The National Register. — London, England, 1819-05-31 00:00:00

MAY $l. FOREIGvV ENLISTMISNT BILL. We have received a Letter from the Committee appointed at a public meeting recently held. at the . George and Vulture Tavern, for the purpose of up posing the Attorney General's " Foreign Enlist ment Bill." Our decided opposition to the principles on which the Bill is introduced has been repeatedly declared, and to the Bill itself we have pointed out several insuperable objections. The statement sent to us by this Committee contains, however, so much valuable idea, and is expres , eit with so much perspi cuity, that we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of renewing the subject by the following extracts from it:— This measure, it is submitted, is quite uncalled for by the existing state of ciicumstance. ; anti not only in its immediate operation, but in its ultimate, conseqiienres, shay prove hisbly detrimental to that more cola, ci d com mercial intercourse. which, from past es perionce, may be reasonably looked for with Spanish Ametica, to an extent perhaps Hot easy to be ealcitiatert ; end capable, probably,: et beneficially occupying that large capital, now Arisen fey the course of political events, from other channels. The first con-iteration that appears to present itself is, whether the Mate tit political Selations between Great !hi. lain and Spain, hmuerntisely•cells for soul' a sacrifice on the part of this country. In the apprehension of the Com mittee, no such demand eau justly be made upon the Bri tish Government; and they trust to be able to show to• conviction, that the preservation of the good faith and integrity of the consitty is pm ferrety compatible with the maintenance of the valuable interests which they consider to beat stake in this question. It is highly important, in order to obtain a i;ht view of the question, to trace, from the commencement, the line of conduct ohich Great Britain has adopted towards Spanish America. SI hard the inhabitants of these conntries were still sub jested to the yoke of Spain, and she herself, nailer the control of France, was leagned against England, every effort was made, under the arithOriey of the British Govern ment, to foster the disruntents which prevailed,and to call forth, into open resistance against the mother country, all the energies of that people. To encourage them to twit,' their independence. by the most vigorous exertions, and by the endurance of the greatest sufferings and pri salon's, the Governors of the West India Hands issued Proclama tions, murk' them of support and- protection ; and all the British authorities in that palter of the globe, whe ther civil or military, openly espoused the cause of resist ance to Spain, as the following Proclamation, issued by the Governor of Trinidad, and addressed to the other Go vernors of the Weld India Glands, will abandantly testify. " By vii tae of an official paper, whirls I, the Governor of this Island of Trinidad. have received from the Right Houourable Henry Divides, Minister of his Britannic Ma jesty kr Foreign affairs, dated 7.1) April, 1797, which I het e publish isLobetheitee to orders, and for the use which 3 our. Excellencies may draw from its publication, in order that you may consta tttt icate its tenor, which Is literally es follows •—' 'Fit. of n hich at present I desire must par ticielarly to recommend to your attention, is the means that ought be best adapted to liberate the people of the euntinent near to the Island of Trinidad, front the op pressive and tyrannic system which supports, wiil, so much rigour, the monopoly of commerce, tinder the title of exclusive registers, which their government licenres demand; also to draw the geeatest advantages pomible, and which the laical situation of the Island presents, by opening a direct and free communication with the other parts of the world, without prejudice to the commerce of the British nation. Its order to 61161 this intention with greater facility, it will be prudent for your Excellency to ultimate the inhabitants of 'Trinidad in keeping .up the communication which they had with those of Terra Fir ma, previous to the reduction of that Isiand ; under the assurance, that they will find there an carepvt, or general magazine of every sort of goods whatever. To this end, his Britannic Majesty has determined in council to giant freedom to the ports of'f riuidad, with a ditect loader to.. Great Britain. Willi regard to the hopes you entertain