The National Register. — London, England, 1820-11-20 00:00:00

n 0 Ok Alik Ak . FRENCH PAYERS. PARIS. Nov. 11.—Yestcrday the King heard mass in his apartments, and transacted business with the Duke of Richelieu and the Minister of the In terior. M. Emile d'Espine, a gentleman in ordinary of the King's chamber, arrived from Naples some days ago, and had a private audience of the Duchess of Berry on the 9th inst. The king has signified his intention to remit the capital punishment to which Gravier and Bouton were condemned by the Court of Assizes, for dis charging a petard under the windows of the Duchess of Berry. According to all the letters from Vienna and Ve nice, great events are expected immediately in Italy. The Austrian advanced guard is concentrating at Terrona. There is a report of the sailing of a Russian squadron for the Mediterranean. Mr. Canning regularly attends the important trials in the Court of Assizes. Private letters from Madrid state that the Pope's Nuncio had obtained passports, and was preparing to depart. A letter from Bourdeaux says--" A few days ago were discovered among the ruins of the Castle of Castleman, in Medoc, several silver coins or demi gnu, of Aquitaine, which exhibit on one side the effigy of the Prince of %Vales in a ducal attire, armed with a sword, standing under a Gothic canopy; and on the reverse flaws de lye and two leopards, sym metrically separated by a full cross, marked with six points, indicative of the value of the coin.— Round the portrait of the Prince is the legend—En. Po. ONS. REO. Aoa B. (Eduardus prinfogcnilus regis 4nglis, B.); and on the reverse—Acrr. PANCIPS. (Aquitaum Princqu.) VIENNA, Oct. 30.—We have this instant received intelligence from Troppau that couriers extraordi nary nave set out for Italy, where important events are to take place. Role, Oct. 28.—The Austrian regiments recently arrived at Trevisa continue their march to take up the positions assigned to them. These troops are concentrating in great numbers on the frontier of the march of Ancona. The government of the Holy See continues much occupied, and its relations with foreign cabinets are very active. Every thing announces that we are on the eve of great events. PALERMO Oct . 19.—We now begin to breathe after five weeks of tumult and torment of all sorts. Our town owes its existence to the wisdom and mo deration of General Florcstan Pepe, and to the firmness of the Prince de Paterno, a respectable oetogenaire, who has fearlessly exposed himself to the greatest dangers in order to calm, divide, and disconcert a populace thirsting for blo od and plun der. In effect, all our alarms arise from this class of people, whom we cannot make to understand that the conventions granted by General Pepe, which guarantee the independence of Sicily, fulfil all that Sicilians can desire. !Assort, Oct. 20.—Different letters of change payable before the end of the year, and making a total of about 2,500,000 francs (about 100,0001. sterling), were sent by the Court of Rio Janeiro to the Regency of Portugal, to provide for the current espences of the service; the 30,0001. sent by the English ship Le Vengeur is not included in this sum. Colonel Cabriera, appointed to the military com mand of the Province of Algarves, has informed the Government that the meeting of the two Juntas has caused the greatest satisfaction in that province; it was celebrated by public rejoicings. This refutes , the report that the province of Algarves did net second the rest of the kingdom in the great work of regeneration. MADRID, Oct. SI .—Lieutenant-General Wimp fenn petitioned the Cones, stating the services of the Swiss regiments in the pay of Spain during the war, and soliciting in the name of his comrades and fallow-countrymen, that they might be included in the organization of the present army. This demand was set aside, by passing to the order of the day : and it was resolved that the three Swiss regiments should be thanked for their services in the most ho nourable manner. The Cortes have also determined on reforming the _ . • . '• 4... • Body Guard, by providinf the members of it with equivalent employments in the troops of the line. Several other reforms have been made in the army, with the view of anuilgiunating privileged corps with the national troops. NI Morena Guerra has proposed to the Cortes a gtneral amnesty for all olitical crimes committed betkresir May, !SOS, and 9th of .March last. No ope . opred Ibis motion, and it was expected to be again. rought before the assembly in the regular way' by 'the" Committee of Legislation, before the close of the Cortes, which it is supposed will take isce before the Bth of November. The Minister of the Marine has obtained, without difieulty, the 80 millions of teals which he required • ~6r..r~rr :. I w The (:m in tail's the toltot. , l Out the :ad Saint riancois, itiwl:nel, neat sca Ll:a a hra strewhi..g vitabl, have oasts, to piee,•s tlat ions sea laid he upon her Moaner with a quarter of a ie.tgue from tne coast. 