The National Register. — London, England, 1819-04-25 00:00:00

utt Afton No. 1175.—V0L. XII.] VoMica! llcttoiSpra. Lord Castlereagh commenced his Pas liamentary tam paigii this session by affirming that " he wee warranted in' making the declaration that no distress existed in the country." We know the noble Lord's unblushing effron tery, but what we most arlinire is the exquisite fully of this assertion. What man in the kingdom, in the House, or out of the House, believed it? We know that hit emanates shouted out, '' Hear, hear," butt even they must have re garded it either as s. trial how for their leader's impudence would carry hint, or as a specimen M . the Attest gratuitous folly that ever fell from the lips of mortal man. Never, never were "our commercial and financial pros pects" (to borrow a phrase from lire cslkttive wisdom of Ike - Won) in such a hopeless and desponding situation. 'Furs Iticis nay we will—Mane hes ter,Leeds, Nur iv ieh—eotion, woollen or %mite!, never did such a scene of despair pte see:itself ; and we firmly believe that the realisation of the prospect will far earned in the sent of calamity, the moat desponding anticipation. Lit us not deceive ourselves with the absurd and foolish hope that " things will raorid," that " they will come about'—we are now only at the lit ink, and the slough of Despond lies in witie stretch • iog and appalling extent before ou , . It we look to agri culture, call we discover a gleam of hope? Nut one. Misery and distress unknown and unequalled lies in that quarter. Will our commercial relations revive our sink lug spirits? Alas! no. Foreign manufactories rivalling our own, and their isiatkets glutted with English goods. wine% are se;ling all over the world at less than pinue cost, are the leading features of this part of the picture. And then, as to finance—w here is the man, however igno rant, besotted and stupid, who can look there without, we will not say, alarm or upprehension, but without utter despair ? ft has been our constant and unceasing endea vour to strip this subject of the jargen and mystery in which it has Lien throndetl,and to lay before our traders the real stud true state in which it stands. We honestly confess that we shudder at the lid filinentof every predic tion we have offered in relation to it. A loan of Firrcen MILLIONs, and probably of Flvt: AND TWISNTV, iii the fifth year of peace, is now pretty openly avowed! /is a very low v ears Of the system last so long) the interest of the debt must swallow up the whole resmoue of the tour.- try. More titan twenty years since, Mu - . Fox forewarned the ignorant and deluded assembly be was addressing of. the necessary csnseqttenee sr their meaturts. "If we " do not apply the remedy in time," said he, " our fats it meuitribie." fits advice was dist egarded, h's counsels were despised, his predictions were jeered at. Miserable in fatuation! England will have to de,dere hi misery and. rout, and to weep in tears or blood the injection of his oialustaty counsel. Accounts have been received from Halifax to the 3d ult. The finances of Nova Scotia are repre sented AS being in a condition fur from flourishing. They had came under discussion in the House of of Assembly, in a Committee of Ways and Means, When Mr. Archibald 'Loved the follo;ving reso lutions:— " licsolved, That at. increase of the revenue is necessary to nieet the expenditure uf the current year." On this motion a great number of Members de livered ti.nir sentiments, as to the best mode ,f ovt.rcoming ttie difficulty, which was greater, as the flowic was convicced, that it would be injudicious, tither to increase 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.— i'lle first resolution was, however, laid upon the tsiblos. On the •12th_of March the debate was re sumed, and after many fresh arguments had been made use cf on beth sides of the question, a bill was introduced for ra i s i ng t h e amount required, herO ile mposition &duties on superfine flour, tobacco, bri ndY, rim, and wine imported into the province, a'l also on all artieics importzi by foreigners. 7719 -•- {PRICE V6ll. but o ithout an ofhoul ordinabcc, and iii a manner pat I~ confidential." According to a private letter from Manheim,•on the lame. day of the assassination of 111.