The National Register. — London, England, 1816-11-18 00:00:00

Novrkinzn Monday arrived Paris papers of Thursday last. The two Chambers met on Wednesday, The Chamber of Peers elected their Secretaries : Count Mole am. tit, Duke of Ragusa are the new So retsries. The other two, Pastoret and the Duke de ('hoiseul, were Secreta ries in the lee Chamber. A Committee, consisting of M. de Fontana, Lally Tollendal, th.: Bishop of St. Maloe, Count Gamier, and the Marquis de Tal.. • were appointed to draw up the Address to the King. The Chamber then adjourned to Saturday,—The Chan . ber of I)eputies appointed nine Bureaux to verify the powers of the Deputies. This verifiention would not occupy more than twn• days. The Presidents of the Bureaux, whose names have, transpired, are, M. Beugnot, Voysin de Gardempe, Simeon, Ronald, the, I)ulte of Treviso (Mortier), Longncve, Bit:lquart Baileul. The Secretaries are, M. de Seas, Camille Jordan, Roy; Tal leyrand, I.abastide, and Villele. Conmodore Ch:e cey has quitted Messina with his squadron. A letter from Palermo adds, that there were ( very day sa l e y., nary quarrels between the English and Americans. A private letter from Pori', speaking of the opening of the Session, says—" According to the French Paper. all was exultation ; but the King, on the contrary, looked more than dejected. He looked unhappy, anti even the spectators present seemed to share his feelings! I heard it observed by people about me, alluding to tl e desponding state of the King—" I/ a (Ida /4 repentir dans le cwur." Talleytand attended the ceremony, a, d was constantly near the person of the King. He h. d by no means the air of a di:graced Minister. Bolt Peers and Deputies pushed round him in order to I e saluted or spoken to by him. He s almost the of ly Frenchman I have ever seen in any prominent sat a tion without displaying any personal vanity. Dig,n;ty he does not possess. He also attended the King Lis Notre I)ame on Sunday sennight. Chateaubriand wfs the l' attended the among .'eery , mass. The ceie. molly woe very magnificent, but rather theatrical, frt m the mixture of priests and soldiers, in rich and varied dresses, together with alternate successions of military and church music." Canada Papers to the 11th tilt. have been received. The Quebec Gazette of the 10th states, that the harvest in the Upper Provinces had been got in, the quality of the wheat good, the crop abundant. The parishes be low Quebec had suffered from the weather, the crops deficient in quality, having been taken in while green. The weather had set in very cold, with snow. At length we have authentic accounts sedating to the expedition of Lord Selkirk. The Canadian Cou rant puts it in a very clear point of view :—Mr. Robert Semple, the Governor fur the Hudson's Bay Company, towards the close of the year 1815, took possession of two establishments belonging to the North West Com pany, which had obtruded themselves on the territory of the Hudson's Bay Company. The North West tra ders then altered their route, going into the Upper Country by circuitous ways, by which much delay took place; awl in order to try Mr. Semple, they sent two eart-loads of provisions by the former tract in June last, with a pard of fifty men : the advance, 220 f the num ber, fell in with one of the natives, whom they took forward with them to prevent discovery. The rear guard passed within four miles of the settlement: they were perceived by the Governor, and were attacked by • party from the garrison, consisting of about thirty soldiers; an engagement took place on the 19th ofJune. Mr. Semple and twenty-one of his men were killed; his forces defeated : it is on this account that the expe dition of Lord Selkirk was undertaken. The manner of Lord Selkirk's conducting the expedition we do not justiff ; it is, however, but justic.e to say, that the Hed. eon's Bay Company haveirights, and are ,a chartered Company; the North West Traders, though a moss respectable body, are only an Association of Merchants. It appears by the Halifax papers, that a destructive fie took place there on the 9th of' October : its ravages 'were only stopped by taking down two or three houses before the flames had reached theut. The property destroyed is stated at 30,0001. • The Governor had issued aproclamation, stating, that notwithstanding the activity of the garrison, there had been much plunder, and if any goods of the distressed inhabitants could be traced into the hands of the robbers, they should he