborough, nurseryman al. Buller of Taunton, linen draper--T. Mansell, of Stow on the Wold draper—T. Atkinson, of York, woollen draper--. 1. S. Lan ham. of Horsham, comma brewer-J. Rothery, of Whitehaven, mmoes..-J. and J. Dalton. of Neweastie-upon-Tyne, earthenware rouriutneturers-K. Wright, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer—J. ,^^. and, of Manchester, dader--J. Mallihson and Co. of Birdsedge and Huddersfield. elothiere-..H. C. O'Donnoghrie, of Bristol, dealer Elton, of Uxbridge, bittcher--W. Bates and W. Jones, of Bridgnorth. bankers-R. Medics:it:44 of Portsmouth, boot maker—F.. d Betkinstnn, dyer-31. • Windcy, of Bath, wine merchant Balls, of IA olverluanpton, scrivener. • PRICE OP . erdcirs [IS DAY. Bank Stock .. 3 per Cent. Reduced Shut 3 per Cent. Consols 69/ !per Cent. • ' • 3 pa Cent. Nail 99/ THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON : MONDAY, MARCH io, 1817. Accounts from Paris, dated on Monday evening, have teen received. They briefly notice the proceedings on that day in the Chamber of Deputies. The estimate of the navy expence4, wherein Ministers were defeated, was followed* by that of the expenses of the interior, presented by the Minister of Police ; and this estimate was so moderate, that it is said to have encountered only one opponent. An observation made by M. Cornet cl'lncourt, on continuing the salaries to Joseph Buona parte's swats, as King of Spain, created a great tumult on the Benches . favourable to Ministers. We hardly know what to say upon attacks of this kind. It cer tainly is not right, abstractedly considered, to take ma teyfrom the people of France in order to bestow it upon the creatures of such a Sovereign us Buonaparte's brother Joseph : but yet, if the abolition of these pen sions would either infuse a distrust respecting the sti eurity of other property acquired (luring the revolution, or if it is really necessary for awhile to purchase ad herents to the lawful Government from the agents of the Corsican tyrant, strict jnotie- might perhaps yield a little to policy, as the sum eancedeo is not large, and as thrse wha receive it arc probably only rendered more odious liv their consumption of national plunder. The loan, after a diseu,sion, in which one of the sharers in it (M. La Fitte) was the chief speaker, in maintaining. the propriety of the measure, was almost unanimously approved of. To us it appears to hare b un an act of necessity. At a late hoer Satunlav we received the Paris Papers et' Tuesday and Wednesday. The Papers of Tuesday contain the report of the sitting of the Chamber of De puties on Monday. Those of Wednesday contain the report of the sitting of Tuesday, which was a stormy eine it relates to the revenue front the Alt:Kis and tb n:sts to Ire applied to the maintenance of the Clergy. Tenth Funds 61f. 60c. fine it relate 4 to the revenue from the Wtt:Kls anti ti:;- man is awake to the necessity rests to he :ippliett to the maintenance of tbc Clergy, national oltiect us far as ke can tenth Fun:Et (a. 60c. . and while a maintenance tray bt NATIONAL REGISTER. THE The Duke of Orleans is looking out for a country house for the Duchess, who is to lay-in in France. The King is said to have lent his Serene Highness the Cha teau de Neuilly. We are sorry to End, from a motion made by Mr. Calcraft, in the House of Commons, Friday night, that Mr. Tierney is not able to give the Finance Committee the advantage of his longer attendance, on account of ill health. This, we repeat, is a circumstance to bo very much regretted, both as it regards Mr. Tierney himself and the country. We have, it is true, often disagreed with him on political subjects, but we should be ashamed of ourselves, if, from any disagreement of that kind, we were to withold our tribute to the clearness and acute ness of his talents, in which he is equalled by few, and probably surpassed by none. Mr. Calcmft replaces him. . Letters from Canton by an American ship arrived at Gibraltar, state, that the Embassy to China, under Lord Amherst, disembarked at Tien-Sing, in theGulph of Pc-tche-Lee, on the .2.6 th of July, after a remarkably quick passage up the Yellow Sea. In September they were still in Pekin. And we are credibly informed, that no progress had been made towards the opening of the Noble Lord's important mission. Symptoms of jealousy, and of an indisposition to receive the Embassy, had ap peared, under pretext of some breach of etiquette. The most serious apprehensions arc entertained that the whole object of the voyage will fail. The cause of the apparent reluctance of the Government to receive the Noble Lord, or to enter on the subject of his negocia tion, is, the jealousy entertained of our views, on ac count of the late expedition to the Nepaul territory.— They have such a dread of British enterprize, that they will not suffer our approach even to their neigh bourhood. There is the same contest in France as in England with respect to the magnitude of the military establish ment. A member, in speaking of the respective expences of the two armies in this country and in France, says, that the regular forces of the British army amount, by Lord Castlere.vh's statement, to 81,000 men ; and the expense of their maintenance is only 4 millions sterling, or less than a hundred millions of francs ; while the French army, which is under 80,000 men, costs an hundred and thirty millions; but we observe that twenty millions is granted provisionally for pensioners only. A late Paris Paper says—" The Proprietors of a gambling-house et Brussels have been sentenced to im- prisonwent for six months, and a tine of 6000 francs." The winter, by the blessing of Providence, has been mild almost beyond example in this climate, and we arc now arrived at a period when we are to hope that the rigours of the year are past. Those who visit the habi tations, and who concern themselves seriously about the comforts of the pour, can appreciate the weight from which the termination of the cold season relieves the in digent. With the spring appears a renewal of agri cultural industry, and even at this moment the country is all activity. The interval between the sowing and the hay-maling and the general harvest are compara tively short, and the months which are now coming on arc those whi,:h may be best devoted to all sorts of out-door labour, we arc to hope that whatever works of a public or of a private nature can be performed will be engaged in eamestly.