-Kotzebue, the tflif of Marc::. antithersitudent, it is alleged, atteinpted , to assassinate NV de Stouvza, at Dresden, hut nut queceeding, had committed suicide. The Gentian Juunues say nothing of this intelli. g cure, which appears to leant further cuattruiatien.—Jourosi de Paris. Fit ENCti FfrN MS, April 15.-I%v. per Cents. Cr. 2Se. ; flank Stook, Ib97f 50c.—April 16.-5 per Cents. fief. IgIc•1 Ilan': Stock, lOSSf.2Se. Hosts, APRIL 3.—The Emorior and Empress of Autirritt yesterday madelbeir adlemn e•mraetr.• fere, under salutes of artifice, moil every tither testionimi 4:t rea l ieet. The auguit travellers alighted at the Quirinal l'aLicc. ee here hi I I on learning their arrival. proceeded 'nun to the aafrchatri ben of the Palace ui welcome them. The Holy Father received hi. 114isteovise guests with every mark of affectionate regard. Atter ronvrr•ut; with.thcsn some time, his Holiness introduced the ch.•caliere and ladies destined to' furitr their bUile. Their lajr,tles a ere then row ducted by Cardinal Gunsalvi. to the apartments, prepared far thek reception. Amongst the recent emigrations to the United States, •there are twenty-six persons belonging to one family . (Quakers of the name of Thistlethwaite), lately residing in Meadow-lane Leeds. These in dustrious and entetprisiog individuals are gone with an intention of carrying on the woollen manu facture (in conjunction with others) enan extensive .scale, either in Philadelphia, or some other eligible> scite in its vicinity. Set eral other families are pre paring to emigrate frera the same neighbourhood, as well as from Dewsbury, Bradford, and other places in the vicinity. It is true these extensive emigra tions-may in some degree contribute to relieve our overlairthenal population; 'but they must likewite tend in en equal ratio an ispomish the nation ; as every individual and family who emigrate, setting aside the pecuniary wealth they carry with 'then% take what is of far snore consequence to a comma,. cial nation, their talents and industry ; articles at preacut, of comparative small value in this country r Emigration is still the order of the day at Ply - mouth Dock and its neighbourhood. Several of the vessels that have sailed had from 100 to 190 souls on board. A farmer ft= Botustleming, in Devon, with his wife and ten children, are umongst the emigrants. There were besides several families of sor 6 children,. Some excellent workmen have de parted, and amo-g them a few from the Dock-yard. It is supposed that not fewer than 1000 persons have sailed for America from Plymouth this season. We are concerned to state, that the typhus fever is at present very prevalent in Cumborne, Is here 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 Bakehouse-lune, fourteen persons lay ill of the fever on Tuesday lase—Plymouth Telegraph.. Funeral of Colonel Herries.—The solemn promo tion took place on Saturday. At half past 11 o'clock it set out from the head quarters of the corps at the bottom of Gray's-inn-lane. At Ilolborn-ban it was joi n ed by the Lord Mayor and suite, attended by the Sheriffs, who proceeded with the funeral down Chancery-lene to Temple-bar, and then re turned to the Mansion-house. Nearly ;it) carriages of the 'Nobility and Gentry who were acquainted with the deceased, closed the processPii. On the arrival of the body at the Cathedral, it was m e t at the principal entrance be the Dean, Clergy, &r. mid the Gentlemen Volunteers then f u n ne d t h ree deep on each side. Between these ranks th e b o dy was born to the choir, and, after the b u ri a l serv i ce . was performed, it wits interred with gr eat so l emn i ty in .th u e le v r a lui l e vault ui.wlhoiafllite of c e h r l t la o ;l h.cils soi. be oel cn e p m prepare d ceremonyphe aretrurnfinpe• t o n % corps and muffled drum occasionally sounded Cie Dead March. Thursday evening, a boy knocked at the Mr. H. 1)obson, No. 62, Chureh.Areet, New Town ; the girl went to the door, gave her a whited-brown parcel, sealed and directed to Mr. Dobson. Thu girl tiler; W 33 any answer, ar.d the boy said. . parcel when ~p cned contained twgi live 1m air?. r!lich are ;Ili• c at Cue present he inor of Nrilc V. . r id t 1 " Mui int% 4 s e *.