The National Register. — London, England, 1819-07-05 00:00:00

JULY 5. - - - officers of the Independtnt troops wore made prisontrs, ad la.:relied t o rtmanct, not more than lit men having escaped. '1 he Independent squadron fled hum the !nohow of Penu lt:4o during the consternation. A soanol account furni4het the underneniuna lion The attack of Porto-Bello was made at break of day, on the the 3dth ult., during a thunderstorm ' • and only about a dozen men escaped; among whom were Colonel Johnson and Ensign Seamen; nu.st of them got on board the Independent squadron. Colonel O'Hara was shot through the lungs, and expired three days after. The fort was weil defended - by Colonel Rattray, with about 230 men • but : t length he capitulated, on the condi tion that they shoul d their anus and baggage, and be sent to the nearest BritiA colony, in Spanish vessels. All the wound ed who were able to walk proceeded for Panama. lion Emanuel Lopez, who had been appointed Governor of Porto Bello by General NCGregiar, was beheaded by the order of Gen. !lore ; and General Santa Croix named as his successor. Extract of a letter from Porto-110V to a gentleman in this city, elate.' May 4th On the night of the Seth ult. the Spanish farces from Panama. comm.ualed by Gen. }lore, mareked to the neighbourhood of this city, and during the early port of the morning of the tat instant assembled in the immediate vicinity, with an intent to commence an attack in conjurt..ion with a till i ciun under the command of the (*.Literal Santa Cruz, as prawn (Tried between them. The arrival of thi, dnision at the point isf union did not take place so early as it was expected, and Gen. Hort was in consequence about w withdraw from before the town, when the division appeartal, and at .6 o'clock the united forces marched into this city without the least opposition. The Sinnish forces took Is , .ose-sion of all the different points at the Cal le moment, and the Independent troops, who were exercising in the square, were inanishately attacked, and the greater part obliged to surrender. Colonel O'llari was shot through the lungs in two places, in endeavouring to enier the fart, s.tht taken prisoner ; be tool on the second day in the hospital. General Macgregor was in bed at the time of the attack, and to effect his escape jumped. from the window into.the street, ran to the water side, and swain off to the brig. Here Governot Lopez, who oc cupied a mom next to Nlacgregoes, was killed in bed. CoL Rafter, who, with a few followers, bad retired to a fort near the beach, upon being attacked by the Royalists, was obliged to rut. tendse. s The loss on the part of the Independents has been 4 4 304 t 44") killed and about 50 wounded. The Satinjards lust only 4 men, which may be attra.uted to Macgregor's being taken so completely by surprise, as there was nut a single piquet-post out side the towa. Seventy-three officers were marched to Panama, and General note, havinig, made arrangements for the di position of las fotces and security of the prisoners, returned to Panama, by the way of ChaAres. The greatest attention was shown to she sal, and wounded. _ _ . " Majesty's sloop CoViance was despatched from this port, on the night of the 3d instant, fur Jamaica." Return of .officers who were killed, wounded, made priJoners, escaped, and missing : Gen. S. Gregor Macgregor esce.ped ; Col. O'Hara, wounded, since dead; Hatter. prisoner; Johnson, escaped; ,Major Bald win, prisoner; Brevet-Major Boss, prisoner. Captaim..-Acton, missing. supposed killed; Guttenson. escaped; Gondar, wound• ed, prisoner; Dawson, prisoner; Nelson. pr:soner ; l'olacios, prisoner; trribsuglinessey, prisoner; Frost. prisoner; Black, prisoner. Lieutenants--Moore, prisoner; Fleargill, prisoner; Col:laugh, escaped ; Finney, prisoner ; Naasm, pnsoner ; Dixon, niissing ; wounded, prisoner, ':i'4ll, wounded, pri mmer ; Graves. prisoner ; Bennet, prisoner C 1)u ;ley, wounded, prisoner; Malay, missing; Oakley, prisoner Ensigns—Line pell, escaped ; Phythian, prisoner ; Stewart, killed. Cadet Butt, wounded, prisoner. Ensigns—Haddock.. pissunoo; Simony, rrisoner ; Cadet, prisoner ; :11'Donaltl,prisoner ; Booth, killed ; iogaln;gan, killed ; Howard, prisoner ; Sheikh, prisoncr.. Sur geons--M'Donalth escaped ; Burton, prisoner. Assistant-Sur geoas—Herman, prisoner; Haslet, prisoacr. Deputy Connnis sary-General Walker, prisoner; Assistant-Commissary-General Hatwood,prisoner; Deputy-Assistant-Commissary-General Fran. wise, prisoner. Commissary Clerks—Ryan, killed ; Bruen, prisoner; Roberts, prisoner. After the capture of Porto-Bello, General Here issued a pro. clamation, offering to all artisans who had been made prisoners to furnish them with the meant of commencing business, and all the pristriers were humanely treated. On the 