The National Register. — London, England, 1819-04-26 00:00:00

-cibt No. 1176.—V0t. XII.] Volitical It cttozpect. Lord Castlereagh commenced his Parliamentary ram paign this session by affirming that "he was warranted in making the declaration that no distren existed in the country." We know the noble Lord's unblualtiog effron tery, but what we moat admire is the extprisite folly of this assertion. What man in the kingilont s iu the House, or cat of the House, believed itt We knOw that his creatures shouted out, " Hear, hear," but even they must have re garded it either ma trial how far Uts it leader's impudence world carry him, or as a specimen of the most gratuitous folly that ever MI from the lips of mortal man. Never, ,:ertninjy sever were "our commercial and financial pros. recta" (to borrow a phrase time the collective tviodoos of the n ition) in such a hopeless and desponding ',Reader). 'ruin ishich way we will—Matichester,Leeds, Norwich—eottun, ..soollen or worsted, never did such a prune of despair pre scut itself; and we firmly believe that the realisation of the prospect will far exceed in the cum of calamity, the most desponding antieipation. Let us not deceive ourselves with the absurd and foolish hope that " things will mend," that " they will conic about"—we are now only at the brink, and the slough of Despond lies in wide stretch ing and appalling extent before us. If we look to api culture, can we discover a gleam of hope? Nut one. klisery and distress unknown and unequalled lies in that quarter. Wiq our commercial relations revive our sink ing spiiiti? Alas! no. Foreign mannfactories rivalling our own, and their mat kets glutted with Ettglish goods, winch are sr Ding uU over the world at leas than prime rest, are the leading features of this part of the picture. And then, as to finance—where is the mat:, however igno rant, besotted rind stupid, wko eau look there without, we will nut say, alarm or apprehension, bet without utter despair ? It kits beet, our constant and Mire:thing endea your to strip this subject of the jargon and mystery in which it has been slit elided, and to lay before our readers the real and ti tie state in which it stands, We houesity co nfess th a t we shedder at the fulfilment of every predic tion we have uttered in relation to it. A lean of Perfect 91 it LIONS, and probably of Five AND TWLINTY, in the fifth year of peeve, is now pretty openly avowed! In a very raj s of the system last an long) the inietest of the debt must swallow up the vs hole revenue of the reen try. More than twenty years since, Mr. Fox foiewareed the ignorant and &holed asstinbly he was addressing o f die necessary consequenee of their measures. "If we do not apply die remedy in time," said lie, " our fate is , n,vitaido." His advice was disregarded, his counsels. were siespised, his predictions were jeered at. Miserable in. fatuation ! England vs ill have to ,it' lore iii misery and and to weep it tears of blood the rejection of his salutary counsel. Accounts have been received from Halifax to the 2.3 d ult. The finances of Nova Scotia are repre sented as being in a condition far from flouri,hing. They had came under discussion in the House of of Assembly, in a Committee of Ways and Means, when Mr. Archibald moved the &Honing reso lutions:— Resolved. That an in , :resse of tic revenue is necessary to —.rash' expenditure of the current year." On this motion a great number of Members de ed their sentiments, as to the best mode of overcoming the difficulty, which was greater, as the House. was convinced, that it would be injudicious, either to increaNe the duty on any article, or to im pose any new ones; it was recommended that the expedient of a fresh issue of paper should be re sorted to, this would be altogether unnecessary.— The first resolution was, however, laid upon the t,ble. On the I:2th of March the debate we: re s Irncd, and after many fresh arguments had been made use of on both sides of the question, a bill 4:as introduced for raising the amount required, by the imposition of duties on superfine flour, tobacco, urandy, Torn, and wine imported into the province, and apse on all ar:i:er imported b; foreigners. AtittoO'ttr+ 0.1474r-AL-ik_ Our IttnO, onsftftution anb It ab 34. MONDAY, APRIL R 6, 1819 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PAnIS, APRM 17.