The National Register. — London, England, 1815-12-31 00:00:00

DEC ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE. (OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS.) DOCUMENTS.) .110 TE FROM VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH TO PRINCE TALLEYRAND. Paris, July 27, 1815. PRINCE,—The Official Order to the Admiralty, whichll had the honour of transmitting to your Highness on the 25th, having 'sus pended hostilities against the coast of France, and against. French ships carrying the White Flag, I have been directed by my Court, without delay, to call your attention to the necessity of guarding, under these circumstances, against any possible revival of the Slave Trade. ' The British Government conceive that under the operation of the Law of France, as it now stands, it is strictly prohibited to French subjects to carry on a Traffic in Slaves ; and that nothing but a specific ordinance could again revive that commerce : but whether this be the true construction or not of the state of the law In a technical sense, they feel persuaded that his Most Christian Majesty will never lend his authority to revive a system of this na ture which has been, de facto, abolished. I have desired Sir Charles Stuart to communicate to your High mess what passed on this subject at Ghent; the assurance the King was at that time pleased to give to the British Ambassador entirely tranquilized the Prince Regent's Ministers on this subject; but slow that his Majesty has been happily restored to his throne, they are most anxious to be enabled at once to relieve the solicitude of the British nation, by declaring, that the King, relieved by the state in which this measure now stands, from those considerations of reserve which before influenced his conduct, does not hesitate to consider that question as now for ever closed, in conformity' with those benevolent principles which are at all times congenial with the natural feelings of his Majesty's breast. I have the honour to he, &e. (Signed) CASTLEREAGH. His Excellency Prince Talleyrand, Age. &c. MOTE FROM PRINCE TALLEYRAND TO VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH. (Translation.) Paris, July 30,1815. MY LonD,—l have the honour to acquaint your Excellency that the King, in consequence of the conversation he has had with Sir --Charles Stuart, and of the letter which your Excellency did me the honour to write to me on the 27th instant, has issued directions, in order that, on the part of France, the traffic in slaves may cease, from the present time, every where and for ever. What had been done in this respect by the Usurper, was in the first place null and void, as were all his decrees, and moreover had Leen evidently dictated to him by personal motives of interest, and by hopes, which he never would have conceived, had he been ca pable of appreciating the British Government and people. It had not, therefore, and could not have, any weight with his Majesty. But it was with regret, that last year his Majesty stipulated the continuance of the traffic for a few years. He had only done so, because, on the one hand he was aware that on this point there existed in France prejudices, which it was at that time advisable to sooth ; and that, on the other hand, it was not possible to ascertain with precission, what length of time it would require to remove them. Since that period these prejudices have been attacked in several publications, and with such effect as to afford his Majesty this day, the satisfaction of following, without reserve, the dictates of his inclination, the more so, since it has been proved, by enquiries made with the greatest care, that the prosperity of the French Colonies not bein. , compromised by the immediate abolition of the trade, the said abo lition e is not contrary to the interests of his sub jects, interests which, above all, his Majesty thought himself bound to consult. This satisfaction is increased by the idea, that his Majesty, at the same time, does what is agreeable to the Govern ment and people of Great Britain. Accept, my Lord, the assurance, &c. (Signed) The Frinee de TALLEkRAND. PHs Excellency Lord Viscount Castlereagh, &c. &c, NOTE FROM VISCOUNT CASTLEREAGH TO PRINCE TALLEVRAND. Paris, July 81, 181.5. The undersigned, his Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of state for Foreign Affairs, has the honour to acknowledge prince Talle,, , raud's nets of this slate, conveyisag to hies the decision taken ONAL by his throughon' The ±rsignei transmitting communication to his Court, and he ventures in the mean time to assures his Highness, that She. King could not have taken any de termination more personally grateful to the Prince Regent and the British nation. The undersigned, &c. (Signed) CASTLEREAGH. His Highness the Prince Talleyrand, &c. &c. It is reported, that CARNOT has been appointed a Lieu- tenant General in the service of Russia, Counsellor of State, and Director-General of Military Establishments. A General Bill of all the Christnings and Burials from Di. ceniber 13, 1814, to December 12, 1815 : Christned in the 97 Perishes within the Walls, 990—Buried, 1095 Christned in the 17 Parishes without the Walls, 4990—Buried, 3854 Christned in the 23 Out-Parishes in Middlesex and Surrey, 12,/10—. Buiied, 9385 Christned in the 10 parishes in the City and Liberties of West.. milliner, 5224—Buried, 3226 • Christened Buried Males 12281 In all 23414 Males 96821 1 n all 19560 Females 11133 S Females 9673 Whereof have died, Under two years of age 6200 Sixty and seventy . 1691 Between two and five 1916 Seventy andeighty 1221: Five and ten 870 Eighty and ninety 674 Ten and twenty 677 Ninety and a hundred 167 Twenty and thirty 1425 A hundred 2 Thirty and forty 1824 A hundred and one 1 Forty and fifty 9075 I A hundred and three Fifty and sixty 1880 Decreased in the Burials this year, 223. SINCUL AR DREA M.—The very beautiful wife of a Nobleman who died lately, dreamed, it appears, in her late illness, that she should die and be laid in state in a particular room, of which she took very accurate notice. As her health was visibly declining, and her state too weak to bear the open air, her physicians ad vised that a very large room in the house should be fitted up as a bed-chamber, which her Lord had prepared for her with a very fine bed, and with every possible comfort. As soon as it was finished, by way of surprising her with the preparations he had made, he led her into the apartment. At the moment. however, she surveyed the bed, she started, and seemed mud) confuseci but was then ashamed to confess her dream. Before her death, ' however, she mentioned the circumstance, and said the bed was the exact pattern of that in which she dreamt this should die, and in which she expired! IMPROVED GRATE.—An economical discovery, which will relieve great cities from the intolerable nuisance of coal smoke, has been recently made public. It is a grate constructed op principles, by which the combustion of the coal is perfeq, and no distillation of the materials of the coal, not any sublima tion of the smoke into soot, can take place. The invention consists chiefly in feeding the combustion from beneath, an d keeping up a perfect combustion at the top of the fire, by draft of air which rushes from the room to a flue at the back of the chimney, and which flue is level with the top of the fire. In stead of feeding the fire by throwing coals on it, the coals are wound up by a suitable apparatus, so as to keep them level with the surface, and feed the fire from beneath. This is eficted by means of a square box, which is filled with coals, the bottom of which is wound up by a small apparatus of rack work. The fire is kindled at top, and burns at the top only with a red and very intense heat. The draft of air renders the combustion so complete, that neither smoke, nor ashes, nor dust of any kind. remain. The mass of coals consumed in a grate of cquai di- • mensions is not above half the usual quantity, while the heat is at least quadrupled. The Bank of England, to remedy a smoky chimney, lately had one of these stoves, and we understand it perfectly succeeds. THE MICE AND THE C ATHOL ICS.••••••A ceremony, which per haps might have been very good in the 15th century, but which one is astonished to find in our enlightened age, has been perform. ed this week in the Catholic districts about Basle. A solemn male diction and excommunication has been pronounced against the ulice guilty of comtnittinz depredations in the field. ,EGTSTER. 331 Most Christian Majesty finally to abolish the Slave Trade ghout the French dominions. e undersigned will not lose a moment in transmitting this