The National Register. — London, England, 1817-11-23 00:00:00

FROM A GERMAN PAPER. AUGSBURG'', NOV. 10.---(FIVID 11Correspondent.] The Duke of Otranto has been reproached in the public journals with not having taken measures to de fend Paris, on the approach of the Allied Armies, after the battle of NVaterloo. The following copy of a letter which Marshal Davoust wrote to him, as the Presi dent of the French Regency before the capitulation of Paris, may serve to instruct those who have not attended to the loud and clear language of events. This letter, which by accident came into my hand, should be read, in connexion with the following observation under the bead, " France." in the .11gemcine Zeilung, No. 2(iti : " By the reception of Davoust into the number of lklarshals, it was intended (says a Paris Paper) to re ward the services which the Prince had rendered, and which, though before unacknowledged, make him wor thy of the honour, and can never in future be denied." —This being premised, the letter of the Marshal must be read with great interest in your journal, especially as it has never before appeared in a continental paper, and as it.contains the declaration of the MarAal fir the statue of the Bourbons. 'flit letter runs in the follow ing terms: TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE. DUKE OP OTRANTO, CRESIDENT of TNT REGEXCY. " I transmit to your Excellency the intelligence which I have re ceived to night. '1 here is no time to be lost is adopting the propo sition which I submitted to you. I repeat it, we must proclaim ...Louis XVIII. We must request of him to niakc his entry into the capital without foreign troops. which must never trample on l'aris. Louis XV II I. must reign with the support of the nation. In other respects I refer to what I have before said. Posterity inspires my motives. I have conquered my prcjudiem and my ideas. The most irresistabla necessity and perfect conviction alone have determined me to think, that there is no other means of saving our country. I have tsar hononr to be, with great considczation, &e. " The Minister of War, Marshal Prince ECK MUHL." LONDON Oct 22.—The five great European Powers, namely, Russia, Great Britain, Austria, France, and Prussia, tiirm at present a kind of Am phyctionic Council, which not only extends its influence over Europe, but over the other parts of the world, and has tin. its object to settle the differences arising between individual States. This tribunal will have for some time a kind of permanent seat at Paris, where the French Prime Minister and the Ambassadors of the different Powers resident at the French Court will be its assessors. This European tribunal is employed at present, among other things, with the disputes between Portugal and Spain. From time to time, however, the monarchs in persons will assemble at it for the purpose of forming with great prompitudc a decisive judgment on the affairs of the world. This congress of sovereigns will take place on the sth of August at Spa, where without doubt, many things will be definitively settled which, by the sudden and unexpected arrival of Burnie parte in France, were left unadjusted at the breaking up nt the Congress at Vienna. Lord Castlereagh will repair, as Plenipotentiary of England, to the Continent when this period arrives, and attend to the interest of Great Britain at this assembly—Times. The English nt Paris, according to the papers of that capital, celebrated on Sunday last a funeral service for their honoured hincess, at the Protestant churCh "Tem ple de l'Oratoirc," in the Hue St. Honore. An English clergyman preached the funeral sermon on that most ,sorrowful occasion. • Po (Fe! irtc.