The National Register. — London, England, 1817-11-17 00:00:00

Extract of a letter in Tile Courier : — 6 ' An affair, m which M. B. de Constant acts a principal part, excites some attention in Parir, and ianditmented on vanousry. acconliog . to the feelings of those who ex amine it. A few days since, a saine t wos put tm the totality of his freehold and tersonal property, at the suit of the Prince de Ilene- Weld, who (Ambits a deiinnti againA flint to the amount of lt,tasi franc:. M. de Constant does not deny that M. dr Tallcyrand lent him the sum of nom frame. many . . years ago; but affirms, that when, afi exttnonlinory per:-:o»ale %nal France. for England end die I2rited State., Madame te Stat.' afliinled hint a credit of fliChoon franc:, every sixpence of which he had itectiaton to iniiploy. The in t_rcat Mat:tutie de hoe display...el for a long tone in tityour or M. 11. Comtiint is known to all tamp-. and I.c declares, that when M. de l'aPeyrand acquitted this debt, Madame de Stith cvpreesly pm vided for the loan of I s,onn masii. to M. B. de Conatant, and liquidat ed that claim. On the other hand. it appear:. that M-Ile Talleyrand it s found the might:ll obligation, which would never have lawn in (ac cording to his ..ystrin of vela oiling) had the debt Lac.. amuitted. M. ilet mutant in vain invoke.: ti:e improbabi:ity of an acleir nature being left in total silence at,d forguiitilne,i. Wiring if.ore than :!.0 years." RETitr.Ar ritom Mweow.—Ceneral Baron d'Ochs, wto in the campaign of f 81 . 2, commanded the corps of the Westphalian army, has published a work which contains important information on the disastrous expe dition to Moscow. The General shows, that it was net so much the cold as want of provisions which occa sioned the destruction of the French army, and that of the. artier. This want of provisions was the result of ne..v rietLud -if marching without magazines—a me ths:', which makes requisitions necessary, and entails desti!naiou on all the places bordering on the line of march. This system of pillage leaves an army without ref;•arecs, %Olen by a combination of circumstances it is ecnTelled to retreat by the same route on which it ad vanced. General d'Ocbs states a fact which proves how itas:nsible the army was to every other want but that of food. On the nagged banks of the Niemen they were obliged to abandon the military Chest, which contained a great number of bags of' 1,`,200 francs. The conduc tors threw these baps on the high road, crying out to the passengers, " take wormy if' you will." Some sol diers endeavoured to cony off' the lags, but finding tkem too heavy for thtir enfeebled arms, they threw them away, after having talon from them 10 or 12 five-franc plucs. The greatest part of these wretched men a f tersrar a t , t ra mpled - the money under their feet, " it is LrEad we want." 13 %HON Ell E N.—The Gazette of Saturday week seals the doom of this foreign upstart, by dismissing him from the British army. The mention of this man's name aml fiirtune recaps a most amiable and striking trait in the character of olir %Trot-able Sovereign, as displayed in his Majesty's conduct towards this impu dent impostor. Previous to his entering into the loth Hussar.:, numerous and urgentesolicitattons were made by no fewer than three of the Princes to their loyal Father, to introduce their new favourite into the Bri tish army through the medium of the German Legion, as most conformable with the etiquette due to a person calling himself a German Baron. His Majesty, who made a point of selectiog the Officers of the German Legion among those only whose characters world bear the strictest scrutiny, with a rigid adherence to his sense of honour and duty, unithrmly refused all countenance to Eben's promotion, His Majesty, upon inquiry, bad learnt, that although possessing rank in the French army, he had been taken prisoner in the disguise of a common hussar, under nest suspicious circumstances when he .pretended to be a deserter from the French out-posts. 