The National Register. — London, England, 1814-11-13 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. NOV. 13. and Weser to the Kingdom of Hanover, arid that Ham burgh and the Elbe were to be the equivalents. COLONEL QUENTIN. the 10th regiment of Hussars had, we believe, for years attracted that kind of attention from the public, which men of talent and character in it would have been glad to have dispensed with ; till at last its indiscretions have led to the official proceedings, of which we now announce the result. The 'country has viewed these things with regret, but not with sum ise. We should in truth have been more sur prised, if, under all the circumstances of corruption to which that regiment has been exposed, it had conducted itself whh more steadiness and proPtiety. The proceeding consequent upon the sentence, if it be enforced in the dis tlibutiou (of the officers, as we have no doubt it will be, with honest impartiality, seems to he reasonable and almost necessary ;fc r is difficult to conceive, that Colonel Quin t: n and his accusers could continue in the same regiment with advantage to the public service. He, therefore, is reprimanded, and they arc to join other ,regiments. In these, it is to be hoped, that the characteristic activity which they have already evinced, (s6le of them, perhaps, prema turely), in pursuing the derelictions of others, will display itself in steady endeavours to imptove their own military seiettee, and inure elisciplin-e in their professional habits. The genetal issue of this trial will, there is no question, be suhject to much debate in the at my. Our opinion of that part of it which afisccts the great body of officers is given :Wove: and with respect to the sentence upon Colonel Quin t:n Limself, the puh:ie will, certainly, he better satisfied Faith the awaid of the Court-tearthd, than with the crude and ifl-formed judgment of the aecusers ; some of whom, as the Genetzl Order must properly notices, " had never bf en with the regiment during the period in question; others had tweet' joined any militzny body beyond the depot . of their corps." With its late officets the loth regiment of hussars will also, we trust, get rid of all those fooleries which have pampeted them to such a state of insub ordination; and so rise to the plain and simple level of an English regiment of bore soldiers, rather than a regiment of dancing masters or merry andrews, as it has hitherto ap peared; from which, as we hinted above, the country never expected any good, and therefore has not been disappointed. A raper bas been plii)!i::11«1 in the Go7rtie plc Trcnee, purporting to he a sort, of vow• on the part of Louis ) I. to restore the (lunch to its former rate. We are at a loss to divine the cause - , of this paper making its appearance at this instant. By the exert:ons of Governor-General Macquarrie, at New South Wales, a passage has been effected across the chain of mountains which inclose the settlements contiguous to Port Jackson, and which had been deemed impassable. The ac counts of the country in the interior are highly gratifying, and the discovery extensive and luxuriant pastures, with a river of magnitude, can hardly fail to be most beneficial to the settlement. The great difficulty under which it at present labours, is the establishment of an export, to make returns to the mother country. Eiverpr4ing individuals have, for some Years, carried on a trade in oit, seak,kins, sandal-wood, and latteily in pearls, and the peal oyster-shell, which are. all found in the neighlmuring seas and Hands. The leading object, however, is the wool, which has been found to be equal in quality to the fleeces of Spain and Saxony.- With a view to this, the discoyei yof the immense tracks of pasture land in the interior must be highly adyan tazeous, as it will afford the colonists themeans of increasing , 'l7 their flocks to an shuns: unlimited extent.. The number of settlers who arrive from England, every year, is stated to be very great. These persons g enerally receive grants of land, and turn their attention to agricultural pursuits.