The National Register. — London, England, 1818-01-19 00:00:00

=77 - , dinwasim OaPO) The reports of friendly Indians concur in estimating the num ber of hostile Indian 9• including the Red Sticks and Smiin6les, at tno-e than 1.004 independent of the Blacks at sold near Suwanney, wit , ,in ICO miles of tlii,:place. amounting to nearly 400 men, and in e-vanng by the addit.on of every runaway front Georgia elk to getto th-en. The friendly Indians inform me that the hostile party and Black, have been promised a British force to assist them, horn New Providence. This promise. though wade by Nichols andWoodhine, es nevertheless relied On by thou: deluded wretches. who. I hate no doubt, will sue for peace, as they_ find their hopes of British aid to be without foundation. I have called the militia from Fort Hawkins to his place; and have directed Colonel Brearly to coder with your ii.xcelleney upon thc-subjeet of an additional battalion for the protee. tam of the frontier from OkmulgeeMary's 1 have the hounour to be. &e. " ED, P. GAINES, Major-Gen. Commanding." SOUTH AMERIC A. Etdracts from the Extraordinary Gazette of the Government of Mexico, of Saturday, Nov. 1, ISI7. inserted in a joutual extraordinary of the Government of ilavatinah, of Monday, Dee. I, of the same year. Otfircial continual ( (( of the capture of the traitor Mina, and the end of the invasion executed by him and his followers aainst the faithful do ttt itt ions of our Lord King F'loaltel (whom God preserve), in :SOU la Marina, on the 24th er.i of April of the same year. DESPATCH OF COL. DON FRANCISCO DE ORRANTiA. " MOST F.SCF.LI.F.NT SIR,--With the greatest satisfaction I congratulate y.rilr Excellency on my having taken prisoner, at 7 o'cloek this day, the traitor Mina. in company with /3 others, in the 'NW of Verillito, belonging to the estate of Tlachiquera, where he was with 21.0 men, nearly the half of whom are killed ; aminig the Ted the rebel Pedro Moreno, whose head has been brought to this town, where I h tee just arrived; and a, soon as I have an opportunity I will send the despatch to the Mariscal do Campo Don Pasqual de Linen. I advise your Excellency of the success. on accoum Rothet interest you must take in it. God preserve your Excellency Jean. Silao, Oct. M. inti, 8 o'clock at night. Addresusl to his Excellency the Viceroy Don Juan Rues de Apodaca. VESATCH OF CAPTAIN D. AGUSTIN acturnr.r TO COLONEL Dr RAFAEL BRACMO, POLITICAL AND SIILITARY COMMAN. DANT OF QUERETARO. " I send your Excellency the enclosed very interesting despatch, which I have received for the Viceroy, which beg you will transmit immediately. The enclosure contains the niost.important intelligence of the capture of the traitor Mina alive, the two Ilerrerays, a French 'man, and 1 bring the head of Moreno. The whole has been done byCol. Col. G. Francisco de Orrantia , w ho entered Silo° yesterday at 7 o'clock in the morning. Oct. 28,1817. 'TURKEY. CONAT/iNTINOTLZ, DEC. s.—The Baron Strongonoff, the Russian Minister, in consequence of the delays interposed by the Yorkish Government in all its transactions, was desirous of giving another form to his negociations, particularly re specting the liquidations still pending in consequence of the treaty of Bucharest. His propositions have not been agreed to, and there seems no possibility of accelerating the.progress of the atrar. A question has arisen respecting the iii-treatmentof a Tar kW' vessel by the Commandant of the Mission port of Bain!). lens, in the Black Sea. The Divan has demanded an expla. ition of the Russian Minister, who, on his part, having uo in structions, has requested tines to give an answer. There base been great tumults at Smyrna between the Greeks and the Turks. The whole of the militia were two days and two nights under arms. These contests arose out of disputes respectingfitumercial objects.; and even the foreign Consuls were iu danger. MIRSIONART ESTANLISIIMENT AT TRAVANCOREA subject .0( judicial arrangement in the administration of justice at Travan. core, deserves notice : The resident :Missionary has by his own exertion, procured f r om the Court of Travancore, many civil advantages for the native Christians ; and anxious to improve the administration of justice throughout Travancore, he is desirous of engaging MBSionaries to lend their aid to that important object. The appointment of Christian judges, to act with the tribunals established in Travancore, is an arrangement, as Colonel Munro remarks, highly favourable to the protection and respectability of the Christians