The National Register. — London, England, 1816-06-24 00:00:00

JUN'E 24. sibility, and possesses ;t character of peculiar sweetnoss. Her hair is fair, and her large blue eves give to her thee an expression of melancholy deeply intertaitiog. She was dressed in a robe enriched with diamonds ; on her head was placed a diadem composed of the same, in the centre of which appeared the Nuptial Crown. The Duke was decorated with the orders of the Holy (l;. 'lst and St. Louis, and wore the costume of Henry ith a cloak of gold. The Duke of Wellington was pr• sent, and hail a distinguished scat as►►igunl 10 him in a Tribune on the right of the Sanctuary. All ti. it is }Tread in the Heinen Catholic Religion, imposing in mill", yt..:,;:antry, and splendid in Court luxury, wa: employed on ►he oc casion ; diversified with the gamirds of danecrs, shows of every kind, and sports in the Elysian fields. These Papers confirm, ii u le•ter from Marseilles, the account of the terrible nu....aere at Bone. About 260 Christians were killed. Sixty wounthA got back to i!:• it boats, and reached Cagliari. All the houses of the Chris tians wc.. pillaged. The Letter eon. !udes by saying, that " the insurrection vss produe"ci by the discontent at the Treaty between Lord Exmouth an,l the Dey of Algiers. Let us hope," and sincerely do we join in that hope, " that such atrocities will be avenged in a signal manner." The Paris papers contain extraordinary and mysterious particulars of the trial of a woman named Caroline Le reuth. Site was charged with having stabbed the Sicur I)clsconrt with a sharp instrument, with an intention of putting him to death. The crime was designated as aiding and assisting in suicide ; but it appears from the testimonv of the parties themselves, that the man was too timid to stab him..elf, and prevailed on the woman to take intoxicating liquors to excess to induce her to com mit the act. Dvlaeourt, in his defence, did all he could to save the woman ; declaritv that, she being aft:aid, he seized herb and, andstruck it against bislx atom ; but the Court sentenced her to ten years' solitary imprisonment and the pillory. On hearing her sentence, she wept bitterly, and said she would prefer death ; but on being informed by the President, that she had three days to appeal to the Court of Cassation, she resumed her firmness and was perfectly composed.—(She had since, appealed to that Court for a revision .4* her sentence). Mails from Hamburg and Holland have also arrived. The Papers brought by theta contain the following arti cles : Fasts VTR Vlll7ll. A, .11..7 V 3.—lt is said, that his Majesty the rinperor of Russia hus now invited his Muje.ty the Kind of IS‘vetirn and his Royal Higlinefo. the Crown Prince to join th e nosy Alliance, and both have declared their readiness to do so. %SENN/L. Jests: S. —The escape of Generals Lallemand and Savory, whom the Etigiivb had prisoners at Malta, has excited some semoition hem The Special Commission at Ely has closed its pro ecedim.7. [See page 156.] Great 'credit is due to the Government, particularly to that branch of it which more immediately presides over the internal state of the country, the Home Department, for the vigour with which it has acted in putting down the disturbances ; for the promptitude and decision with which it has pro ceeded against the chief offenders ; for its determination to bring them before the bar of their country ; and finally, for having listened to the dictates of humanity, after having satisfied the claims of . justice. The whole of these trials afford abundant matter fin- reflection to all classes of society. It does not appear that distress was the cause that instigated any of the rioters. None of them were out of employ; nay, some of them were in good circumstances. The rioters issued out of public houses to commence the disturbances ; they had money enough to spend in drink ; and thus not only so much of their time wax wasted, which might have been employed In honest industry, but so much money was lavished which might have made their flunilies comfortable. Not that we mean to say, that distress would have been any justification of such outrages--and besides, they are of all means that could be devised the least likely to put an end to or relieve distress. The meanest capacity can un derstand this : that to destroy the property of another, is to ruin the man who, had he preserved his property, nikAt have been in a condition to give employment to the pour. Let the lower classes bear this always in mind, that no person has or can have an interest in their being unetaployed,.or being inadequately rewarded. When em ployawnt becomes slacker than u►ual, and wages reduced, it proceeds from. causes over which neither govern ment nor indisidnals have any control. But there is another point in. w hich the subject is to be viewed.— Distress is nut and cannot be removed by riot ; but riot is sure tc. in r.:c•e the individuals concerned, in ruin. The ems of the law is strung enough to lay hold of them. They must be punished, because obedience to the laws must be enforced ; and their punishment is universally approved of. But it is not themselves only that they in jure, but their lanais. A son who.is the support of his soother, and who engages in riots, involves his mother in uistress ; a &titer deprives his chiklren of their protector ; a husband exposes his will: to the horrors of want. A rioter then can neither be a good sou, a good husband, nor a gad father ; he mast be a thol, be , ...mise he takes the must eliccumi way to aggravate his distress ; he must be a dishonest man, because he would inyude and injure the property of his neighbour. The Russian Grand . Duke Nichalw about to make a tour in the interior of the empire, at eompanied by Gen. Kutusoff, the son of the late heroic Field Marshal. