The National Register. — London, England, 1821-10-14 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. r-. ,r~~~ PARIS, OCT. 7.—A letter from Barcelona of the QYd September states, that the contagion increases, but heavy rains had Olen during the three last days, which had purified the atmosphere so as to give hopes that the violence of the fever would be abated. The fauxbourg of Bareelonetta has been entirely evacuated, and the sick have been removed to a convent situated on one of the hills adjoinii , the town. It was said that the municipality had quitted the town, but this letter affirms that they are still at their p; st. The corlon of troops at the extremity of the plain has been brought close to the walls and gates of Barcelona. This measure will he attended with a double advantage—it will prevent the departure of any persons from the town, and keep in cheek those who are disposed to plunder their fellow-citizens. The last courier from Catalonia 'wings no bad accounts of the state of health in the country be tween Barcelona and our frontiers. The sanatory cordon formed on our mountains is very vigilant; a smuggler who attempted to pass the line was shot, and died On the spot. His corpse was immediately burnt with his clothes and every thing en his per son. 'flits example is to be lamented, bat unfortu nately it is become absolutely necessary. Every precaution is taken, and the measures so welt exe cuted, that it is scarcely possible the contagion should e%tend beyond our frontiers. Six ships, having on board a great number of Frenchmen who had embarked at Barcelona for Marseilles, did not wish to pett::rm quarantine at Pomegue, because at the time they hail arrived there the e.llow kver was at the Lazaretto. These ships, however, requested leave to disembark at Coßiotin!, but the authorities would not grant it, Nrutitting them, however, to do quarantine at a little distance from that place. A great number of Spanish smugglers have made an attempt to Mrce the cordon established near Fort Bellegarde, and were repulsed with the lass of three or flair men ; the bodies were burnt, as also the goods which they left behind them. A letter from Ax, dated the 28th ult. states, that some Spaniards were about to enter France 1~7 the valley of A ndorre, on which the inhabitants rose en inasse, and vigorously resisted their intention. The Prefect of L'Arriege, at their request, tuts sent some troops to that place to strengthen the cordon. An individual, who hail male his way into France across the mountains, has been taken and conducted to the Lazrretto. • GasEca.—Etigland is certainly the country of Europe which has for many years maintained the most intimate and most extensive intercourse with Greece. Independently of commercial relations, enthusiasm and curiosity have induced a multitude of British subjects to visit Greece, the fertile regions of historical and classical recollections. Those who travelled with effect have brought back with them the result of their researches, and presented them to the world in must valuable works. In no country is modern Greece better known than in England, and it is well known the high estimation in which an cient Greek literature is held. How can any one be indiGrent to the cause of Grecian liberty, in a country which ressymds with the sublime and fitsci- Dating lays of Lord Byron, that ardent and noble advocate tin• the regeneration of a country which he has traversed as a philosopher as well as a poet? How can any one behold the sufferings of Hellas with a; athy that can read in the original the melan choly descriptions of Childe ilaroldc or his fervid a!locutions ? " They are unworthy of the name of Greek," exclaims that youthful poet, " who talk of fighting, and at the saute time submit to the peace of boadag,c, and win), satisfied with deploring in si lence the loss of liberty, present themselves before the r tyrants, with a smile upon their countenance, end, instead of the sword of vengeance, arm their servile bands only with the impletnents of drudgery. The tomb of the Athenian," the noble poet observes (in speaking of Themistoclea), " glimmers upon the rack,—the mariner making liar the harbour in his bark, salutes it,—it reigns over the country which the illustrious citizen iirrmerly saved. When will such another here exist ?" • Who in England is ig norant of that prusupdp of the poet who compares G %rem to the hsly of a beautiful female whom death loath stricken without decoinp - ming it. " What c as is this," he says in addressing the Greeks— "is it not the gulf, the ruck of Saturnine? You know the history of these noble pluces—cause them t • be revered,—rise,—dig up the ashes of your un