—An inqiisition was taken on Saturday at the Car rntar'i firms, Button-street, Brunswick-square, before Thomas Stirling. Esq. on the body of Mrs. Biddy Lewis, wife of Mr. Lewis. of No. 12, 11111103-CtesCCIA, St. Piniers. Sitnpson being examined, said, that on Saturday night the deceased was sitting by the fire at her own house, when her bus b .nd came in and told her that: he had paid one of the into too much. he Cl/33plained shout the tire, and seemed much cli. , satisfied. The deceased told hint that he was never satisfied. when he got up and struck her with Lis clinched fist, and knocked her down. She be came in consequence, greatly enraged, a th pushed him. lit kneckcd her down three times. lie saw lAI blood, but believed that she must have been ninth bruised on the head and shoulders. The tketAbeft cutlet .• Murder" several tiente;, and c.lhvl her luisband a par.iitted inaa ; and said, that ' , ollie titre ago, Wlll . ll he beat her, he preniiseil tia his oath never to strike her again. Witness called several dines to Mr. Lewi. to give over beating the deceased ; he did not like to in urf ••Te in family quarrels, especially between husband and wife. Mr. l'..Ler ?tannins, surgeon, Tunbridge place. Sr. Pancras. bring examined, sa:.l, that on Monday even;ag he was cased upon by the hqshand of the deceased to attend his wife, whom the said he belies - esi) had taken arsenic kept for the purpose of destroying bugs. Mr. L•evris raid that he and his wife hail quern lied. Glie mil that be had given be: several doses of castor oil, and she had emitted a great quantiiy of the poison from her stomach. W inters asked the wily he dirt not get me•liesl assistance sooner ; arid I.c said, that Is: bad hoped what he had given her would have rendered it lume- S.IU. fie attended the deceased directly, and ,hand her labour ing under those synipste:ns frnerailv attending p:es , :irs alto have taus arsenic. She del not inform lino of the circumstances under wSielt s'tc had taken ir : she did not complain of any ill treatment she had received. She said that she had taken poison. She was in great pain, and wanted him to give his opinion. lie apprised her that she would survive but a very short time. He gave her a very strong an tidote, and in about All hour and a half her husband came to him s.;aiii,..and said his wife was worse, but before he could get to his hue she had expiretL The pc.i,on she had taken was, he considered the! iwnediate cause of her death. There were no bruises on her bwlv that could in the least have hastened her death. While the jury were consulting, the Coroner, in terms of great se verity, reprimanded the husband, and said, that had her death been in the lea t fastened by his violence, it would have been the ditty of thejury to return such a verdict as would haver-ailed for investigation in a crawled court. verdies—•• Iliddr Le wis died in eans.qpience of taken' a quarei:y of arsenic, when in a state of temporary de aag. malt of usinii." latilig.nee of a very agreeable nieltre to the 1 - ndertoriters o I,toly's coffee-13nm • was winced from Bir nes-Ayres on Monday. T.ic t wo esq.titred some time ago in the vicinity of Lisboa by a:, insur.4,nt privateer, have been natured in the own era by the Buenos-Ayr. - s Uos cawnent. Thor were minus on the r u ch 4.(natin rein sums as high as 10,00(11. nearly the whole of CAMBRIDGE. Nov. 19.—1 n consequence of a ndtice from tbeVieenatan• cellor, the Noblemen, Heads of Colleges, Professors, and other members of the Senate, assembled at an early hour in the Senate-house; and, preceded by the Vice-Chancellor, Proctors, and Esquire Bedells, went in procession to the University Church (St. Mary's.) The Bachelors of Arts, and Undergraduates, in number about 1,100,) had previously °melded the galleries appropriated to them. On the eutrance of the procession, a funeral dirge commenced, which was succeeded by the beautiful and appropriate anthem, " I know that my Re. ner liveth." An , ile and impressive sermon was delivered L. • fie Rev. eaye, Master of Christ's Col lege, Regius Professor of Divinity, from Psalm cxix. c. "It Is good for me that I have bean afflicted." After a feeling expositiou of the irreparable loss sustained by the nation, and an animated tribute to the virtues of the