of raising the spirits of thuae perscriv„ with whom you are in cora capon dence, toward• encouraging the inhabitants to resist the omit calve authority of their goveinment, I have little noire to any, than that they may be certain, that whenever they are in that disposition, they may receive at your Lands all the succours to be expected from his Britannic Majesty, be it with forces, or with arms and ammunition, to any extent; with the assonance, that the views of his Britannic Majesty go no further than to secure to them their independence, without pretending/ to any sovereignty over their country, nor evert to intent re iii Ilse privileges of the people, nor iu their political, civil, or religious rights. Ttiost se PICTON, &C. &C." " Puerto de Eqoano. 26th Jane, lifft. Nor did the rcvolu:ions of Old Spain, cause a change in a policy so congenial to the feelssigs of the British public, and so beneficial to the interests of a great commercial elation. it does not illtpear„ that up to the year 1814, the procla mations before issued were revoked by any lawful authority emanating fi the British Government, or the promises of support previously and soli mnly made, publicly and legi timately retracted. _ _ _ Upon the resturition of Ferdinand to the throne of Spain, *Treaty was made with that Kingdom t and by the atitti• tion.ll /Wide, bearing Jute Mb of August, 1814, it was stipulated as follows : " Him liritennic Majesty. beim: anxious that the trophies and distinhances sshicb in •A . ;lama ly prevail in the dorni• Mons of his Cutholic Mitjeir, to America, shoultl entirely reuse, and the cookie( is of thine Province, should return to the r obedience to their law NI Sovereign, engages to take the most efectual measures f.:r preventing his subjects from fuilikliing :Irai, ammunition, or,uny other tsar .ke article, to the 'evoked in A merica." How t.r such a 'rrt.oty was reooncilahle to the prealons engagements of Herat nu itain towards the South Ameticau Colonies; how tar it was compatible with trod faith to *Leaden ILI: cause of a people eucouragi d ia resistance THE NATIONAL REGISTEIt and hostility by British promisee; .how far • repetition of the colonial esrlietints, certain to allot from the reinstatement of Spanish dominion in South America, musiii accord sills the commercial interests of Great Britain, it isnot fur the Cop 1111 l Mee Ia decide; more part;• cutest', as it does not appear that this Treaty hes ever yet been discussed in Pas liament, ur received Us sanction and ale prehothen. _ After reciting the statutes for which the present Bill is intended as a substitute, and shcwing that a repeal of those Laws is all that is necessary or ought to be done either with a view to our interest or real neutrality, the Committee say— . I. this tWis the time, it may hr confidently aid solemnly asked, when the commercial, manuforioring, and shipping niter sit are cordenclinl with ougmeming difficulties, and when tit.. complaints of the agricultural climes are heard on every irde, Its excite the emit ty of a great mid enterprising people, 10 Inirra.s and impede a profitable and inctrusing branch of trade, and destroy all ecpectat' of ultimately finding the most permanent and exteiwive mart for British commodities, and enspbw nient for Be kWh shipping ? Is this the time ton, when every year seems to increase the ismer ful means of Great Britam's most formidable rival, to incur the risk of addin.; to her isilktence Ile all lance of a people also may have re:won to cam - lute, if the proposed measure should be carried, that it is iu .Imerica alone they cAo ea pert to tiild a ,ju•t recoguition of their The Committer have thus encluneuuretl to set forth the ex treme policy of risking the good imilemraliding at present subsisting with Smith America, and the Mimics %lin Is roe sewn ntly threaten the mercantile and shippmg interests. But it is net on this ground aloue that the suhj' et c laims the attention of all elat,tes. It is a new sight to beholl in a contest between the op pressor and the .opprersed, Great Ift i'ain take the lend of the natano of Europe, in ranging herself nn the side of dent... ti.m. For et rturi-s has the Colonitil Government of. Spain been a standine libel on civilized .Europe ; and every 11r ftlislunan remembers with pride the conduct his ancestor, imbued in aiding the United p, orince. to throw If lice to suppoetabk-yoke. Can ally reason be found aby the coon eils of Britain 'beak! now be guided by tither