—From October, 1816, to October, 1313, 55 vessels, from 100, to 700 tons, arrived in the port of Sydney alone ; and, exclu sive of these, there were, in 1813 S'') vessels employed in the colonial trade. The price of Leef was 7:1. per lb. By letters from Botany 1 3ny, information has been re ceived that there has prevailed at that place a continued drought, with scarcely two hours of rain, for nearly ten months. Five thousand sheep, and 3000 horned cattle 'were starved to death, and besides tl&, there were not On co bushels of wheat to an ;me all over the settlement. Tuesday and Wednesday the lst Somer , et Militia, lately returned from Ireland, marched throuv,h in two divi sions for their station at Dartmoor Prison. The America!' prisoners of war are far from orderly and quiet ; they are continually laying plans of escape, not occupying themselves as their predecessors, the French, did, in different works and amusements to wile away their time; and it has been found necessary to have an efficient militia force there. Thursday another meeting of merchants Teas held at the, City of London Tavern, when a report of the C ," omtni!te was read which detailed their proceedings, and the unsuc cessful termination of their efforts to induce Miniqers trip recall the Order for the payment of the thtties on bonded goods. The Meetingunanimotrily reso!ved to ptcsent another Memor'al to the Lords of the Treasury, re stating the glicvances complaircd of, and earnestly entreating their Lordships to re consider their resolution, and grant the petitioners further indule.enee on the payment of the duties. Every d ty the Scheme of the pi cent I..o;tery rises in the public estimation, and clearly sliews how very popular the present merle of drawing i;, which in one day, (the 30:h of this month,) will distribute among the purchasers 'Phirty-tWes. Capital Pt iz‘.!s, besides a nuincrOus list of lluudreds, &c. &C. The Co\IIIERCI,%L HAT. L \VINE CO M .1 NV respect fully invite their numerous Customers, the Nol»lity, Gentry. and Buyers of Wines and spirits in general, to their Con cerns in SKINNER STREET and OXFORD STREET.—int Skinner Street they will have the Opportunity of viewing and *acting the LARGEST STOCI: of the FINEST INES' in the kingdom; in Oxford .;11-eet, S:unnles only arc kept. tor Particulars of the Company's Articles and Prices, sce the Advertisement, la , t Page. Fit - 31 tr r. nil toß.—The interesting fernr.le whom we mentictrri last me k as havin u iou Lt ht in the grAtid c.dt•e of Euto,•e, on 't i.O s wai.cd on the German Conin.iitee )0 BA krr's Coffet-house, many persons of reTectabdity, ratite(! I, t curiosltt, attended to see her. 'the heroine is troll-looking wom3n, t_"." e:irs of a gen teel ;Ippear , nce, mid c' e states her name ti• I.t P"terson, a•/d tha sl:e was bolo ut ErOttild ; lu r moth< r was the diAi L lner rf ;; Mr A•Ticor, a merchant and -hip owner, who re-ided ahem 16 or 13 ar• ego in the vicinity of Watling-street. Her father, mho was a Swede, left. his na.ive mollify to serve it) the Pritish novv. Ile sailed some years'utt der the orders (:according to her statement) of A r linital Lovett, and tit.ring the, period became 'oh her tio.thur When -1:e was about (our years old, her father want with his tc Sweden, and h r v. wi qo t h e t town Prlnce joined excliatled the nova! for a military the e'lue of the A!lies neainst France. lie ‘v: Cdpl.tio ul Hussars,- ill which ret , i:lent he In)d el,o two ,q/11.5 ; his I , :dV daogller, he poison in gliesto.o) infilenced by ft(' g re; , l affection she bore liar father hir'h"rs, r.e w-dl sit ea te devotion to the cawa• of h et coun t r y, was to f o li o ., t h e ! m i n ces Of her family. ft vv.. in vdpt they "mlenvoorod to persintde her to the e,ntrary. She joined th , .)leginteitt, and did the duty nt soi:fier, tlaiio,; in i.ll the t;ati g , os and fatigues of all activ e mint Sile %Ins t‘k :re %minded, Ibe I -' time in her br'a't, and wilt. curcd at Le;psie. She lirii;•:s4 r i r e r vales of her ser%iees tram Ilawbor2h ; and her taidn .bn.t t to c unlig to iGndo n is ittsptire alter ker srandiet.:cr, ‘f whom .it pvc:tit silt" can learn no i