lamented Princess, the learned preacher adverted to the benefits which may be derived from a contemplation of this awful event and concluded by a forcible and pathetic appeal to th younger part of his audience, which evidently found its way to the hearts of all present. The Church was hung with black, and the univ ersatity of the mourning added to the so lemnity of the scene. Among the distinguished personages present, were the Bishops of Ely, Bristol, and Landaff; Marquis Graham, Lord Bret:knock, Lord George Thynne, and the other Noblemen members of the University. All dis putatious, lectures, and other public exercises have been sus. pended for the remainder of the week. During the day, muffled bells have tolled at intervals of a minute throughout the town; nor has any mark of respect been omitted either in their public or private capacitiess by the members of the University, which could testify their sincere regret, and at the same time demonstrate their ardent attachment to the il lustrious family on the throne. SHOCKING Srictne.—Ati inquisition was taken before T Stirling, L.q.Coroner, at the liornsey Tin-hou•t• and Tavern, iii the parish of Holloway, on time body of Mr. 'Thomas Scott, a gentleman of considerable fortmie and connexions, who re sided near Peckham, and who put a period to his existence by shooting himself thi rough time body. :%Ir. Berkenlicail, time landlord of the Hornsey Tea-house, being examined, stated, that the deceased came to his house on the evening of Sim:ui:lad•, the I•ith of November inst. at about 9 o'clock. His horse was put up, and lie asked for a rummy steak and some port wine. Ile ate a Imi arty dinner, bat while drinking the wine lie seemed agitated. lie asked wit ness if lie could have a bed that night at his house? lie told him that he might. About? o'clock, the deceased's behaviour was so extraordinary that lie resolved to watch him: Deceased said, that he would take a walk ; lie should got go far, and should soon return. Wittic.s went for the purpose of watch iog him, and beard the report of a pistol. He ran down the grommil , , and found the deceased lying on his back and the running from his belly. Medical assistance was sent for. The deceased said, ". Let time die in peace, tor 1 ani a ruined 111411." He wits carried back to his house and put to bed, He was perfectly sensible in might into the house, and lived until the following day, about 14 hours after lie shot him self. Mr. Jonn Reid, of Islington, surgeon, proved the 14101 na tin I. of the wound. Mr. Robert Newlin, of Forest-hill, Kent, being examined, said,' hat he had known the deceated many years ; they were liarticular friends ; the deceased was in extensive business in London, and had a country-house near Peckham. About to clt•e months ago the deceased and himself were riding along the Keut•road, and the deceased was pitt•hed off Lis horse and fell upon his head. He received a very °cycle in jury, and was for some time under medical care, and since that pet iod his head had been constantly affected. He has a wife and Mice childfen. He did not t hink that the deceased could have committed such a crime as self (testi action, had he been in his sight mind. 6 ,. orge Priam, of Francis-,trees, Is; , ..wington, being csam illcd, said that she was one of the deceased's clerks; he 'had luld with him about six years; fur the last two monk he had been insane ; and on Saturday, on look Mg over his cheek La ok,he was l4 agitated, and threw the books about, and a bruptiy have the counting-hon.e, and wits not heard of by his family until after the accident. Verdict—Died front the shot Of 4 pistol, which he let off by his own hand when in a state of mental derangement. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of the hest Wheaten Bread throughout the mo tropoliv, is stated by the Bakers to be ttd. the Quartern Some Bakers sell the Quarter!) lamf from id. to sd. lower. NEXT TUESDAY, NOVEMBER :5, Is appointed by the LORDS of the TItE.