principles. or w►y we cause of Spain shout,' now be espoused against the feelings, inclinations. and interests of the o bole empire ? If in the time of-lames the First, find under circumstances exact similar , lb: application of the Court of Spain fur an enactment against the United Marini-es, similar to the one now proposed, was rejected by that arbitrary monarch, can any came be assigned for the BritislrGuvernment now yield ing to sw It a requisition For the result of the contest, there is room indeed to feel hut little anxiety t the spirit of rational freedom wall ulti mately triumph over all its enemies; but who can witness without horror the prolongation of a carfare sanguinary be yond description, producing only an useless effusion of blond, and w , •siting the resources which might other is is. be applied in cultivating the arts of peace, and prinnniing a stalely extended commerce to the boundless imp. ovement of the most fertile countries in the uniwese, am% the great and per • =anent advalimge of all the civilized nations of the world Great Britain now stands first in the nifections of South America.. To her, from inclination and from her capabili ties, would fall the largest share of Benefit By obeying the diclatu of Spain she may be deprived of the gomt.tv ill of south America, awl all these fair mover ts of advaiwage he lost; hut Spain will never more re establish her sissy over he► oppressed and long-injured Cnluni•ts. The chain which :mutat South Aillerico.strelebed too forcibly by the hand of yranny, has given way, and nu cattily power can again unite the links We regret that our limits compel us to give only sitTascts from this excellent and interesting do cument. Socklyfor Pronuitiag diitirsiiKaosardge.—The An. nual Dinner of this Society was held on Wednesday evening, at Freemasons' Hall. At five o'clock, the com pany, gno in number, consisting of the most eminent divines, sat down to dinner, the Bishop of Worcester itttheChair. Oa the cloth being removed, and the usual loyal toasts given, the health of the Bishop of Worcester was drink with great app!aose; on which his Lordship, in a few words, returned thanks. On the health of the Treasurer being drank, he stated, that the receipts of the last year amounted to 55,9391 la. Ad. and that the expenditure but cleared that SUM. On the health of the Secretary, -George Gaskin, D. D. being drank, he returned thanks, and stated that the number of Bibles, Testaments, Prayer and other Books, Tracts, &c. were 1,411,808 !—The company broke up at an early hour, but a considerable collection was made. _ . ...__.. delt/OVII Watica.—Thursday a man undertook fiu a wager.of twenty guineas, that he would in a boat row under the eight following bridges, and also walk over them in the short space. of two hours He started from London-bridge,, and walked over it. u be did the Iron-bridge at Southwark,. Black. friars, Waterloo, 'Westmituter, Vauxhall, Battersea, and Putney Bridges. He performed this extraor dinary task with the most comparative ease, in 11 minutes less than the given time. The odds were 6 , and 7to 4. against him. The above tint has been pronounced by the watermen upon the Thames as a very clever exploit. On Friday, the Albion, 74, Cuptain Coode, C. B. lately returned from the Mediterranean, was paid off The crew received three years' wage e, in the whole about 15, - 0001. A body of them, more pro vident than the rest, instantly remitted about 3,0001. to their friends, and set off sootratterwanf on their return home. We regret to hear that two of the crew were killed, by accident, whilst employed in unrigging the ship, and several were severely bruised. The Albion was re-commissioned on !%a turday by Capt. Raggett, as the third guard-ship at Portsmou OLD BAILEY, SATURDAY, MAY 29. -...m...- Nathaniel Crude was indicted for stealing 101 In Bank hart not of a pocket book, the property of his muster, .Idon.ral D000gla.:, in Cavendish Square, ml the 15th of April. The Admiral, on the IMAM preceding the robbery, Imo his zoinz, to bed, left his pantaloons in his bleeping roomousd the follow in; morning he missed the book containing the noletst at the erratum lie hid no soupicinn of the prisoner, but wrot to enquire at the bank invhoouse if he had left it there, and finding he had not, suspicion then fell on the !or stoner. En planned a lloweytreet otter, who went wish him to his resideorce, riming bearrhing the ))))) in allot rd to the pris. the pocket t k was found, wioh a quantity of other nut.