—The King has sent to the Persian Arnhaasado:, for his Sovereign, a chart of arms, composed of muskets, pistols, and snords, from the Royal manufactory of arms at Versailles. The Noniteur of Saturday contains an ordinance, giving effect to the law which has passed both (3hambert, for •peuing Stock Racbunges iu the different depawnwats of PninLe. _ Pelson, of minute oliservation have remarked, that upon bis introduction to the tribune, M. Benjamin Constant is still further in contradiction with himself. For the last ten years be has supported and published. that speakers ought to de liver their opinions extemporaneously. and not read them; be has eveo ingeniously compared •peckers vino bring their speeches ready made, and viho consequeutly cannot reply to the ars;uments which may be advanced, to two armies that march close by each oilier, without exmliuu,, , ing a look; and y et, on his debut, he (trans a speech from his pocket, and retails during two hours. M. hitrisei, Ancient Administrator of Tates, and brother of the Marshal Duke d'Albufera, has just ars iv..d iu Pant from the United States. The Dcputdtion of the Department of the Finirterre has deposed a petition from vat ions inl. ••hoonts of Alorlotx, Bo eKt, Quimper, and Luude.dati, soliclting the recall of she banished. Titr fnllowing is an extract from the JoHroca do Li.ge of the 13th itistant : •• The recall of the banished was to have been the object of a .propnsition that wnishl hove been made to the two Clambers of France. According to a letter we have re ceived front a person in Pori:, whose character we honour and esteem, this tirnpissition has been anticipated by on ar rangement agreed upon by Ministers. All the banished will be suocestisely rvcalled before the end of the present session, but without au official ordinance, and in a manner prrely confident lA." _ . According to a private letter from hlacheim, on the same day of the 3...as4imition of M Kotzebue, the `ad of m.rch, :mother student, it is alleged, attempt. d to assassinate M. Je Stourza, at Dresden, hut not sticceeding, had committed Aiicide. The Gerniao Jett:leas NI% nothing of this genre, which appearato tuna further confirmation —Journal As /'aria. Fetztscn FCNTI. April IS.—Five per Cents. Cf. 45c. Hank Stork, IS37f. 16.-5 per Cents.,tt6f. 90c.; Bank Stock, tossr. 73e. Rowe, A►RIL S.—The Emperor and Empress of Amu rut yeeterd .y made their solemn entrance here, under salines of artillery am, eveiy other testimony of respect. The august travellem alighted at the Quirinal Priaem, where his Holiness, on learning their arrival, proceeded even to the antecham bers uf the Polare to welcome them. The Holy Father received his illustrious guests with every mark of racctionate regard. After conversing with them some limo, his holiness inttnduced the derv:slims and ladies destined.tn form their suite. Thei• Majesties were then con ducted by Cardinal 60114111 Vi to the apart tuente prepaied for their reception. CAVANNAIf, MARCH 18, 1819.—Last night, about rifle o'clock, the citizens were alarmed by the cry of fire. It commenced in a small grocery store of J. M. Carter (above the Exchange), which was set on Ere by a candle, carelessly left on the counter. The store houses of Gray and l'inder, Nichols, Dobson and Hills, Hall and Hoyt, Rea and Butler, E. S. Kempton, A. G. Semmes, J. B. Cremor, H. S. Slocum. J. R. Gifford, T. C. Hayward and Co. and Watson, and David Hill and Co. were destroyed. Thus the labmir of many men for many years is consumed in a moment, The amount lost must be at least 400,000 dotlars. IttrANNAH, Feb.l7.—Coffee is 524 cents. and look ing up. An *gent from Mews. Baring's of London, is buying up to the amount of ball a million sterling. A turtaril . BEIrsVoLENTSOCIETY.—A meeting of the friends to this laudable iitsittusiori celebrated its 1111101 anniversary no Tuesday by a dinner at the Freemason's Tavern. object 01 the society is to grant trliel to artists, or to the widows and orphans of artists, who to iv stand in need of its aid; and its supporters are all the liberal and humane, who, while they admire the .corks ni artist, a reetot ro m ttfoi of those wants and ha rd shirt: to which, by the acerd.