deemed felons, awl suffer death. The time allowed for restoration was two days from the date of the proela- oration. - Sir ROBERT HALL arrived at Quebec on the 4th of September, to take the naval command at Kingston. Gen. WIDDIUNOTON is arrived, and stationed at Mon. tr 1 ; and Gen. WILSON takes the military command et Kingston. This Gentleman lea England the end of last year, being appointed Cominander-in-Chief in Ca nada; which situation he filled a short time, when he was superseded by Sir J. SHEItUItOOKE, the present . Chief Governor. Sir JOHN and Lady SHEIHIROOKrp o arrived at Quebec on the It2th of July, went in August on a tour to the Upper Province, and to visit the hills of Niagara; their • return to Quebec was ex pected early in October. The running of the boundary lines between the Bri tish an.l Amer.. an settlern , :nts continues: the Americans claim all the islands itt l'a..ssainatioaddy BT - r, as well us THE NATIONAL 'ISTVX Grand Nlanan. Thu Cominissio nett are to meet finally to adjust the claims, at Boston, in May next The following paragraph from Jamaica contains a notice of the effect of the hurricane felt in the West In dies in the beginning of September:—" A severe gale of wind took place on the 4th instant, along the south side of St. Domingo, which did considerable damage : two American brigs and two sloops, who were taking in cargoes a little to leeward of the city, were entirely lost, with several of their crews." Madrid papers have arrived to th6lBth ult., they are filled with the cere:nonies which tools place on the late marriages, felicitations, &c. An intmen.se number of officers have had rank granted to that:lllin this occasion; among whom are Count ESPELATA (present Viceroy of Navarre), the Marquis CasTEttAit,and ARAiCAL, Mar quis de la CoNCORDIA (present Viceroy of Lima). These three have been made Captain-generals, a rank corresponding to Field-Marshal. THE GRAVES OF LAREDOVERE AND Nev.—ln the cemetery of Mount Louis Labedoyire and Ney are buried. The grave of the former is enelos.id with stales, nearly as rough as when cut from th. hedge. Roses and mignionette grow profuse];. in the °orders ; and in the middle of a little grass-plot i a 111 Ttle in full blossom, placed there, no doubt, b his disconso late widow, us an emblem of her uainded 1 rm. A wooden cross, painted black, stands wi.11;71 th • ~nelol ure, and a garland of flowers hung over i . It is shaded by a weeping willow. No monument oi stone marks the spot, but some one has scratched upoi. the woo.len cross—" Honor star braves."—North-eass of this, at the farthest extremity from the entrance, is th • tomF of the gallant Ney. It is a small elegant cenotiph c f white stone standing in a souare ure, surro by a neat wooden railing, painted olive green; a weep ing willow hangs over it, and roses are planted within the space. The inscription is simple, but enough ficr every purpose of a miniument—" Ci-git k Marechal Nei, Duc d'Elrleingen, Prince de la Aluskrea." The Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold employ a number of labouring men in improvinc , their grounds at Claremont. In this laudable object of taste the il lustrious couple take great delight, expending their' money among those to whom it is most necessary, and gratifying their minds, at onm, by the good done to others, and by the embellishment of their noble do main. They are out of doors the greater part of every morning, either in these grounds, or in rides round the neighbourhood. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, Nov. 11. Orders for the Court's going into mourning on Thursday the 14th instant, fur the late King of Wirtembergh, via. The Ladies to wear black silk, plain muslin or long lawn. crape or love hoods, black silk shoes, black glazed gloves, and black paper fans. Undress--Black or dark grey un watered tabbies. The Gentlemen to wear black cloth,.without buttons on the sleeves or pockets, plain muslin or long lawn cravats and weeper, black swords and buckles. Undress—dark grey frocks. The Court to change the mourning on Thursday, the 12th of December next. The Ladies to wear black silk, fringed or plain linen, white gloves, neck-laces and ear-rings, black or ►►hite shoes, taus and tippits. Undress—white or grey lustrings, tabbies or damasks. The Gentlemen to wear black, full trimmed, fringed or plain linen, black swords and buckles. Undress--Grey frock,. The Court to change the mourning farther on Thursday, the 26th of December next, viz The Ladies to wear black silk or velvet, coloured ribbons, fans and tippits, or plain white, or white and gold, or white and silver stuffs, vith black ribbons. The Gentlemen to wear black coats, add black or plain white, or white and gold, or white and elithestaff waistcoats, full trimmed, coloured swords and buckles. And on Thurs day, the 9th of January next, the Court to go tint amounting ADVERTISEMENT EXTRAOR UIN A RY.