‘73 alt )1P I:PA Wins+ Our Ulna, eamStittition attb U d 330. SUNDAY, APRIL 95 , 1819 FORE/Cs lIVIELLNEACE. PARI9, APRIL 13.—The day before yesterday, after mass, which the King beard in his apartmentsdals Majesty received the Persian Ambassador, His Execllen..y came to take leave of the King. 1k will depart on Saturday ni Sunday fur London. His Excellency will occupy a splen-. did house in Charles - street, Berkeley.square, where every' lliing is prepared for hit reception. His Excellency the Count de Cases has for some days . experienced an indisposition so severe as to prevent him from transacting business with the King. The Gazette de France contains a letter from tlit. Se cretary of the Persian Ambnscador, complaining of the indecent levity with which his private concerns are brought before the public curiosity. His Excellency seems to be particularly displeased with a vents ilognial, of the name of Comte, who published in the jolt sail. a re. cital of the wor.ders be enacted heroic the A tillettssadoe, and the astonishment displayed by his Excellency. The Secretary, however, asserts that the ventriloquist inso lently, forced himself into his presence, and that his ven triloquial sounds excited no other freling than disgust. M*oxso, APRIL 2.—11 is asserted, that the choice f the Hang has fallen upon a Princess of liavatin, who s. one of the to ins boiu oil the 12th Nos ember, 18C1. '( ' lie return to this capital of a grandee of Spain, sent by the King into Germany - , and who has returned, ems diligence. flout the Court of Munich, appears to authenticate what voe have above uated. The expedition tender the orders of (Mound is com posed of 20,000 men, who, in the Interval of sailing, ate encamped in the environs of Cadiz. The naval forces are under the command of Vice Admiral Morilto. The latter is • man advanced in years, Let still vigorous and active. Fnanaroar, APRIL B.—lf we may believe one t , f the German journals, several writers of that count , y, and even either persons who Are regarded as secret agents of Russia, have received anon" mous letters, in which they are called upon to change their system and conduct, and not to render themselves guilty of *hat the writers of the letters call t r eason towards Germany; otherwi‘e (say the writers) tboy must sat: ihute to themselves the melancholy events of which they may income the victims. 1 brae letters, it is said, are all begun by this species of mystic sentence—" God is our acepart. Viral Teutonre." PAILIS, Aral 17.—Tiic King bite sent •o the Persian Ambas.ador, for his sovereign, A chei4 of arms, composed of pi>tuls, aad swords, from the hoyol inanufacsury of atom at Versailles. 1 be Monday of Satu►day containarn ordinance, giving effect to the law which he: passed bulb Chanther., for •pening stock Exchanges in the different department. ut France. Person of mitotic observation have remarked, that upon his introduction to the tribune, M. Bcnjatni❑ Cons:net is still further in contradiction vel!h himself. Far the last ten years he has supported and published, that speakers obe.t to de liver their opinions extemporaneon-ly, and nut read them; he has even io:eniously compared speakers who bring their speeches ready made, and who consequently cannot reply to the arguments which way he advanced, to two armies that march cloie by each other, without exchanging a look and yet, on his debut, he draws a spee:A: from his pocket, and reads during two hours. M. Sachet, Ancient Adiniaistrator of Tates, and brother of the Marshal Duke d'Albufera, has just art lived in Parts from the. United States. The Deputatmu u`f the Department of the Finistcrre has deposed a petition from anthills inhabitants of Nimbus. Borst, Quianper, and Lantierdatt, liolicitigg the recall of the banished. The following is an extract from the Journal de Li.ge of the 13111 imsant " recall' of the banished was to have been the object of a proposition that Irmild have been nude to the two Clinnitivrs of France. Iccording to a letter we have re eei►ed from a person in P; TT 1,, Ashram character we boliour and esteem, this proposition has been anticipated by an ar rangement agreed upon by Nlinisters. All !lit Ganislmd oih be successively recalled 'aefure the :41 Jf • i • •