there ; and is also .agreeable to the Brandin and ?lairs, who find, in the integrity , of the Christian judges, a check on the venality and corruption of the Nair judges ; he adds, " I annex a very great degree of importance to the employment of English Missionaries in that duty. It will in. rue a prompt and impartial distribution of justice to all classes of people, and will thereby conciliate their attachment to the British riven - anent, anti increase their issiast for the character and princi ples of the Missionaries themselves." It is unnecessary to dwell in this place on the eminent advantages that will be derived from the plan. Cot Munro most justly attaches to an efficient and =tended sys •tern of education, particularly in the English language, great influ ence on the early and substantial establishment of the Protestant re ligion in India, and on the confirmation of the British Power. ABOLITION Or TIM SLAVE TRADE IN CEYLON.—This mea sure hat, been effected by the zealous and persevering exertions of the Chief Justice, who has transmitted to England all -the documents on the subject. lie addressed a letter to the Dutch gentlemen on the list of Special Jurymen of Colombo, and at a meeting held by them, on the teth July, 1916, they carne to an unanimous resolution, that all children, born of their slaves after the 14th of August following, should be free. This example was followed without lass of time, by the •native j urors at Colombo, of the respective classes of the lifthahaddt, who are chiefly employed in cutting down and preparing for exportation the Cinnamon ; amounting to about is.noo people :—of the Mahn orliallf, who are descendants of the Arabs on the coast of India, stout 30 01. 40,000, who are an active people carrying on a considera ble part of the retail trade of Ceylon :--ot the .that. mu; n, who. form a numer ous and powerful class, who manage the fisheries, which yield a large revenue to government : of the Chi/ties, whose &Ices -Lire emigrated from the peninsula of India, and settled at Ceylon for trade and manufacture s • they are not so numerous as affluent, and are for the most part Christians :—of the V./Lai-kr, who belong to the first class in rank, whence most of the headmen are elected, and the native land owners are chiefly of this caste, and by the Dutch Spe dal Juryineil of Jetliner:stall' and Calle. The generous example thus given to all others who assume a property in human beings, and w'ue have hereby given a pledge of their disposition to concur in those farther measures for ametiorating the condition of Ceylon. deserves highly the prat c of all nations of the civilized and more especially of the yet uncivilized ! An inquest ens held at the White I dart. Tottenham. on the body of Mary Cockle, a walow, aged 30. Elizabeth Buckingleun said on 'Tuesday morning the deeeas,d's Jan hour told her, her mother had been sleeping on the floor sit...e baturtlay the 10th inst. and would ant speak to her. Witmas w ant to her, and found her as deseribed, M a cold room ; she wax speechless, but recollected them. The room .smelt :arongly of brandy ; and a gallon bottle, nearly empty, was by her side. Dr. Holt was called in, who said she was perishing frown cold. 'They put herinto he& and otliTed her mime coffee : but at the moment blood Mated from her mouth, and s!ie shortly after. w I'4 died. Witneks said, she thonght her death WAS uvrabioncd by to'.(l zzd eacessivi drinking.—Verdivt aeconlingly. THE NATIONAL RE4ISTRIL BUUNAPARTE AND LAS CASES, [IRON A F1E441 5 .11 PAPER.I M. de Las Cases, separated nom a master who has never ceased to be hie friend, has brought to Europe an ample stock of anecdotes about that extraordinary 111411, who bas united in his illustrious eareer all the chances on good and bad fortune. Buonaparte always fixes the general attention—lie is a lu minous meteor which it is impossible to conceal. The poi . _ trait of this great man has never till uaw been drawn, but by a flattering or an exaggerating pencil; and it likely, that, during his lifetinse, the resemblance will never be seized. lit writing this work, reserved for posterity, we present anec. dotes that yield us some features of the moral physiognomy of the man whom sovereigns have now thrown iu chains as a punishment for basing enchained nations. We derive them from au article which appears to have been communicated by Las Cesare() the Journal of Aniwelp. Napoleon at the commencement of his residence on the Wand, voluntarily received the English officers, and admit ted them at Lungwood into