% in it, which he hood also got the precedbor day at NOr , sfa. Coati and Cu, loot the notes ciated,ho the indictment verse gone.'lnc primmer in his defence belted that he had foetid the hook with the notes in the Area, and left the IN ina , nilie of his rube to his coons I. The juo y returned their verdict guilty of stealing, hut not from his muter. BANK PROAretlTlONS.—Tb•olorts Porter was convicted of haring in hie possession three forged 11. notes. resembliog those issued by the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, a ithout a lawn' est-me. Edward Sloribler, aged t-0, tsar capitally eon% 'tied for paiikg, on time 19th of April, a forged it note, pupating to be a genuine one, of the Governor mid Company of t..e Bask wf Foinliand, v nth intent to lief I Mr. Fin, übrucer, in ChoCoottc.btreet, Pitardy Square. Several insurrectionary movements are said to have taken place in Sicily, the inhabitants of which are described as discontented with their new-system of Government. Several regiments, have, io con sequence, been despatched thither from Naples. The Sprightly schooner, Baker, master, arrived at Portsmouth on Wednesday from Lisbon, bring ing the corpse of the late Duke of Buceleach, which was landed early on Saturday morning at the Dock-yard, and immediately set out ha , Boughton house, near Kettering, Nortlenuptonshire The cavalcade consisted of a hearse and two mourning coaches, each with six horses, fulluwed by the pri vate carriage of his Grace. We are again assured, says the Bremen Zeitung of May the 18th, that Sundt is yet alive. Accord- ing to report, a proposal had actually been made to put him to the torture, but was rejected with iadig_ nation by the Grand Duke. I.etters have also reached London stating; that the Grand Duke of Baden had been so enraged at the ptoposal, that lie discharged the Commission foe investigating the A letter from Stockholm, dated the 14th inst.' says, " The departure of the Crown Prince to the camp at Schtmen has been positively fixed for the 22d. The King, whose horses were sent thr.vard• some days before, will follow on the 3d of June. Complaints have a second time been brought for ward betiore his Majesty by the regency of Norway, against M. Gram, the consul-general at Copen hagen, for having, in the passports delivered to theta, designated Norwegian sailors as Swedish raUccts Count Schwerin, grandam of the Field-triarhal of that name, ouul the first speaker in the Swediilt Diet, has, to the general regret of all Sweden, been deprived of his sight. by a cataract. Every one who has attentively watched tke proceeding': of the Swedish diet since 1809, must know with what iu. trepidity and acuteness he attacked. the ministers whenever he deemed them in the wrong, and how ardently he sought to establish the same principles ofnationatrepresentation here as in England. Find ing himself defeated in all his•attempts, he with drew himself from the last diet a few mouths be foe the termination of its sittings, expressing ins determination never again to assist at its.. delibera tions.,• As a proof of the great facility of communira. tion at present with the United States of Americit, we record the following feet :—A respectable house in• this town addressed their correspondents in New York, on the 3d April, by the Triton, Capt. Hol comb, for Boston, which vessel made an extraordi nary passage of 18 days to that port, from whence the letters went by the mail to New York, and the reply, dated the 25th April, was.de!:vered in Liver pool on the 14th May, after a passage of 18 days. The whole being thus accomplishei.in the unpre cedentedlv short period of forty-one days, the total distance being 6,160 uales"---Lirerivol ^weir-•. From the mode in whicli the House of Commoeq is at present ventilated,. the sudden transitions fmnt cold to heat must be very prejudicial to the human constitution. If tome improvement does not take place, there need shortly be no Siewardsliiing of the Chiltern Hundreds for the accommodation of the metubirs. Snocntac Aecrnr:vt.— limns ten o'clock on Fritht night. as Mu. haertiog, a a 6.1 years (dare, re aiding next dour to t he Hu of N m ile, FiuAllcd , tract-going up ►tairs to go to lied, 'Lode a 1416.., ilirp and nay pitched head; nig 'loan tan I alr or•tenn 6, anal tier it:itd coming a ti h. great force arninst the ner Atoll aux frartuietl. Ipr. took. who reside. in•t'tr ttr.aliboarhOadoi as Past fur, ',hits. into died •hurt:) Alm bo arr,tia.