16th ult. the brig Hero. belonging to the Independent squadron, made an. attack on the tort of Chagas, but was re pulsed. On the Vith February,4.frigates, supposed to be under the command of Lord Cochrane, niade.an attack upon Callao, the sea port of Lima, but were repulsed with greatloss. Subse quent ittirmation, however, communicates accounts of the block ade of Callao by seven vessels bearing the Chilian Hag, under the orders of his Lordship. who was on board the frigate hals . f/o, which had been taken by the Independents from the Royalists sonic time since. In Callan were 43 neutral vessels, and it is supposed that the British frigate :tap/. Commodore Bowles. was also lying in mat port. BRAVE ACHIEVEMENT OF TUE BRITISH TROOPS. Juan Griego. in Mnrgarctta, May 21. A despatch is just received from the President Bolivar, statin,!. that 130 British cavalry, belonging to Colonel lTstler's regiment. under General Paez, which had gone up tire Oronoeo, had at tacked and defeated Mo►illo's cavalry, consisting of taro. and had destroyed 400 of the best of them. By the command of the Plesident, these IT' CD have all received the Order of Libertadorts, •he only Order in the country, (and which only the President and Admiral Brion had), for their gallant conduct. The George Canning brought this 11C111 from.3largaretta. The following curious extract ig taken from the German papers, dated tr►mt the Maine. As both the scene of action referred to in this article, and the names of the performers, are enveloped in a kind of mystery, w•e shall not spoil the amusement of our readers by attempting to min-g 1:: our own conjectures with theirs. 1 7 1t0111 Tue SIaINP., JUNE 7.—ln a north tle coma capi tal city, the differences which had arisen het Kern the Sve n ign and Lis eldest son appear not to he stranger,. A person of high rank is said to have fun ed h:s %ny, with his Sword drown, into the Sovereign's stud., to have attacked the pcnons present, and to have insulted an emeemrd (dicer. A rout ter. arrived from a northern Ciotti, has caused cre dit In be given to she repoit. that. a northern Foyer hail been applted to for assistance, to prevent she measures w hich the Suscreign meant to take to pre vent similar necuirresices in future. 'The event has made an unfacourah'e itnprwtniom Oil the public. The officer us said not to hale hither.° ob tained any satisfaction, which it is, lion ever, to be exisreLed that he will, since, otherwise, very distgreetehle cosset. quenees might be apprehended. The abuse nod ill-treatment which have hithel to so often occurred, must of course Iss• • futile still more frequent; still less te,,tard w ill he paid to decorum ; and at the end. some mail of high scow of ho nour, attacked io this manner, tsnd c e. lain cf obtainisig nib satisfaction, will devote himself as a victim. It is Wis. potable quite !incompatible with (hie:thaw- nod military Ideas of !rumor, fur a Prince to insult a I,l.ive ratan, and ‘44.4 W take attlwaatage of his birth to rerute him sittiaActleo: 'ITIE NATIONAL REGISTER American. papers to the 2d of June have arrived ; they draw a gloomy picture of commercial embar rassment and disiress. A suspension of specie pay ments by the State Banks was generally apprehended —which was likely to be followed• by a stoppage of the Bank of the United States, the shares of which had fallen in value from 95 to 90 dollars. The City, Bank at Baltimore had stopped payment —the alarm and confusion had spread litr and near—lands were advertised for sale to pay the artears of taxes—and the price of produce throughout the country had declines' almost to nothing. Let it bo remembered, that the taxes jiavable to the general• Government in-the United States are trifling, as to nominal value, when compared with those of other countries.; vet, small as is the amount of them, they are deeply in arrear. NVhat, then, must be the actual pressure upon the commercial and agricultural interests throughout the Union? W=7 I r_ _. •. . .m‘_ It appears from.the Report, that in 181'2 thqre were 52 National `*.hoofs, containing 8,000 mils; in 1819, 1,457 Schools, containing '200,000; and that of 700 culprits, '2l only have been educated in National Schools. Mr. Betty is engaged for the next season at Co vent Garden Theatre. Mr. Young, it is said, retires. The Portuguese schooner Leopoldine is arrived at Falmouth, from Rio Janeiro, bringing papers from that capital down to the 10th of April. In the 1 , 1 k) Janeiro Gazette of the 7th of that month, there is ail account of the rejoicings that took place on the 4th, on the birth of a daughter by the l'rincess Royal of Portugal, Brazil, and. the Algarves, the consort of the Prince Royal, and , the dau"hter of the Emperor of Austria. Lieutenant... Cut Feld ner landed at Falmouth from the above