1 t was also discovered, that he had alter nately served in the French, the English, and the Prus sian service, in Hanover : and in the two latter as a private Dragoon. It will grieve come of our country men to learn, that this accommodatin„• soi &rant Ba ron, this " thing of shreds and patches," carries out of this country at least 50,0001. of British gold. ATTEMPT AT ROBBERY ANT) Munnett.—On Thursday night, between 10 rind 11 o'clock, as Mr. Cuthbert, the turn pike-gate keeper at Wheagy, in Oxfordshire, W3ti returning home from Oxford, he was stopped nem the two milestone by two foot pads, .one-'of a hour seized the reins of his horse whilst the other laid hold of him by the left arm and de• mended his motrey-or his life. On Mr. Cuthbert making sonic 'resistance, the villain who had hold of him gave him A des perate stab in the left side with a dirk, and I second in the thigh : Air. Clobber, knocked him down with the butt end •of his whip, and, spurting his horse, rode over the other fellow w h o held his hridle.tbus effecting his escape. He now lies dangerously ill at 1% heathy. He had that day been re ceiviog a large stun of money at Oxford, wh:cli he had ;dealt him at the time, and it is suspected that the-villuins were nut unacquainted 's ish the eirennistanee. A Wise wiTit Two llesnssus.—At the Mansion Hons.. on Saturday, Jeremiah Amirews and Richard Baker appealed before the Lord Mayor, with a lady between Otto, to whom they both laid claim. Mr. Audeews said he had been abroad 'Omit five years, and on his retorts fistula Mrs. Andrews had dovilie his absence, become Ike wile of Mr. Maker. For the holy he had no partienlar regret, but he hoped his lord•hip would order immediate restitution of his goods and chattels. Mr. Baker declined saying any thing, except that the lady made a " pretty good will ;'' he would. however, abide by his Lorlship's decision iu all thing% Mix. ews, wise Baker, entered lipon her defence with infinite seif-com plat-miry. She rr called to his lordship some pecdliar circum stances relative to the travels of Mr. Andreas, by which it appeared they had extended as tar as Port Jackson. The Lord Mayor said he recollected this circumstance. He was she, at the lime, and he well remembered tarnishing her with the goods and chattels which Mr. Andrews now claimed iIe(AIOP lie pitied her forlorn condition. Mrs. Andrews here put m an epistle which she had received from her trensport 'A first lever, when at lkoolsvich, sae looked upon is formal discharge from her • conjugal functions. She had ac cordingly married Mr... Saker, at Shoreditch church, nearly two years ago. His lordship recommended Mr. Andrews to forez.o all claintamon the lady or the goods ; but he persist ed most stremiously,aud said dills lordship did not order them to give op the goods, he should charge her for bigamy. The whole party becoming clamorous, the Lord Mayor dismissed the complaint, and desired the marshalmen to see them out of the office. hers: tt. Mtsrtntm.--frhere is now nn appeal of taut.; der antler the consideration of the Coot of--King's Itt itch in Ireland as our readers w.II have obw•reed from the newspapers; but the defendant having, by the ads it of his counsel, claimed his wager of battel, the coo rt seem to have been under some difficulty how to act, and have ft oni time to time postponed the it judgment, and the case is now gone oft till next term. From the authorities in the law-books, it is quite clear that the party appealed has the privilege of battcl ; and it may not be a little curious to consider in what a dilemma a modern court ofjustice must be placed, if it were called 11110 D to give effect to this mode of adjudicating upon such as issue joined between the appellee and appellee. Tuesday week the remains