social circles fun med by the com panions of his captivity, and two or three of the principal families of St. Helena. We arc bound to say, to the credit of the English officers, that they never approached Napo leon but with that respect which his misfortunes commautled. One would have believed that he saw the Emperor at the Tuileries, surrounded with his courtiers. He made the English journals be translated to him, and he was allowed only the alinisterial journals: he soon remarked those artistica of corrosive gall and insipid irony, in which he was repre sented as successively surrendering himself to childish splecu • or disgusting caprices. lie was so unjust as to believe that those even whom he admitted to his society, and from whom he received the most abject adulation, were caterers for The Times and The Courier. He then formed the resolution to see nobody, nud did not ca•eu make an exception in favour of the Governor. Sir Hudson Lowe took a singular anode of overcoming this determination , he transmitted one day a request fur au interview, under the pretext of having to communicate things of an agreeable and interesting nature. lie was admitted : but what was the astonishment of Na poleon, when he perceived that the only object of his curt_ vermilion was to itiforna him that the expenditure of the cap tives exceeded by 1,200 lutsis the funds placed at his disposal by the Government, and to beg him to find the means of co vering the deficit, He sharply .replied, "M. le (louver. near, I never intermeddle in such details. Never did any complaint of mine doted so low as you. I command, or Ism silent. if after this you allow me to want necessaries, I will go to seek them in your own camp (pointing out his finger to the English tents which are seen from Longwood), and these brave soldiers will nut drive front their mess one of the oldest and the first soldier of Europe." in the private conversations which he often held with Ber trand and Las Cases he sometimes indulged in effusions of feeling which gave the lie to what has been said about the aridity of his heart. In speaking of the double catastrophe which deprived him of his crown, lie sometimes said," Have I done all that was my duty for that good people, the French? Ought I not likewise to have died for them ? They did so many services for me; but they likewise abandoned me. I deceive myself ; they abandoned me twice, in the most cruel manner. The first detection may be excused, but for the second should they not has c understood better ?" They asked him why, among the SOMICIOUS expedients which presented themselves to him, he had adopted that of surren dering himself to the most cruel eneanies? Without replying directly to the question, he said that he had at one time the idea of proposing his abdication on condition of retiring into Corsica, and retaining the sovereignty of that island: but, added Ile," my enemies would not have failed to have said, that after launching Fiance and Frenchman ou a stormy sea, I abandoned them after the tempests, to shelter myself in port." He never speaks bet in terms of eulogy of the city of Lytle', and on such occasions he discovers projects which were never suspected to be entertained by him. For exa. n pie, lie said," It is useless to express how much I love that good city : but one thing I am certain of', that 1 have always been, and shall always he beloved by it ; I had formed great projrcts.for its prosperity. It 15 50 situated as to become the capital of Gaul and Italy." He cannot believe that the two Emperors of Austria and at Russia entertain towards him personal animosity. " They only (said he) persecute in ate the sword of that resulution wheel' made them tremble on their thrones." He said of Ney and Inrat " they were. perhaps, the two bravest men that ever existed; but if they had had but two ounces of good . sense more, they would, perhaps, have been the greatest of pontoons." The English journals, containing the details of the death of Murat, were read to him. When Ile heard the word shut, he abruptly interrupted the reader, and said," the Celabrians were more generous and less inhuman than the people of Plyinuntli—proceed ;"and lie listened to the details of his brother.inaaw without shedding a tear. The tone of these discourses, though in general severe, is hot remote from pleasantry. With General Bertrand and Count Las Cases in particular, he abandoned himself to all the commons_ cativeness of confiding familiarity. One day he asked the former what party lie was of at the commencement