%SUItY for the Com mencement of the Drawing of the State Lottery. J. and J SIVIiWRIGHT take the earliest oppor tunity of informing tie I'ublic. that the Dntwing of the STATE LOTTERY (which was pos•poned by Order of Government, in cun tc.quenec of tie lamented decease of her It oval Highness the Princos cluelone.) will commence on T, s'Exy, Nov. 5. 'fhe Scheme contains SIX PRIZES of .6t0,000! besides other t'opitals, and there are More Prktes than Bionics. Tickets and Shares are aching in great variety by J. and J. :film- Taman T, Cornhill, li, Holborn, 38, Ilayninrket, and 141, Oxfurd Street, where, in the Last LiStery; No. v,377. a l'rise of J.::0,0on, II as bold in Shares. XT TT' ES DAY, Noy. 25. Ftate Lottery will Commence Drawing. TIJE LORDS of the TREASURY; in consequence of the recent afflicting Calamity, having by their IVarrant commanded the rostponement of the Drawing of the State Lottery, which was to have uommenced ...n the ith instant, have now directed it to take 'lace on the above day. G. C ARR OLL, Contractor. The rarticularsof the prenent Lottery are well known. It. merits have secured the approbation of the Public, which will always at ton! 3 I .Oltert that "'assesses 'Toni: Pitizts THAN 'ILAN xs, and contains hcsides six rßiz:s (1. 1'20,000 It may, perhaps, be as well to observe, that as the drawing of the Lottery has been postponed till the 25th Nov. those persons who may purchase betiirc that day will be in the same situation, and have the same advantages, as if they had purchased before the 7th inst. (the original day of dewing.) Tickets and Shares are again on Saleat the Offices of C. CARnoti., the Contractor, 7, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford Street, where No. 7,735, the Last Prize of 50,0001. ever drawn, was sold in Shares. Adventurers in the present Lottery.are of course aware that the Drawing, which was postponed from the 7th Noventhec. will take place, by order of the Lords of the Trcasniy, on Tuesday Next, the . 1 ..'7,th Inst. Therctbre, those who have not yet made their Purchases, should lose no tiro o in applying at tl•e Offices of G. CARROLL, the Contractor, 7, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford Street, for a Share of the Six Prizes of ,E 20,000. Levnow :—Printed and rublished by If. Wings, No. 155. 11.r.vt-51 between Bt. Dunrtarer Church and Four, Lane. and forwarded into the Country by all Newman. hookrellers, and Clerks of as Beads, Incur postage. NOV Si►. BENTLEY'S DURABLE SATIN PAPER. HANGINGS, which may be renovated by washing, are presented o the notice of the Public, in great variety of new designs, and Bor ders to correspond, without any advance in price.—Apartments hung . with this Paper, even if the walls be damp, will retain the beauty or their appearance for many years, and they may at all times be cleansed from dirt and grease, by the mere application of sponge and water, when the colours will appear equally brilliant as at first. Rooms decorated with this Paper at the shortest notice. Sold by T. Bentley. at his Office for the new Metallic and Anti-corrosive Paint, No. 44. Brydges Street, Covent Garden. EXTRAORDINARY CIRGUMiTA NCL—On Thursday last, us Mr. Thomas Chinery, of Brandfield, was coursing, his dogs caught a hare, and as he thought killed it, when he took it up and carried it two miles on his horse, and left it nt the Rush. brooks. Arms for the landlady to take care of for him. She laid it on the shelf, and on going into the pantry about two hours afterwards, the hare jumped upon her face, and made an eff_ fort to escape, but was taken by her husband quite at MUCH alive and as well as ever, in the presence of several persons. SHOOTING ENTRAORDIN Art V.—Mr. Joseph Bowman, game. keeper to Sir Wm. Rnmbold, Bart. shot on Tuesday morning, the 4th Inst. at Melbourne, in Derbyshire, three woodcocks and seven snipes at three fires ; viz, one woodcock at the first tire, seven snipes at the second, and two woodcocks at the third. At Andover fair on Tuesday last, a large supply of hops was offered, but on account of the high prices demanded • t w purchases were made. There was also a greater quantity of cheese pitched than was ever before remembered, and never so 110101 left on hand. S%t MING.