'LA; tempest %tas then raging with the utmost force, and, to avoid certain death, the Captain came to a resolution to get out his boat. He had then on board, as passengers, a lady and her daughter, an infant six years of age. The poor woman, shut up in her cabin, expected every instant, with her child in her arms, that death would terminate her agonies. Having heard the sailors preparing to quit the vessel, she with the utmost exertion got her head up the hatchway to look for the Captain, who said to her coolly, " Madame recommend your soul to God—you and your child are !ost beyond all hope of human as sistance:' He then left her, and joined the seamen, who, with another passenger aged thirteen or fourteen, were ready to leave the vessel. They abandoned the unfortunate mother, who was deprived of her last hope. She had always expected they would have saved either herself or the child, Men they got ashore they were received by a crowd of persons whom the event had drawn together. They anxiously inquired if all were removed from the wreck? The men said there was still a woman and a child on board. Honest indignation was immediately felt against the wretches who had thus abandoned the sulierets. At that moment one of the spectators; named Kerhero, a sailor belonging to Kerostein, in Quiberor, launched his boat, and obeying the impulse of true courage, pulled out to sea. Having braved a thousand dangers, he reached the wreck. " Give me your daughter," said the brave and generous sailor to the lady, " anu be assured if I succeed in saving the child, I will return for you very soon." His efforts were crowned with happy success. The infant was carried safe to shore, and faithlol to his promise, Kerhero again ventured on the foaming waves. lie got to the vessel, and happily landed the mother. Ile was received with all the applause his generous and perilous devotion so justly demanded. Among the innumerable benefits the Portugue s I have derived from their political regeneration and I the overthrow of a government that would have (Bs- gracetl either Asia or Turkey, the exercise of the Liberty of the Press stands pre-eminent, and is al ready working wonders. With the other blessings the Lusitanian nation had inherited from their an cestors, founded on institutions free and liberal like those of Spain, previous to the destruction of the Cortes, the liberty of the press had been lost in Por tugal, and excepting a few spiritual books, treatises on abstract science, and a paltry gazette, little or nothing was printed in the country that had pro duced a Camoens. Thus the greatest excesses were committed by men in power and court favourites, without the dread of reproach, and abject sycophancy and blind submission had become the only means of preferment. Gradually that daring spirit which manifested itself in the remotest corners of the globe was extinguished among the Portuguese ; the truly patriotic and enlightened withdrew to their cham bers to weep over the degradation by which they were surrounded, or to pursue their studies in soli tude, while the busy part of the community ap peared sunk in all the vileness of servitude. PORT OF SAVANILLA, JULY 15.—(Extract of a letter) :—" Our troops have formed a junction with the division of Gen. Cordova, who came down with 600 men by the way of Caura on the 14th of June. Mompax was taken without resistance ; from thence he went down to Teneriffe, when we met 400 men, royalists, escorting some cannon, whom he attacked, defeated, and made prisoners. Colonel Montella, with the combined armies, was at Cartha gene. Gen. Urdnetta is in the environs of St. Martha, and will soon be master of it, having de feated the Spanish forces at Chereguna. The Pre sident, Bolivar, is in Augula with 3000 men, and Gen. Valdes is in the invirous of Popyan, and corn munication with the kingdom is entirely open Daily quarrels take place between the Spanish Chiefs; imprisonment and arrests occur daily. Erract of a letter from St. Thomas, dated Sept. I.—" The war on the Main has commenced with ' new fury, but I believe both parties will respect humanity. The Spaniards have spread the news that they soon expect a reinforcement of 4000 troops from Europe, but we do nut credit this re /left here. Many privateers are cruizing hereabout ; they captured three vessels out of a convoy from Havannah bound to Spain, with 3600 boxes of sugar,.and 30,000 dot lars. .. , ..., , ~r THE NATIONAL REGISTFT: B00NINd• aj A GRIN BAO. —At Guisborough, count); of York, on the sth of bkrember, the usual political ceremonies jpf - 'lay *ere postponed till Mr - notve iven to the inhabitants Lbmrhood, that a large in the market : with rubbish committed to the public detestation notoriety was ween eight and and the peo. tmerous proces flambennx—a side—" Perjury other—" Pains and long fork, by music belong litia enlivened the nu:es:rotas concourse by martial music. In this manner they Wan:led the streets, and on their return to the market-place the bag was formally set on fire and burnt to ashes—the band playing the national air of " Rule Britannia," and the people, to the amount of:sore/al hundreds, „hailing the destruction of the bag littrhs contents by loud and continued he ern. INFAMOUS AFFAIR.