of Mr. Curran were deposited in the vault of l'addingion church. In order to avoid the etmcourse which might result from attracting public notice to the internment of this cikhrated man, the ceremony waseenducted in the plainest manner. The hour was communicated oily to the mourners. Between 12 and I she proces-Aon moved from Upper Grosvenor•street, where the body had been deposited the night before. Three mourning coaches and three private carriages followed the hutr,,e. Mr. Curran, of the Irish Itat, Captain Curran, f' the Navy, and Mrs. Taylor. children of the tierVlVfi. were in the first coach. Mr. 'Thomas Moore, Mr. God* in, mat :Ir. Charles riair, were »along the raourLers. Loxnow :—Printed publirThed t•y B. Wit AF, No. Ur., FT VET-STREET, between At. Ihnw.ab (intn•h and Fette. I -^e, and forwarded into the roni.ory by all Newscaenr Beolatllus, and Clerks of the lic:Kl:•, Inc of pottage. THE NEW LORD MAYOR. Saturday week, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by the Lord Mayor elect, Sheriffs, Recorder, anti several Aldermen, in their private carriages, and without any parade, attended by the City Marshals and City Officers, proceeded from the Mansion-house to Guildhall, where they were met by the Court of Assistants of the I)raper s' Company, to which his Lordship elect below, wheu his Lordship was $%lOlll into olhce for the succeeding year. At half past one o'clock ou 'Monday. his Lorddrip, accom panied Iry flue late Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and Sheriffs, alighted from their private caniages at Westminster - hall, and entered the Court of Exchequer, to perfotm the usual so lemnities observed bef,ire the Chef Baron on the swearing in the new Lord Mayor into his iittive. The Recorder, in his address to the Com t, refiained from the iiseal dinner invita tion to the Jodzes, in int:.orliicinq tlin C:liief Magistrate to the Court, and confined himself to a detail of the piddle and private merits of the new Lord Mayor and his pi eileeessor. The Chief l Miss r veal, that after the late event, which had spread a melancholy gloom ovur Ilmse dominions, and pier( ed every heart in the kingdom, and particularly the ciii rens of London, with t herons, poignant woe. it would he ineon sistent with his feelings, and he hoped it was not required or expected from him to address tilt Lord 11layor at the length which was heretofore usual on such occasions ; he therefore contented himself in expressing his satistat•tion at the elec tion to fill that office of a man of great public ami private worth. His Lordship was also nartirolarly complimentary to the late TAO !I'a or, who now, he said, ien red, after dis charging his arduous dunes. during rod a %cry trammil pea trod, with the admiration of thm.e wla:se admiration was most to be rte%ired, and w ith the approbation of his nw n rolMeietice, winch was the highest object of tronoorahle de s ire. The proces•ino then a iihdr.w, and the usual formalities were pet formed in the other :'carts. ROGER O'CON,V)it'S ADDRESS. The Irish papers contain the following address by Roger onnor to his cotton ytnen 1— " It is not my intention, at this time to say notch to pm on the subject of the trial of Waring for perjury, but merely to state, that ft mil utter ignorance of such matters, when I laid my information, it was in the idea that cognixance wa. to he taken of his oral evidence at Trim, the falsehood of which I conld have proved by a host of witnesses, in as many in stances as the several sentences in which it was delivered; and that I was not confined to the information sworn be fate the Magistrate in the city of Dublin, of which I knew nothing, and happened to contain but one charge that I could disprove by two witnesses, which, I hope, was disproved to your (uite satisfaction. It Nita a novel spectacle, even in this wretched eninitiy, to see a self-convicted robber and