of the re solution? " Of the constinitiotial, Sire, replied he, since I narrowly escaped death, at the Tuileries in defending the throne, and the ioviolauility of the monarch:" " Amid you, Las, Cases," said Napoleon, pinching familiarly the ear of his eitairweelain, " I Medi not ask what party you belonged to you emigrated ; you were essentially an aristocrat. Deset you allow it, now, to be very strange, that of us three I alit the only republican?" " Very singular indeed," replied Bertrand; " but Sire, they made you pay dear fur it." It is very true that he repeats frequently literal ideas have ruined are; but he adds, that mistakes prerraled user las intimate views. " I wished," says he, "to rt sto ain liberal ideas first, in order to make theta burn with all Weir lustre after. wards." An evening paper.gives the following particulars respecting the papers brought by Count Las Corson hich are said to hay, devolved into the hands of the agents of toe Alien Mike. Among thedocumilits referred to are several letters, nue of wit ch is addressed to the Empress Maria low's, ..bieh pur ports to give a deseliption of the afflictions spoeeou is ...tiered, and of the constancy with which he nos en an ea them. It contains a plan of Longwood, which .tile yonngei Las Cases hail drawn daring his residence iu the anti which lie attended as a present to his ;mullet. he Conon announces to the Archduchess the present of . a leek of had of iluonaparte, and which lie says he would not sum:odes to any one but his aguust consort, who.is alone capable of appre. doting its vain. 3AN la. A second letter is ireilled to the Grand Ditches; E Baden, and its principal purpose is to obtain an asylum for M. Lae Cases within the territories of the Grand Duke, should lvt be refust d admission into Great Britain. A third is for Prince Joseph, in America, and it presents only what is called a faithful picture of the " torments" of the exile at St. Helena. A fourth is without any address, excepting to a Doke, in blank, for whom Las Cases is said to have formed an affection ate regard on bond the Bellerophon, and it is believed the nobleman alluded to is the Duke of Rosie°. A Bill; is for Prince Lucien. and a sixth for Cardinal Fesch, atßome. After repeating the details to the Archduchess Marin Louisa and Prince Joseph, M. Las Cases informs the Cardinal. that there is no Minister of religion at St. Helena, that the French inhabitants feel severely this privation, and that he is assured it' Napoleon were allowed to do so, he would re. quest his uncle to look out for a clergyman, who, in addition to his other duties of a sacred nature, would copy correctly from dictation. In. Case: inquires of Prince Lucien, it' he could procure trout him a place of refuge ut Koine. The letter in which these particulars were contained adds the following remai Ks : " This enxiety to obtain an asylrim, expressed in all the letters from the Count, shows that he did not expect to be al lowed a residence in England. Rut the language to the Archduchess Maria Louisa, sufficiently proves, that he should have preferred to remain in London, if leave should have been given. Ile acknowledges that his first object, on reach ing Europe, would have been to have placed at the foot of the Archduchess. his most respectful homage, but that the object to which his whole life lead been devoted would have induced him to have remained in England, to invoke the laws and Ministers of that couael in favour of the illustrious pri soner, in order to obtain some alleviation of his miseries. ' The British Ministry,' he says, could not have been deal' to my entreaties, because I cannot believe that they world have been guilty of any personal revenge; and I am persuaded that they would content themselves with measures that, at the same time that they rendered sure kis confinement, would out add persecution and cruelty to the restraints imposed.' Who,' says the Count, ' could better fulfil this important duty than I, who have witnessed all the wretchedness to whicis this august prisoner has been exposed? That duty I will fulfil with the utmost ardent zeal, and most faithful loyalty.' " &c. Kmosit.P..zAce, &c.