—A yonng Gentleman, travelling in the county of Armagh, amend himself by read ing the numerous notice& affixed to a pump in a central part au respectable country! town : among them he found the following, which he cowed as a curiosity WANTED IMMEDIATELY, To enable me to leave the House which I have fo the last five years inhabited, is the same plight and condition in which I found it, SOO Lire Rote, For which I will gladly pay tit sum of SI. sterling.; and as I cannot leave the Form attached thereto, in the same order in %Inch I Sot it, without at least Fire Millions it, Decks, or Dockings(oreede), I do hereby promise a further sum of SI. scrbug, for said number of Dock ins. (Signed) Dated Slot Oct. IMO. N.B. the Hats must BE ECM GROWN, aid *0 Crippler. . The Campbelton packet, Itmrietta, Wallace, Master, in going from Carapbelion to the Isle of Sanda, to receive Sir W. Cunningham on board, for the ,purpostc of lauding bum at Timm, was mile. tanately lost, with xlit ee men (tile crew), Sir W. servant, end another manta passenger). which hat we are sorry to add es i imin Wallace, who was well known as a steady marl, ant one who was MIMI) in rea d. ring assistance to shippina perilously situated, even at the haa.i dof his life On the ti) lowing day part of the wreck of the packet wa , discovered on shore: at sheep Isle, Sanda. Thulclalf se'nnight a very melancholy strident happene.t at the I',O' of L ith, to Mr. )I.l.ean, kt_apar of an inuct u• Peaircs-st.otet, who was viewing a vea;al conttag into the harbour. The wissl hying fresh, a hawser, WAS' carried from her to the eaprtasloo the Pier, in order, her TelioellYi which, as som.• aveitlent. caught fire oil hoard the Ves,•el. ablt ut:tli such force, that the part of It Albirli WAS on shore eta off 'llk geollellten'• leg, 'be sasue ;Is If it had been anipu tato& We are happy to horn : hone% tr, (hot L. is is a 1,.r way of recovery. nit BETHNAL GREEN POOR. TO THE EDITOR. 4ra,—ln the present period of national distress, every an. gestion and every attempt to relieve the miseries of the poor is entitled to consideration. The Benevolent Society, and other similar societies in this neighbourhood, are, therefore, warmly encouraged. The Artisan is oftentimes known to lay down part of his earnings, and the widow to offer np Lev mils in aid of their suffering fellows. But it is in vain that the coin psissiun of the humane is excited, that their feelings are has and their money drawl' from them, unless care be when that the alms thus raised reach their proper dead. nabob. In the Police Committee's Report, published by order of the House of Commons, is clearly proved in evidence, and admitted that WU. of the poor-rate Bind of the parish of Bethnal Green, of with+ Mr. Mereeron, the Justice, was treasurer, had been applied by hint to the discharge of bit . lawyer's bills for deleittling him against certain prosecee - hens. Now, Sir, the money raised for the relief of the pour is a sacred fund. The law declares, that it should not be touched fur any other purpose than for the aid and comforting of the poor. It turned to scorn any attempt of a party at the vestry to vote it away as food for the ava• 'idiots, or for any other than its right purpose. The above application of the Poets' Fund, by Mr. Merceron, is, here. fore, clearly illegal. He moat always have well 'Liam:, that it was illegal ; and now that the transaction is laid open to the face of day, he no doubt would restore the mon* direct:lp if demanded. I need scarcely then point out to the humane and benevolent in the parish of Bethnal Green, the neeessiW of their nut delaviag to reclaim from Mr. Mermen, a ma so impo.tant and completely the property of the poor. The 12,01W1. fund entrusted to the thatribudon of Mr. MON rerun in a time of great distress in the parish, awl owl' it appears by the Police Report, is not satisfactorily accounted for, may, perhaps be more difficult to recover; but the object may be worth attempting. In this, unlike many cases of de falcation, the receiver has money. Report says, be has got together a vast deal. Surely, then, such great sums belong ing to the poor ought not to be abandoned to the grasp of guy i . Iu tdual, particulrady while thousands in the parish have .