evstors. seek among them sparks of tlnn sacred fire which inflamed them. Those who fell in the glo that struggle will join to their names a new name wh.ch tyranny can never hear without trembling. Thry will inspire their children with exalted ideas, and they will transmit to posterity that heaven-born pride which prefers death to dishonour." Lord Byrona intelligent fellow-traveller, Mr. Hobhouse, his published his travtlsirs Greece, a work distia tubbed fur the accuracy and clearness with which • THE NATIONAL REGISTER every subject is treated. This work has obtained the greatest success in Germany, where it has been translated. The tour of Dr. Holland in the lonian Islands, Albania, Thessaly, and Macedonia, merits no less admiration. Capt. Martin Leake's researches in Greece constitute the most perti2ct work which has yet appeared in Europe on the literature and language of the modern Greeks and Souhots. In this excellent perfOrmanec we find the elements of grammars adapted to the present times. It would be a great acquisition to Lave a version of the mate rials necessary for a modern Greek grammar, which studious France waits fir with impatience. Finally, England possesses in Sir \V. Drummond, Sir 'W. Hamilton, Dr. Clark, Lord Aberdeen, Sir W. Gel!, writers well qualified to enlighten their countrymen on the situation of Greece, and to inspire thou with • a lively interest in her destiny. SIR ROBERT 11 I LSO N. Iloitsr.-Gthuma, Sept. 15, 1821. FIK,—I have it in command from his Nlajesty to iulorni you, drat Its Al.,jesty has no further occasion for your services. I am, Sir. yours, FREDERICK, Commander in Chief. To Sir R. Wilson, M. P. No. 2.—ANSWER. Si it,—The letter of your Royal Highness, dated the 15th of September, was delivered into my hands this morning by his Excellency Sir Charles Stuart. After the interview I had with Sir Herbert Taylor, tour Royal Highness's Secretary, on the morning of die 21st of August, in which I shoed my personal desire to meet and challenge inquiry into the calumnies and mis representations notoriously circulated, together with the motives of my ffirbearance, until officially called upon, from giving in my syttentent of the conduct I felt it my duty to pursue on the 11 t Mt. when :tut-11011'g the funeral procession of her late Ma jvsty, 1 could not hat be greatly ustonisluxl to find the news• paper statements of my dismissal from the service, without any inquiry or previous communicadon of alleged charges thus officially confirmed. But I still appal with confidence to his Majesty's scusc of justice, that he will grant my application tier the institution of some military court, before which I may have an opportunity to vindicate myself, and prove the falsehood of those accusations, whatever they may be. which have disposed his Majesty to remove me from an army in which I litae served twenty-nine years, and in which I have purchased czery com mission, with the exception of the junior one. I await at Paris your Royal highness's answer; but shall be ready to appear beffire coy court of inquiry, ur court-martial, at the earliest notice. I have the honour to be, Yore* Royal Highness's obedient servant, Paris, Sept. 20, Intl. ROBERT WILSON. 18, Regent Strret, Pall 3101, Oct. 9, 1821. GENTLrMEN,-1 feel it to he my duty to lay before you the copy of a letter which 1 athlressed to his Royal lligline,s the Duke of York, immediately on my arrival in England, with copy of his Itoya Highness's answer. I am, gentlemen, your very obliged servant, To the Electots of Southwark. It. WILSON. Rcgott Street, Oct. 8. 1821. SIR,—I have had the honour of receiving your Royal High. ness's answer to my letter of the teeth ult., in which after cont. plaining that I had been rest ioved from the army without a htatring, and without even a statement of any charge against me, I res pectfully demanded an investigatioa of my conduct either by a sour of e,,quiry or court martial. Ilis Majesty's ministers have advised their Soveteign to refuse this request, and thus I find myself, after so many years of service, subjected to the severest punishment which can be inflicted upon a British o ffi cer, without being told of what I am accusal. To defend myself against charges which, if they exist at all in a tangible shape, arc studiously concealed from me, is evidently impossible. I can neither conjecture their illative nor by whom they are preferred, uor on whose s atements, misrepresentations, sir fancies they may rest ; whilst this concealment gives a sanction to every latitude of surmise which folly or malice may indulge. It is true I hate seen in the papers, and heard by tumours in society, a variety of things imputed to me, and suggested