—lt was stated last week, that Knole-eastle was in imminent danger, from a fire breaking out in the Venetian bedchamber. The conflagration arose from a defect in the flea of the bake house, called the con fectioner's room; by the ravages of time it was in a damaged state, and had communicated to the grained arches and other oaken timbers, so that had not a timely discovery been made, the whole edifice would most probably have been destroyed. The Venetian bed chamber above alluded to, was so called front having been slept in by islichola \folio°, the Venetian Ambassadot. The pictures saved were, Catherine 11. of Russia, grandmother to the Emperor Alexander ; Lionel, Duke of Dorset; Elizabeth, Duchess to the latter. The state bed and hangings were placed there for the reception of James H. The Venetian drawing-room also suffered in all incon siderable degree. The pictures saved were, Isabella of Bra bant, Margaret of Austria, Mrs. Abingdon, Miss Oxford (the fair Qnaker),and Monsieur Campchinetze. The latter was Lieutenant Colonel in the Swiss Guards when they were overpowered by the furious Jacobins in the Tuileries, at the commencement of the French Revolution, and lay mans hours concealed among the dead soldiers, till night afforded hint an opportunity to escape. Being conversant in the English lam. guage, lie passed himself for a native of this country, and quitted Paris in the disguise of a servant. He lived for some time as an hostler at an inn on the road, till at length, he was so fortunate as to escape to England, wherein he was a resi dent in the family of the Duke of Dorset until his demise. Fine IN SHEERNESS DOCK.VARN..-Oil Friday night, the 9th, inst at about half-past nine o'clock, this place was thrown into the greatest consternation, by the ringing of the alarm bells in the dock-yard, the heating of drums ' and the firing of the men of war. guns. It was occasioned by a fire having broken out in the house belonging to the steam engine erect. ed fur carrying on the new works, situated iu the southern part of the dock-yard, near the kilns used for burning cement stone. '1 he most serious apprehensions were entertained for +he safety of the arsenal; and what was more distressing to the feelings of the spectators, was its contiguity to the work house, which, from the pressure of the times and want of employment; is crowded with many unfortunate individuals. —Providence, however. averted the impending danger, and about 12 o'clock we had the pleasure of seeing the raging flames subdued,with only the loss of the engine-house. No lives, it is understood, have been lost, but one poor man is severely hurt. Captain ‘Valker,of the Northumberland, and the officers of that ship, Lieutenant Griffin of the Swan cutter, and Captain Brown and the officers of the Ordinary. with the military officers and soldiers of the garrison, assembled on the first alarm. Tke latter were under arms the whole time, and were of great service in keeping off the spectators. The in. habitants of the town were at one time •under serious appre hensions, as the fire was not far from the Fountain tavern. and the residence of Mr. Miller, in High-street. At the former, the landlady of the house had but recently lain in, and was removed on thetbst alarm being given. . Sir Robert Barlow from Chatham, oho supra-Wends during the absence of Commissioner . Boyle, was here yesterday to iiivesiigate into the cause, which it is suspected arose front carelessness. The damage, however, has not been so great as was at first e•pected, and which it might have been but for the prompt and effectual assistance that was Os en. MELANCHOLY ACCIDEN To••••BRICHITON, Jan. Blorm ing about 30 noblemen and gentlemen assembled at Standend, near this town, to enjoy the diversion . of the chase, with the subser iption pack of lutrriJrs. After running in at the death of two hens, they took the direction of Melding. At this spot Captain Curtis observed Master Wetherall, a line youth ahem 1.4 yews of age, nephew of Mr. Sergeant ilunningron, mounted upon a spirited horse, with his feet in the straps of the stirrups. The Captain warned the boy of the danger of riding in that manner, and requested hint not to join in the sport of the hJd. Unfortunately, at that moment the hounds passed in full run, when the animal started off, and -in less than ten minutes, the youth was seen to lose his sem, and hung suspendeel by the straits. this head was knocked against the.new laid flints in s most dreadful manner. The horse, Finding itself ineumbered, plunged, and quickened its speed down Stantiend w.ilst the gentlemen in the cease were endeavouring to stop the career of the animal. The hounds even joined in the pursuit, and when the horse was stopped, actually stood at bay. We sinc.::ely regret to add Mat t youth was literally dashed to pieces, and war This mama** event has occasioned the most painful affliction in this town.