-eart•ely bread to eat; and when respectable tradesmen, sinking beneath the pressure of the times, and linable to pay !heir taxes, are distrained upon, and have their beds taken Croat under them to supply the deficiencies of a few shillings cons rimitionship to the peers' rate. Whitechapel. A. B. A Correspondent of a Morning Paper, calling him self " A Hertfordshire Clergyman," make's the follow. ing suggestiou.s towards accomplishing the desirable end of restricting the increase of Public-Routes, so in. jurious to the health and morals of the lower orders. 1. Let the bishops require from every clergyman in their •esper five dioreses, a detailed answer to certain queries • ransmitted to biro for that purpose. Let an abstract of these inswers, with the remeilief suggested for the evil, be- pub. .shed like the lute Report of the Board of Agricultere. Tbe inquiry will enlighten the public mind previous to a podia .iieutary discussion, and much practical good will be th• result. 2. Let the number of pnblie-houses be proportioned to 0 • population of every district; one public- souse sufficing gem. rally for a population of SOO inhabitants. 3. Let brewers be disqualified from acting at all as =nip trades; or at least let the lord-lieutenants of counties be in ,tructed to nominate no brewer in future to that important situation. 4. Let brewers be dispossessed of their property in pidle ilolideS. Were they obliged to sell the public-houses arready in their hands, they would still fetch their value as public houses, and the brewer would not lose by the transfer. Be sides, public-houses as they are at present condneted. aro public nuisances; and a person who embarks his property in a nuisance does it subject to the law °You/sauces; be beat any time liable to have it suppressed)._ 5. Let every resident clergyman in comb"' perishes be empowered to enforce the penal statutes against public houses and drunk cones* equally with is magistrate. Local grievances ought in many cases to be met by local remedies. The facility which such an enactment would give to the pre. station, detection, and. punishment of offences, would pro duce immediate and Incalculable benefit; and ppWer so "lodged would lent to no abuse but what might be malty rec. 'titled before a bench ofraiagistristes. 6. Let public houses be shut up at nine o'clock in ensnmer, and at seven o'clock in winter, and proper persons be ap pointed to see the laws enforced. 7. But as the great object of legislative enactments is to prevent the commission of crime, I would- recommend the institution of parish brew.heases under official lirection. ' The malt and hops shonid be betted by the parish, breweut once a minth in summer, and once in two months in winter, at the expense of the preish, and retailed in table and'stroog beer, to he carried home 011 CC or twice a day at stated honre of the day, and with no mote- profit upon it thin will defray the expense of brewing asul atteuJanee. The farmer norild soon experience the comfort and advantage of such an in stitution. The rates—the pernicious, the overwhelm ng rates, wound be sensibly reduced throughout the country —its poor could save, or spend in the bosom of their families, that money Much now goes to enrich the brewer and the dis ' tiller—we should soon recover, what we are wow rapidly losing, a resident gentry, surronlided by a thriving yeo manry ; and a peasantry, frugal, manly, honest, and content ed, the story of their country iu prosperity, and its hope and ! suppit in adversity. SOLAR Eoxiesc.—The Eclipse of the San', .4)0 Tocsin, morning next, will be the greatest whiclthas hapuened in this country for tifiy-two yea's. At York, ten digits,. or tcu parts out of twelve of the sun will Da eclipsed It Scarborough an d d'hithe, the Eelipse will be somewhat greater • and in a part • f the holtic, and coital ries to the nortn,etat of us , the Eclipse ill be central and tutu. To the SowthttentlVestit swill be iess than oitb ta. At Londe,' ni:ar digits gad- Bros will be eelipsvl.--Tht. Moon makes tbe-tiras isuptresskin an the righs of tht• Sue's upper limb. The. City of Londonderry has followed the example. of &lanit presented.a ervratulatory Address to Lordi Castlereagh, and invited his Lonlahip to a grand en tertainment. His Lordshir, hoverer, km' rmaasity.„ . tiorlined the invitation.