•nts of human hie, he or hts family may be exposed. Of such characters evil com posed a great proportion of the company that met on Tuesday to celebrate the anniversary of the initalition, and subscribe to its fonds. Upwards of teen 1 Ired gentlemen were assembled by she o'clock. Sir B. }lob house took the chair, and conducted the.lrasiiress of the meeting with great zeal, osipriety, and effect. The honorary ace olary. Mr. Bahnanno, read • most grant'''. ing report; and, iu clinsiloctice of the information it• communicated, and the recommendation •f the chair man, the sit,scr:ptions %vett extremely liberal; not less than 4(n.1. buin i ; announct d as the .collectiou of the [PRICE 91,1. wetting, from the present and absent friends of tie society. It was gratifying in a meeting for the relief of indigent artists to see so many artists of the first emi nence attending, to countenance the &arch', and to in. crease the funds of the association. There were proem, among others, Mr. Stothard, Mr. Sher, Mr. Snane, Mt. alack Son, Mr. Calvin, Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Bailey, alf members of the Royal Academy. It wes no less pleasing, • than uncommon to hear at a coblie - dinner Filch toasts as Canova and site Artists of I taly ;" and " The Memory of Raphael A fleck." Hy the association of snch recol lections, with the presence of such professional emineace to promote the iotert•sts of so laudable an itlatittllioll, the entertainment of the e‘etting was greater aid more cordial than that generally derived front pnb!ic dinner parties. The evening passed away in the utmost hAr 111011V, and the greatest regularity and order distin• guished every part of the proceed i ngs. Amongst the recent emigrations to the United States, there are twentv-six persons belonging to one family (Quakers of the name of Thistlethwatte), lately residing in Meadow-lane Leedr. These ie.. dustrious and enterprising individirals are gone with an intention of carrying on the wcellen manu facture (in conjunction asith others) on an extensive scale, either in Philadelphie, or some other eligible scite in its vicinity. Several other families are pre paring to emigrate from the same neighbourhood, eta well as from Dewsbury, Bradford, and other places in the vicinity. It is true these extensive emigra tions may in some tkgree contriletie to relieve oor overherthcned population; hut they niu,t likewise tend in en equal ruti t to impoverish the nation ; as every individual and family who emigrate, setting aside the pecuniary wealth they carry with them, take what is of far more consequence to a commer cial nation, their talents and ; articles at present, of comparative small value in this country' Emigration is still the order of the day at Ply mouth Duck and its neighbourhood. Several of the vessels that have sailed had from 100 to 1f.. 1 0 souls on board. A farmer from Botusfleming, in Devon, with his wife and ten children, are emong,st the emigrants. There were besides several families of sor 6 children. Some excellent workmen have de parted, and antie , g them a few from the Dock.yard. It is supposed that not fewer than 1000 persona have sailed fur America from Plymouth this season. We are concerned to state, that the typhus fever is at present very prevalent in Cautbortte, where several persons have lately died of this disease.— Every precaution is at present resorted to, in order to arrest its progress. In one confined situation, called Balschouse-lane, fourteen persons lay ill attic fever on Tuesday lest.—Plentoullt Telegraph.. Thursday evening, a bey knocked at the door of Mr. 11. Dobson, No. 62, Church street, Mile Eed New Town ; the girl went to the door, and a boy gave her a whited-brown parcel, sealed and tied up, and directed to Mr. Dobson. The g irl uskt d it' there was any answer, tied the boy said none.—The parcel when opened contained two live smoke; yard long, which are alive at the present time. With the deepest regret we learn, that some heavy failures have taken place in Manchester, which, it is supposed, will materially affect Liverpool. Power of theSeren, —The Admit city yecht,cate's under repair in his elejesty's dock-yard, Woolwi c h, was on the 12,11 iust. raised from her hearings, suC t ciently high to have the bottom of her keel cop. pered, by the application of a singe pair of screws, under the direction of Mr. Williem !kohl, assis!. ant-builder. The vessel is one of 120 tons, having on board 30 tons of ballast, with all the stageing, ace. attached. The whole operation was perfurea:l by eight men, in five minutes. An extraordinary case of abduction occurred et the Cork Assizes, which occupied the Court some time, and ended in the instnnt acquittal of .the par ties accused. The , prosceutrix, who, it appeared from the evidence of Mr. Lee, Citrate of St. Ann's, -ghandon, was married by him on the 19th of March -last, stated the circumstance of her having been carried off from the neighbourhood of Mallow, hat asserted that she laid not the most dirfaat tiros of fix alleged merrier"! 1 r ,„ ~, .:,‘' ...-%" r ri:ut =" z ••• \ 1. 74 ' • • •41szcr • krltitv 9ll l v° 1 I (ktionalf