- --An Individnal, calling himself William Gore, went on Wednesday last to a money changer in Pm is, lOr the purpose of nerrociathig for 35,000 francs in gold in exchange for an equal value in pieces of foreign coin • Hs appointed the latter to meet with him at the to de Colaniss to conclude the bargain, and thither he accordingly went with the money. The money changer claimed but the 35,000 fraus, 29,000 of which were first put into a bag. While the operation of counting the remainder was going on, the sharper disappear ed with the bag containing the 29,000, having the addi css tO substitute in its place another filled with copper coin. We learn by the German mail, that the Archduchess Maria Louisa het self has maw declared the famous protest assigned to her some time since to be a downright forgery. MARRIED, At Drente's, the hereditary Prince of Tuscany. to the Princess Maria Ann Caroline of Sasony.—At Paris, Capt. Acton. of the Ca valry Lancers, enn of Gen. Acton, to Charlotte, only dau. of Dr. Clugston, late of Bombay. DIED. At Holkam Hall, Norfolk, the Countess of Albermarle.—Mr. R. Johnson, a well known rider on the turf.—At Ramsgate, the Her. P. Thornton, Rector of Colwick and Bridgcford, Notts, and PreLan dary of Wolverhampton.—At Great Torrington. Develnshire, the Nev. G. Wickey. Rector of Marham church, Cornwall. LONDON 111.11iKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE. FRIDAY. NOV, RI. We have had a few fresh arrivals of Wheat since ie from 2s. to :is. per quarter cheapen—Beans are a trifle dearer, and Oats meet a very ready sale at Monday's priees.—in other arti cles we have no alteration to notice fnon the figures above MONTAN', W 07.44. There was a large supply of ltugh: it Wheat this morning at a re duction of !is. per quarter.—The supply of Hoch y from Norfolk and Sutti.lk being very consid• rahle emu... a decline of about Gs. per quarter in fine con ples.—Boilinj sup;nct &tit price. grey l'eme were rather cheaper. Rye, Beans, and Oats with littk varia tion. I. 11. I. R. Wheat .... 52 a 81 WhitePease44 a 49 Fine tam. 63 a 96 Grey Pease 45 a4B live 78 a 45 Beans 56 a 62 Pine Barley 32 a SC. Tiats 42 a 47 Malt 72 a be Oats 2O a3l I. I. Poland Oats q 2 a 10 Potatne ditto 21 a 5 Fine Flour 75 a MO Second ditto 70 a 75 It ape SeedsGL a W..— AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN PER QUARTER, EKULAND AS f) WALES FOR TUE WEEK F.NDINO Nov. IS. Wiwat. I Rye I Barley I OtPs I Brans I Pease LO 5 46 9 45 8 27 5 4f; 2 4S PRICE •8111ITHFItLD. OF MEAT, Mom)AT, NEW GATE R. d. I _ Heads if runic id a 4 0 Beef 3 0 Sin;thfieid. Aluuon —3 , 6 a Z .1 Veal 4 0 a 5 0 Pork 3 8 a 5 8 Lamb... 00400 Beasts, about 2830 511eep......... 15,400 Calves 340 Pigs 3BO NoW. •NDLEADEXIW.T.. Cams:" L 41. tl, ikef Y o e 5 6 Nlutton 5 0 a 5 MI Veal 5 4 a 5 8 Pork 4 0 a 5 4 Lamb 0 0 a 0 9 HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. .C. a. d. Z. a. d. Aver. S. is. J. .(I!ay ...... 3 0 0 a 3 5 0 4 4 6 61/ITuriELD Clover 4 0 0 a 7 0 0 5 10 • (Straw 1 10 0a 2 2 0— 1 16 • Ilay 3 13 0.3 5 10 n 4 12 6 ST. JAMES'S Clover 4 4 0 a 6 0 5 2 Straw 1 16 0 a 2 5 6 1 19 9 Hay 4 10 0 a 5 16 0 5 3 WIIITECITAPEL Clover 6 0 0a 7 0 0— 6 10 0 Straw 1 18 0a 2 4 0 2 1 0 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, computed from the Returns made in the week ending Noe. 19, is SI& 2:d. pit cwt. exclusive of the Duty of Customs paid or payable thereon on Importation thereof into Great Britain—( &dunk?, Ga4cite.) PRICE ON STOCKS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent.lleduced 3 per Cent. Coma. 1931i 4 per Cent. cc div. 9431 3 per Cent. Navy 109 i India Stock Ditto Bonds (5 per Cent.) 9$ 99 pr. Excl•efiuer Bills, vd.per Day 40 21 •('onsoh fur ttiA Long Ant uit:u 2O I 16