as the grounds of my dismissal; hut I declare upon my honour, that every one of these allegations is utterly flax, and that in every instance where mention of mune- has enabled me to trace those statements to their supposed sources, their falseliotsl has either been at once exposed and acknowledged, or they have been dis avowed by the pa.ti,s said to have noule them. Those who have proceecle-I to punish nie without either trial or hearing, or accusation, render it impossible to give a more precise contorliction, until they shall be pleased to inform sue what I have done, or what has been whispered against me. But I once mote earnestly beseech your Royal Highness to institute, in whatever way shall lie deemed the must startling, a ii;,•orous investi:,ation otevery part of my conduct. Your Royal Ilighne.is is well aware, that before toy dismissal I was, beyond all doubt, subjext to martial law ;and if it be now said I ant nu longer in this ptedicanient, I desire to wave all objections to the jurisdiction of a military tribunal, in order that no oltstuvle may be inter) had to the inquiry widen 1 covet. It is with unfeigned reluctance that I again presume to remind your Royal Highness of tho-e services which you were finaterly pleased to acknowledge ; but the swinge situation in which I ant nos , a untuxuuntabiy placed, compels nit to rifer your Itoyul Highness to your lettet of the 24111 o January. 1815, and the doeuinents to which it relates, its further support of my claims to justice on the present occasion, I have the honour to be, Your Royal Highness's most obedient servant, It. WILSON. horse Guards, Oct. 8, 1821. i have to ocknowkdge tha rec;:ipt of your letter of yes terday, urging again an investigation into your conduct, to, winch I can unly rei ly, that havrig laid your for.ner application betine his Alajt:.ty, and communicated to you his Majesty's sentiments upon it, I do nut consider wytelf warranted to take any further step. I am, Sir, yours, FREDERICK, connuander-in •Chief. Sir Robert Wilson. A few clays since n man, named Dcbrais, was accused belbre the Court of Assize at Paris, of hav ing uttered the cry of Vine Empereur ! —The Jury, with wonderful sapience, discovered that the cry was uttered :After their once adored Emperor was dead, and Dcbrais was discharged. It is said the Paris Cockneys now indulge themselves in exclaim ing. De gade de curer—Lung live the Emperor ! The Police fret at this, but cannot interfere.— Wllibt. the Emperor was alive it was a crime•—now it is a juke. - FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. MEMBER returned to save in this present PARLIAMENT. Borough of Shaftesbury.—R. Lcyccster. jun. Esq. in the room of the lion. E. Ilarbord, now a Peer of the Unittal Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. BANKRUPTS. P. Ilamelin, Belmont Place, Vauxhall, plasterer. Solicitors, Messrs. Denton and Co. Gray's bib `quart. J. Barsky, jun. Goodgc Street, Tottenham Court Road, book seller. Sal. Mr. Warrant), Mark Lane. W. Lound, 'Tuley Street, linen draper. Sol. Mr. Dobson, Chancery Lane. DIVIDENDS. 0ct..10, R. Groning, Broad Street Building, merchant-30, .1. Bevuns, City Road, timber merchants-16, R. Neville, Col. cliester, linen draper-30. J. Young, Ware, Herts, sack maker —27, T. I). Latham and J. Parry, Devonshire Square. merchants —3it, J. M. de Quiros„ Size Lane, merchant-29, T. Stammers, Sudbury, Suflitlk, and J. Stammers, I.'oi - earth, Essex, merchants —3O, E. Taylor, Sandal Magna, Yorkshir . corn dealer-31, W. H. Mott, Brighton, wine merchant—Nov. 6, T. Emery, Worcester, wine merchant—l, B. Turner, West Bromwich. Staffimlshire, bayonet maker—G, W. Ivens, Flecknoc, %Varwick shire, grazier—C 4 M. hens, Upper Shuckhurgh, Warwickshire. gnizici—ti, It. Ivens, Ityfield.Northamptorshire, tanner-7, J Anthony, (ley next the Sea, NorfOlk, grocer-3, I. and It. Car ney, Lust India Chanibei.i. merchants-3, W. Cooper, Fleet Market, linen draper-3, H. Portlock, Andover, cottclimaker 5, s. Pasons. Ilanover Street, Long Joe, coach plater-3, T. Sampson, Lynn. Northlk. matchmaker-5, T. Woodcock, Nor wich, matchmaker-5. W. Woodstock, Preston, Lancashire, timber merchant 3, W. Oliiunt, Manchester, cotton manufac turer-5, 'V. ()avant, Manchester, silversiiiith-3, .1. Davie., Canterbury, linen draper—Dec. 5, R. Bulpin, Bridgewater, Somerset, draper. CERTIFICATES to be granted Oct. 30. J. Cleugh, Leadenhall Street, wholesale linen draper—W. Wilkinson. Whaley, Lancashire, wine merchat.t--J. Bath:tick, Upton Pync, Devonshire, miller—E. Bushell, Sell. Bath, cabinet uutker TIMBER TRADE. Copy of a Treasury Letter, relating to the im portation of wood from British American colonies Treat:try Chambers, Sept. 13, 1821. GENTLEMEN.