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. We are happy to find, that there is no just ground fOr alarm to the commercial world upon the subject of the late regulations in the ports of Russia. In our last Paper we inserted a letter from the British Consul at Petersburg, mentioning that the British trade would be in future subject to very severe restrictions. The matter has been taken up by the Russian Consul here. The correspon dence between the Governor of the Russian Company in Loudon and tine lb:ssian Consul was posted up at Bats:ill's Coffee-house yesterday : the thriller apologizes for making public Mr. Bayley's letter, which he admits gave a wrong impression to the public mind ; but that he would caution Mr. Bayley from using such language in future; that the regulations in Russia were well known by our trade; and that the agitated feelings of the j.;:olic regarding the reported severe restvictioas would soon subside. Mr. A. de Dubotchefsky, in reply, as. erts, tllu, he finds it an imperious duty immediately to remove the impression front the public, of any Laxtility or misunderstandingl on the part of Russia and that, us Mr. Thornton &lined any further explanations, he immetliately transmits the whole correspondence to the City, to prove that the best understanding exists between the two Courts. Ministers have received oflisial dispatches from his Excellency Sir J. Leith, at Barbadoes, dated the 30th of April, containing the details of the insurrection which had been happily suppressed, and with the particulars of which the Public are already acquainted. It is now dis covered, that but for the premature breaking out of the insurrection on the 14th instead of the 17th, (which, it seems, was the day fixed on,) it would have been much more formidable than it proved to be.—There have been symptoms of insurrection both at Antigua and Goads loupe ; but they were seasonably suppressed, and every thing remained tranquil when the Flora sailed. The white population of Barbadoes is considerably greater in proportion to its size than any other of the West India lamas. Hence it is presumed, that if the negroes had the hardihood to enter upon their rebellious project there, the danger is greater in the other islands, where the proportion of the black population is so much more numerous. The negroes of Barbadoes are flair to one of the white people ; whilst in Jamaica they are as eleven to one ; in Antigua as ten to one; and at St. Kitt's as nearly thirty to one ;—and on an avt rage throughout the whole of the West India islands, as ten to one of the white population. Extract of a letter from Malta,. slated lath May, via Marseilles :—" It is said (indeed promulgated by Govern mint),that the Bcy of Tunis has lost his head by his own son, for liberatino. the Christian slaves ; and that in the absence of the British s fleet, they bud equipped their fri gates, and were determined to take every thing they met wah.—lt is currently reported, that one Engiish vessel has been taken, and the crew murdered." Lord Exmouth has succeeded, it is said, with the Barbary States, in prevailing upon them to liberate above 2500 Christian slaves, principally Neapditans, and Sardinians ; 1700 had been aAually sent to their respective homes, and the dungeons were expected to be cleared in a few weeks.—This is good ; but subsequent events have shewn, that force, anti not negociation, must put an end to this horrible system. A conspiracy was lately discovered at Bucharest, which some of the lowest of the people had formed against the life of the Prince, and for the overthrow of the Government. Five of the principal ringleaders are in custody. Dispatches have been received from Sir G. Cockburn, dated St. Helena, April 21. We understand, they state the arrival of Sir 11. Lowe, who had taken charge of Buonaparte; and that Sir George, having thus trans ferred his trust, was preparing to return to England. The Havannah fr;gnte, Capt. G. W. Hamilton, has arrived at Portsmouth from St. Helena, whence she sailed on the 23d of April, with Col. Mark Wilks, pas senger, who had been, preceding the arrival there front England of Lieut. Gen. Sir IL Lowe, two years Gover nor of that Island. Buonaparte was in good health, but more dissatisfied than ever with his situation. He has sent by the Huvannah a string of complaints to the Prince Regent, upon the subject of the personal regu lations to which he has been compelled to conform. The Huvannah brings an account, that on the Sd inst. off Fayal, she parted company with the Ferret sloop of war, of 12 guns, Capt..l. Stirling (2), which had left St. He lena on the 27th of March titr England; bat on crossing the Line, she fell in with a ship under Spanish colours, having a forgo slaves on board, which, on her near approach to speak to her,lited into the Ferret, and killed two her nu•n. An action ensued; and, alter a running tight of about fair hours, at the moment that Capt. Stirling was preparing. to board, she struck. The Ferret afterwards proceeded with her to Sierra Leone, where it is expected she will be condemned as a pirate. The Ferret had five men killed and wounded. Letters of the 15tti inst. from Paris mention, that Count Toreno and oth.er Spanish 'Aber:des, so long dea tained in Paris, have at iength been set at liberty. The trial of the " Patriots of 1816" is to take pl.see on the 27th inst. They • are twenty-eight in nu , ..eier, and belong to the lowest ciiss of the people. By the accounts hi. the 131-usscls and German Papers, the emigrations from Switaerland to .de United States continue ; and the class of hmigr,e,es appear to be hi g hly respectable, bath. by_ their ptvpe andindustroius habits. SILVER ('O/N. (ClRcumt) r.., ~. IVhitchall, June 17. 