sweirderer, and virtually declared perjurer at Tina, hy such a jury as has rarelv been Unpanitelh , .il in crimioal pi OCeSS, de fended by the whole weight of the Yost-office, aided by its allicitor, and Messrs. Parsons, Csonlil, Burro wes, King's Coon rd. and Mr. Greene, a remarkably eminent Crown lawyer. " I ant now to acquaint yon, that whilst my health was greatly impaired, and my feelings vs ere in a state of extreme citation, I did, purstiant to the duty I owe you and niyaclf, prepare a statement of the conspiracy against me : though every word of it was actin ale ly tine, yet as truth has, by a strange pet vet 011 (•11Afign,uzr,lwil termed by the professor:. of English law, winked and 111J;i410118 falsehood, I listened to the suggestion of pi us;: nee, directing me to keep clear of the iron tangs of the arbitrary law of libel. Tice work I sin now revising, (•e• width will be added this last transaction), wh en the whole is completed, it shall be sithositted to your judgment, to whys h 1 will appeal from this late marvellous decision. " I Isar been mole than once-constrained to request or you to reprl'As )111 . Ppillit.ll, till all the facts were fairly before Inn, till 111(.11 repress , •tir indignation. Then let it burst im the guilty I Spare not." ,TIONAL REGISTER. This day was published, in 2 vols. royal Bvo. price IL IGs. bonds. SUPPLEMENT to Mr. BARTON'S PRECE DENTS in CONVEYANCING, containing aa•well as the several Assurances there referred to under the head of Miscellanies, as also a COMPLETE COLLECTION of all such other Assurances as are of daily occurrence in practice, and usually prepared by Solicitors in theirown office, with copious Practical and Explanatory notes. By S. F. T. W ILDE, Esq. of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. Printed for Charles Hunter, Law Bookseller, Bell Yard, Lincoln's Inn, London. C. Hunter is authorised by Mr. Barton to state, that this is the only Supplement to the Precedents which has been published under his sanction ; that printed for W. Clarke and Sous, having been pub fished without his knowledge or apprubaion. BENTLEY'S DURABLE SATIN PAPER HANGINGS, which may be renovated by washing, are presented o thc notice of the Public, in gr,st variety of new designs, and Bor ders to correspond, without any advance in price.—Apartments hung with this Paper, even if the walk he damp, will retain the beauty of 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. Booms decorated a ith this Paper at the shortat notice. Sold by T. Bentley, at his Office for the new Metallic und Anti-corrosive Paint, No. :24, 11r)dges btreet. Covent Gmlen. SPANISH AMERICA. This day was published, Price !e. NOV. 17. OBSERVATIONS on the WORKS of M. DE PRA DT on the present state et Spanish Aniettca. Printed by B. Wilk', 89, Chancery Lase, and Gold by Wilson. 88. Royal Exchange ; Rodwell and Co. 41.;„ New Bond Street ; Booth, Duke Street, Portland Square, and all other Bookseller.. AIR-TIGHT DOOR-SLIDES, for preventing a Current of COLD AIR from rushing into a room under the Door. either from the unevenness of the floor or the thickness of .the over which it has to open, price from 9s. to 12s. also a contrive:c r . R e : preventing the Air from getting in round the sides and tops of Doors. price ss. the same is appliable to windows, particularly French NViddows, which generally admit'notch AIR. DOUBLE SWING DOOR SPRINGS on a New and Improved Construction, which have been Patronized by the Society of Arts ttc. price, front ss. to C.l 3s. Single Door Springs also on an Improved Construction. which answer the pnrpose of either keeping Doors open or shut, and can be changed in ks. than one minute. price 7s. to 10s. A PORT ABE FAMILY CORN-MILL on a new construction, for which the Inventor was Rewarded by the Society of ARTS he. price, from £l2 12s. upwards also a DRESSING MACHINE, to accompany the Mill. price XL The a:hove articles are manufactured and Sold by J. STONE, 50, WARIVIC K STREET, GOLDEN St/U.ta.E. N. B. Lettcrs post paid from any part of the Kingdom will be duly • attended too. AtARRI En. At Quebec. Major Vancnurtland, Deputy Barrack Muter Ge neral. to Mary. da , t. of J. A.lditon. Eq. of Sudbury.