—A few days ago Major and another gentleman called upon Mr. Birnie, at Bow-street, to ask his advice upon the Ilillowher mysterious and disgraceful occurrence. They stated,' that a beautiful young girl, sixteen years of age, the daughter of a widow lady, residing at Chelsea, had been seduced from her home and parents by an old gentleman, upwards of sixty. It appeared that this hoary ilebauchee had been laying siege to the unfor tunate and infatuated girl for some time past. She was in the habit of frequently walking out with her little brother, and at such times this man invariably placed himself in her way. It further appeared that at these interviews he represented himself to her as a Peer of Parliament, and talked of attending his duty there on the trial of the Queen. At length the miserable girl consented to abscond with him, and nothing since has been heard of them.—The worthy Magistrate immediately took measures for the dis covery of the fugitives, and it has, in consequence of those measures, been ascertained that the seducer is a Baronet, and a Member of Parliament. He is, moreover, a married man; and, though upwards of 60 years old himself, his wife is not inure than 20. It seems that he carried his prey to Scotland; but at the instance of the worthy Magistrate above men tioned, a writ of Habeas Corpus has been issued, culling upon him to produce the body of the young lady, she being a miner, and she is in consequence daily expected in town. Dreadfni Accident—The village of Walton-on- Thames, like every other throughout the empire, was anxious to testify, its joy at the recent triumph of her Majesty, and on Saturday evening the inha bitants illuminated their houses, and a considerable number of persons, having procured a cannon, pro ceeded to discharge it in different parts of the neigh bourhood. When discharging it near the residence of Sir Henry Fletcher, the piece from being over charged, burst, and the consequences have proved most dreadful. One individual of the name of North, was killed on the spot ; another person had his leg so shockingly lacerated, that amputation, it is thought, must be performed; a third received a splinter in his shoulder, a fourth had a great part of his apparel burnt off his back, and several others were more or less injured. Four thieves effected an entrance into the house of R. Paisley, Esq. Monument Place, near the new burying-ground, in Mary-le-bone-fields, on Thurs day last; but they were put to flight by the alarm of a terrier dog, as soon as they had scaled the walls( They passed a huge yard dog unmolested, and got into the parlour passage, when they were seen by a servant, who set the alarm bell ringing, and they retreated with a pistol shot after them ; but fur want of assistance, pursuit would have been dan gerous and unavailing. Cuaious APPREUENSION.—Thursday afternoon, Mr.Oiner, of Thomas-street,Commerciallroad, while reading in the ground parlour, was disturbed by a noise, as if a cat had got among the china on the side-board, and on going to the door, no person being in the parlour, he observed a youth having his hand in at the window, the sash of which he had partly raised up, endeavouring, by means of a long wirei crooked at the cud, to abtain a thermometer wile: lay on a table. He walked cautiously across the room, and the thief never once perceive.' Mr. 0. till a he k the arm. He struggle d hard hold of him by to get off, but Mr. 0. secured the villain by pulling. him in at the window. He was a bout ten years et age, and of so diminutive a stat ure, that hemild scarcely reach the window. He was taken to Lam beth-street Police-office, where he gave his mune William Surgeson, and was committe d to the Sc - sions. h is understoood that her Majesty will speed tlia Christmas holilays with Earl Fitzwilliton. for the construction of 9.0 middle•sized mewls of I Bvitairtd , or A GREBN BAO.—At w ( ar, to protect thenotets ani commerce of Spain in county of York, on the sth of bilksembet the two worldk ; but ots„ this condition, that every i political ceremonies ff that'ay *ere pi thing leer the constre.,:oote a , ,LI utetlit,ing of these Monday, when notice was given to the vese.ls is to be taken front the ft tests awl ursenuls of Guishorough and its neighbourhood, of tht nation. fire would be made in the evening in An active rerrevieandence is carried on.hetOftta place, and that a green 6ag. " filled our t shinet and that of Naples. . , I and - 1 ,. . Istibles," would then be cony 11., is not thoui:,•lit that the '4,4 ..,.. ; ~ • 1 .kt modal olexpressing publi r ' . ;'* • %t ty' Ministerial the I:scurial linger !Liu the i ft& ..,, . i . em . j - r r ' ' . /ito effect betwee 811.11 1 411 ''IN -4. 3 trzireiP., lore was made, •; i ... •.• .- .4itts .. e.• 1 41 - - The COrker de Ift f.:!'/,` . 41, , ~ r e l'irlfrti . ofs ,rtilin c,,,l ' two . .. i : 4 , - • • - • wall. a mum ', 4 vp• s s'rsons bearing ti talus the tollovAst i g act of courage :-er . "sr - Y: - 7.46 76 .1 On the usd of Octobvr, about noalt;clhe chat* . • • . .• treerieK. , l on one side Saint Ft cnenis, Captain Freineav, ran in the tteseri't , *Pi i..., iyamtl to on the other— ito..l..llll, near Qaiberott, where sha was earned by the sea cud a heavy ga. 1 e of wind towards a citren of rocks , aPevr,l4l,,„l,;fillirr4llll/,,-rfooiLlienadt the ba n d bt i n ) d of o u f a l ilk.; to the thia North York , Loca . l , Mili stret.:llt.et,y, otet from Tevire, upon whicl i t n aly i ;i li nte s es tite te:;: r i vitAldk have been closeted to pieces; in.. nnlnpreasil announce b y mrsrtia. mu N Bc Lu