10116. am directed by Lord Sidmouth to inform you. that his Lord. ship is aware that considerable inconvenience has arisen in many parts of the country, iron, :tti apprehension that the dcfitad silver coin now in circulation will nut be takn in exchange for new coinage, now ptc. pal ing: he the.refore tli:-Tts me to apprise you, that the dyitred coin Qf the realm w;ii token in c.rch , rzge fi,r the ur:: , coinoge, as soon as the Litter is completed; and he hope., that the listikas and tradesmtn of -will continue to rec iv. sm:hslefaced coin in the mean time. am, &c. J. BECKLT T. To the Worshipful the Mayor of Tna DUKE OF Yontt.—We arc concerned to state that the Iluke of York has been confined to York House since Wednesday with a violent cold, }is thee much swelled, un 1 a >light fever. The Duchess of York came t) London on Wednesday night in cons.squenee. The Prince Regent was with his Royal Brother on Friday. evening from a little before seven o'clock till near nine. Saturday the Queen, and Prinevsses Augusta and Eliza- • Leth. went about half past two, to visit the Dube, and' remained with him about an hour and a halt: Yesterday they repeated their visit in the afternoon, and remained with his Royal Highness about the 84Mt. time. The an swer to the numerous inquiries yesterday, we are happy to my, was, his Royal Highness had a comfortable night, and was much better The Bishop of London is indisposed 3t his house at Fulham. We are happy to state that the Princess Charlotte is perfectly recovered of her late indisposition, sad now takes daily rides with her illustrious Consort, a, hereto fore. Thursday and Friday they received numerous Addresses of congratulation. Saturday the illustrious Pair visited Covent-Garden Theatre, to see Mrs. Sid.lons's exquisite representation of the character of Lady Macbeth. They mune early to the Theatre. God save the King and Rule lhifaiptia were sung in apmirable style, and seemed to interest much the Royal auditors ; but with the performance of the great actress they seemed at all times pleased, and occasionally almost electrilied. Yousui's Macbeth had great merit. The house was crowded to excess, and.. the pertiirmance was enthusiastically applauded.-- -Tom Thum() was the Farce of the Evening, and "seat its hearers" lac; ting to their homes. We were happyto see that her Royal Highness had scaacely a trace of her recent indisposition. The marriage of the l'rincess Mary and the Duke of Gloucester is postponed from Tuesday next ; and another day has not yet been fixed for it. It may be delayed, for three weeks, or a month. The reason is, that great alter ations and improvements are to be made at Ragshot Park, which must be completed before the marriage: the mansion there being intended for the reception of the Royal couple, immediately after the ceremony. The Princess. of Wales has arrived at Malta, front Tunis. _ We understand, that at the close of the Session, the Prince Regent will recommend to all proprietors of estates the salutary measure of returning, to their respective homes, and passing their time in superintending and giv ing employment to the poor. A measure of greater wis dom, perhara at this eventfill reried, could not be devised; , and various• sorts of employment might readily be pointed out. We understand, that early next Session, the attention of Parliament be called to the present miserable situation of the boots employed in sweeping chiumies.. Their condition is most deplorable ; and the complaints to which they are liable are of the most distressing na ture Monday being the anniversary of the day wh e n th e • immortal battle of Waterloo commenced, the Officers of the Horse Guards at Windsor rave a grand dinner. at the Cavalry Barracks to those of the Foot Guardi quartered there ; and nextday the Officers of the- Foot gave an equally splendid dinner in return; At two.., o'clock ail the privates of the two regiments who were the battle had a dinner given them- at the Lonelovaik, consisting of roasted beef and plum-puddings c.act a pint of wine each—the latter presented them by Carbne . .4 wine-merchant of Windsor. The Duk a. of York was present at this gratifying sight, and Atferwards partook of. the dinner with. the Officers the Barracks. On . this eceareon the colours whicliwere in the battle,. and which were in a tattered s , ,de, were dispinyed at the head of the table, and tAse new ones .gr a nted to regiment in lieu, at the foot. Tuesday the Ofr.e2rs of the three regments of Foot Guards who weue at the battle of Waterloo gave a din-• ner at the I . :etched-house tavern, in cimunemuration of that day. A to drerb Statue of Nlr. Fox bats been erected in the un t o part of Blomnsbury.squar.., facing the Statue of his Noble Friend, the late Francis, Duke of Bedford. _ It is in bronze, the worlimanshipol.Mr. Wentmaeott, and •• does him high honour. Every thingis very dull in America. So great is the - stagnationeil tasde, that but very few of the merchaut. vessels are employed. Our cuantrymen who' tave emi grateeLare said to he in a most deplorable-state : up wards •of 1000 of taco have applied to the Tkitish Csp sul at New York to be sent home .with passports, as ois. tressed British subjects.. ~....