-it having been represented to the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, that the Officers of the Customs in the Btitian North American colonies have de dined grunting certificates, as required by section and iI of the Act of the Ist and 2d Gco. IV., chap. 37, on the ground of their not having received any instructions on this subject, I have it in command front their Lordships to desire that the necesaary directions on this subject may be turthwith transmitted to the said officers by you; and as it appears that in consequence of the refusal of the officers of your department to grant certificates, several vessels have lately arrived in this country from the ISt itish North Am rican Colonies without these documents, and that they have, in consequence thereof, nut been admitted to entry, I have further to desire you will direct your offic • a to dispense with the production of such certificates, in all utses of vessels arriving from such colonies previous to the Ist day of December next. (Siwicd) ARBUTIINOT. To the Commissioners of Customs. Note.—The certificate required by the above mentioned act was, that the wood or timber imported was really and buns fide the growth or production of some (specified) British colony or plantation in Anivrica. NEW SOUTH WALES. ( Extracts from the Sydney Gazettes to March last.) We are enabled to state, with much satisfact u, that his Excellency the Govervor returned on Monday last to Pere mann from his late tour through the country, lately dis coveied to the west of the Cow•pasture-, in good 'width and spirits, after an excursion of three weeks; during %%Inch tone we are led to understand that his Excellency travelled over great ranges of floe country, which promise to be an ilegUi• 111 l of great hula,' (mice to this colony. The Honourable the Col iiiii issioner of Enquiry, accom panied by his Secretary, Thomas Hobbes Scott, Esq. re united on Nlunday last, from his visit to Bathurst and the surrounding country. On Thous toy last, the 9th instant, a large party of ladies and gentlemen were entertained at Point Piper & his Honour Lieutenant Governor Eiskii.e, the Honourable the Commis sioner of Enquiry, the Honourable itie Judges, and many sti anger, ; amongst whom new tunrinuilore a •ii, of the Itirsian discovery ships, and as many of the Ittesiait tinkers us could he spitted from duty. Although the day proved stormy, with rain, vet the cem• pan) escaped the weather farms. ably, uy the Prince Regent schooner us.aSiug ill CIIIIVI, lug lar pas ty down and up the ha: hour; the band of the 46.1 i iegitment playing delightfully from liutt IreaUlifaliesitleace now called Point Piper, which hi, Excellency the Governor had been pleased to name it in the very handaionme giant given to the proprietor. Dticcat ISCit 1820.—Yesterday afternoon his Ex ci!- . the (towel nor was pleased to Iliad k out the site of a ur w (OM I • The situation Used on appear+ to be happily cis • see, tieing out a gently • isiug grim it, and in every nay comic nig i.t to the inhahitunts, and central 'nab to the dish let its elf nu d to the adjoining districts of Appin and Upper and Lower Junto. His excellency also fixed the sites for a chapel and school lactase, and allowed a suitable portion of ground for a lotrial-place. His excelleLey having completed Pere arrangements for our future convenience and com fort, gave the intended township the name ut " G.lmpbell Town. " His excellency ails attended un this occasiota by the Rev. Mr. Cartwright, the Rev. Mr. Red.lall, and the MA/Vial ales of Liverpool and MIAs, and the principal in habit tIIIIB of the latter district ; all of ninon felt and ex pressed great satisfaction at the prospect of a town rising itp, among them, with the comforts and advantages of a suitable place of worship, and of etlocation. It must be extremely gratifying to the friends of Chris tianity to learn, that the foltlid4tiun stone of a new chapel (Wesleyati) was laid on Thursday last, at Parantatta, by the lieu. Mr. Lawry. It will be sommiting larger than 111411 the Oily!" we have in Prince-Areet, Sidney, winch was built by r. James Scott; and is expected to be COlll - in ilium months. The site, chosen tor this little place of public worship, is considered of the most eligible situations in Parmatia, heing in Macquairc eireet, and contiguous to the church of Si. John. The chapel in Nliscquite• sire et, Sydney, which ib now d rig iv ing towards its completion, will he opened in May next, at furthest. A cucumber has been raised in the garden of Mr. Macculo.h, of Gurnsey, which on Sunday sennight measured seven feet, and it was supposed woe:,, grow five inclieJ more. I k .~