—The " tepid airs" which in vite the country to its occupation are also the signals which call the mariner to his toil, made less adventu rous by summer. The storms of winter are appeasal, and Neptune rides forth rejoicing in the succession of the calmer months. From this time the fisheries will begin to resume new vil, , our, while the cmnmeree of the world will be again Gpen to the enterprise of the British mer chant. These natural results will occasion a revival of tlu more general demand for hands, and although the price of labour cannot fail to be. kept down by the inordinate competition, an alleviation of the distress may be surely expected front the concurrent wants of agriculture, ma nufacture, and commerce, and of those trades connected with building and works constructed in the open air, and which consequently can be carried on only during the months which are now approaching. An early harvest does not necessarily follow a forward spring , — but there is perhaps a greater promise to be infiirred from the dry, mild, and open weather which we have Ltd of late, has from the cold which it may be presum ed is likely to succeed the evaporation of a late and long succession of snow and rain. All these things in ane" us to hope that natural and artificial causes will al.ike lead to the employment of the people, for erery elan is awake to the necessity of siding the one great national ottioct as far as he can. While this is doing, sad while u makttesianceaay be thus affuojed W mania MARCH, a. if not to all those who arc the objeetsof public relief, the investigations of Parliament will' continue, and be fore another winter arrives we shall have seen what approximation has been made towards permanent re dress. Every day will now, by the livlier intercourse which must take place between• distant countries, give fresh opportunities of informing ourselves concerning the probability of the re-establishment of commerce, while• the knowledge of our domestic situation will be improving. The present controversy on Regeneration between the Orthodox and the Evangelists has already branched into several pamphlets, and bids fair to occupy more numerous and more extensive works, though it can never be extended to more able writers ; the light which this investigation, so unexpectedly sprung up in these latter days, is likely to throw upon the laity, who have not either studied or thought 1113ach on the mil.. ject, may be readily anticipated ; and so far as it is trea:e l with temper and moderation, will tend to esta blish the truth between roofessing Christians ; but we deprecate the consequences of a too hasty zeal which may prejudice uninformed minds, and lead them falsely to believe that something may be in danger by the dit:. ference, and that what they never before valued is about to be snatched from their possession; that their claims are disregarded ; and their future hopes frustrated ! This would be a point in the debate of very serious mo ment, and we therefore deem it our duty to put the disputants on their guard against raising the flame of &scour. Government have issued the whole 24,000 000 of 21e. Exchequer Bills to the Bank at ss. premium, but the Public will not take them at present ; they are only purchasers of Stock, which accounts for the great rise. Immense sums had been betted in the City that Consols would not reach 70 by the lst of April. The bets have been lost. Consols at the opening of the mar. ket on Thursday morning were done at 69i, at twelve &dock they had advanced to 70i. Very large sums were paid on that day. We learn from undoubt( d authority, that all British Officers who hold conunissons in the l'ortup;uese army and are on leave of absence in this country, have re ceived peremptory orders forthwith to join their regi. ments. The cause is said to he, that Lord Beresford had left Lisbon, and had proceeded to the Spanish frontier, in consequence of discussions with the Court of Madrid, which had taken an unthvourable turn, and the ultimate issue of which was d•aubtful. It was therefore necessary that Officers should be at their posts. We are assured, that Mr. Baring has intimated to Mr. Sergeant his intention to decline taking any part of the American loan. Trite Lonn MAYOR.—IIis Lordship, much to the credit of his feelings, has priqu.sed to the Court of Aldermen, that the sum of 10001. usually devoted to the Easter Feast, should be devoted, this year, to cha ritable purposes : but the worthy Aldermen have, thought proper to decline offering any opinion upon a measure involving the ancient custom and dignity of the City of London." The Committee f , r the Relief of the Poor at Man chester, have distributed in /1 weeks, 400,795 i quarts of soup, at a loss (including the expence of fitting up the premises), of 2,5! ft 17s. 7d. and supplied upwards of 7000 families with gotsl coals, at reduced prices, at a loss in five weeks, of 4241. 10s. Bd. In consequence of the insults offered to the Judge, and the disgraceful and menancing conduct of the rab ble, collected in anti about the Court, at the last Assizes for the county of Nottinglmm, it has bo-n determined that the business of the ensuing Assizes shall be done at Newark. The Justices of Assize will open the Com missions, as usual, at Nottingham, and will immediately adjourn the Court to Newark. It may be gratifying to our Readers to learn, the t Mr. Platt, who was wounded on the memorable 2d of December, in Mr. 13eckwith's shop, in Skinner -stress, has completely recovered from the effects of his wound. The ball has not been extracted ; but it is expected that Mr. Platt will be able to attend to his ordinary business in a few days. Monday the two Evans's, Eitherand sae►, were takest to the Secretary of State's Office tar the Home Depart ment, and underwent examinations befbre Lord Sid mouth, the Attorney and Solicitor-General, and other Law Officers. They were kept in separate rooms, and under the care of different persons ; so that neither of them knew each other was in the Office. They were conveyed away in separate coaches, atter their exami nations had respectively dosed. NEW Sr , CI ES OF A Nowse..—A singtdar trick, which we understattl is not uncommon in the West Intlie ,- , has lately been attempted in Liverpord. Some fellows in the divas of sailors went leery a fow Jays since, near Lotv-hill, in the act of throwing hatted hooks, fastened to long tines, among some poultry ; and as often as a fowl caught the bait and was hooked, he was drawn up by the robber who lwld the string, and immediately secured. Perceiving. however, that they were olnervt,d. ter alguadvaal thvii frig wad na