—Lint. (701. M• Lindsay. of the 7ath Ilighlandera, C.B. to Llsy, secor.d dau. of J. Hadden, Esq. of Aberdeen. DIED. Near Paris, aged !2. Viscount Ho ringdon. eldest son of Earl Moe. ley.—At Norwich. John, the infant son of Dr. Rigby. agod I t weeks and 5 days, being Cie first, an.: on the Sth Caroline Susan, aged t t weeks and 5 days, being the fourth and last surviving child of t h e l ate quadruple birth.—ln Park.street, Windsor, J. A. De Luc, Esq. F.H.S.—In A:berm:tie-street, Sir J. H. Davis.—On retiring to rest on Saturday night, he gave instructions to his valet to have his mourning ready for him when he should rise next morning. The valet, who had obeyed his instructions, on ent e ri ng hi s master's room. found him dead in his bed.—At Vienna, aged 92, the Baron DeJac quin.—He was one of the first naturalists in Europe, the rival and friend of Linneus. At Whitrlebury, Northampton, aged 75, the Rey. 11. Heauclerk, only son of the late Lord H. Heaurink. LONDON MARKETS. CORN-EXCHAN•Gr. FRIDAY, Nov. 14. We Lave 17241 fresh arrivals of Grain sin^r Nfondav, and fine New Wheat and Old, met a ready sale at higher priees.—tilrley and Pease are dearer, and Beans have advanced 2s. per quarter.—The Oat trade is brisk. and 11. per qua:ter dearer, in contquence of a short supply at market. MONDAY. NOV. I There was a liberal simply of Wheat from Fsselt, Kent, and Suf. folk, tine samples were taken off by the millets at an advance of .2e. perfluarier ; tine Foreign IVheat was dearer --Fine Malting Barley being in dentinal hilly maintained last week's pnces.--There were fresh at rivals of English Oats, at an advance of about I t. per quarters. Beans were tticaror—Boiling pease support their Minter price ; likewise Grey Pease—Rye with little variation. Itspesced and Linseed nearly the same at; last weep. S. S. S. S. Itat 5•.! a W; WhitePeasest aGo Fine ditto G3 a io2 Grey Pease 46 a 32 Rye 5B a 46 I !leans 44 a4B Fine R aley ;t;6: Malt 72 a 90 Oats to a 35 S. Poland Oats ta a 44) Potatoe dittois a :tt Fine Fleur 75 a 11.1 J SeCOTAI ditto 70 a 76 II apcS;:alsGL a rIIICE OF BREAD. The highest price of the be:4 Wheaten Breed throughout the me• ttopolis4, Is stated by the Bakers to be t4d. the Quartem Lonf.— Souse Baker,: :sell the Quar:cm Loaf from id. to 3d. lowa. AVERAGE PRICES OF CORN PER QUARTER, TN ENOLAND AND WALES FOR TIIE WEEK ENnixo Now. 8. Wimit. I Bye I la ntl:y I Oats I livanx I Peam 7D 3 46 2 45 6 27 2 47 4 4S 3 PTIICE e.d. cB. }eef 3 0 a 4 0 Mutton-3 6a 4 9 Veal • 0 a 3 0 Pork 8 8 a. 6 9 Lamb-. 00 a 0 OF MEAT, MownAl-.1 NIMGATE Ikeda of Cottle al Smit:!firld. Beasts, nbotit. 270 Shtep 16,500 Calves HYO Pigs 360 (),. 17. ANWLEADENHALL. Clirrarv: S. a. s. d Beef Y4a3o Nlurton—Q 8 a .7 8 NI Veal 3ua 4 S Perk 4 4 a 3 4 Lamb 3 0 a 4 0 HAY AND STRAW PER LOAD. d. d. Aver..C. & d. Hay 3 0 0 a 5 5 0 4 2 6 SMITIIFIELD l Clover 4 0 0a 7 0 0— 510 0 I Straw 1 10 o a 2 2 0— 1 16 0 (Iraq 3 0 0 a 5 100-4 5 ST. J.k3IES'S Clover t 00a 6 0 0 6 0 0 1 Straw 1 19 0a 2 5 0 2 2 0 Hay... 4 10 0a 5 16 0 3 8 0 WIIIT ECOAPEL I Clover 0 0 0a 7 0 0— 610 0 (Straw 1 13 0 a 2 4 0—! 0 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, Computurfrom the lictutns rurile in the week endirg Nov. I 2,is r3s. ld. per cwt. exchigive of the Duty of eusternq paid or payable thereon on ltuyortatien thereof into Great IJritain-4 Satarilait Gazette.) PRICE 01. STOCKS. Bank Stock 3 per Cent.ttedueed s2ji 3 Fes Cent. Consol 4. 4 per Cent. ex dtv. in& 5 per Cent. Navy 108 1 1 India Stock Ditto Bonds 13 per ('enL) Exchequer Rills, id. per Day MI 99 F. f 0 41 Conshis Long .knnuities 2O 15 16 21