mentioned vessel, and proceeds immediately to the Court of Austria, as bearer of the agreeable intellipnce.to the family of the Princess. On Tuesday the Duke and Duchess of Wellington gave a grand dinner to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent, their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of York, Prince Esterhazy, Duke and Duchess San Carlos, Marquis and Marchioness De la Tour Maubourg, Count and Countess Lieveu, the Persian Ambassador, Countess Palntella, the Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford, the Mar chioness of Salisbury, Baron Bublow, Baron Fagel, Lady Castlereagh, and a large party. of distinguished personages. The preparations on the UN:a:amn were of the most brilliant descriptions. The grand dining room, from the brilliancy of the superb chandeliers, and various other brilliant lights, together with the great profusion of gold and silver services, was a scene of magnificence seldom witnessed. The grand service of plate which the noble Duke re ceived from the King of Portugal, as a tribute for his services in the Peninsula, was displayed on the occasion, and was the admiration of the company. The plateau is a most exquisite piece of workman shi?. There are tablets of the whole of his Grace's battles in regular succession. The ground work of the plateau is composed of silver, burnished, a beau tiful design; it is illuminated by one hundred and six wax lights. In the evening, the noble Duchess entertained a large, party of the nobility and gentry with a grand concert. _ _ _ The — prorogation of Parliament was fixed for Sa turday next, but should the Camel:Ord Election Bill not be deferred until next Session, the prorogation will not take place before Wednesday or Thursday ae'nnight. On Saturday night, another comet made its ap pearance: the nucleus is very bright, and the tail well defined. It seems to be directing its motion northward by the position of its tail, and may he seen in that quarter of the heavens. Whether this heavenly phenomenon is connected with the exces sive heat of the weather yesterday, we arc not astro. nomers enough to determine ; but the synchronism is worthy of remark. We recollect also a similar coincidence in the summer.of 1811, when we were also visited by a comet. Mr. Methuen :tempts the Chiltern Ifundrecls, and Major Astley starts fur Wiltshire. CORONER'S INfaussr.—Satordry an inquest was held in the Governor's-house. Tothillfieltla lintlewvli, before Mr. Gill, Coroner, for Weittninster, on the body of R. White, aged It was stated that lie was a native of Northumberland, and that he left his native country to seek employment: he travelled all the way without money, and was found a few days agn begging in the wee's . • Ite.:was taken to Alarlboroualt-sireet Police office, and from thence he W3S committed under the y;igraot.act. Duriat3 bis confinement• he was contUtti ally ill,• and was put into the infirmary, where every attention %vas paid to him, c o nformably with t he regu . bilious of the prison, but he died on The Jury returned the following verdiet.—" That the deceased died a natural death ; but we ase of opinion that h• was not in a fit SLIM rit health to have teen ennsiniceil to Bridewell, being dance ly ill all the time; vie think his inners was trcccasioned from want of noiaishmetit previous to- hiy being committed, and instead of his .hating been sent to Britlewcll, he onalit to haw been scut to an ilospitalt LONDON F.I.SIIIONS: FRENCH. PARISIAN WALLIN() DA ESL—CAI/Ibl* mented round the border with fine lace, surmounted with lie u broad tncks, and a richly embroidered flounce edged with face. Corsage a-la-Sevigne, with a dark green embroidered twit. l.ong puckered sleeves. Triple Spanish ruff of lam, with pointt d edges. Yellow gauze bonnet, ornamented with a full bouquet of lilacs. Dove-roloured parasol, fringed with white. Dark green kid slippers and gloves. ENGLISW. _ _ ...... SUMMER IVALKINO DIIFSR.—Rwind dress of fine !nd:a muslin over bitt..h-toloured satin. finished by a broad puckered. ornament at the b.l - tier to e , eresoild. (:anekou spencer of blush satin and fine lace. Bonnet of the some. with a full bouquet of roses, myrtle blossoms. or other small flowers. Triple 'lingua ruff of fine lace. Lemomeoloused kid slippers and gloves, snot: parasol of sea-green. COURT Or KING' BENCH, .IoLY 5. FORGED NOTES.....IIIGG V. GRIFFITH. This case excited considerable nacres.. It la an me- - tion brought by .11i, Plaintiff, who is an inrali•led aoldi, r 31.1 new , iouer in Chelsea Hoopitat t egeino the di fclutelit, for charging Ilk the plisitititie wife, with pacing * lore ea note. inirpos tine to he a genuine one , belo.itintr to the Governor a nd Coln patsy of the Bank of Eughno , , in convegnence of u bleb she was coubned V.& hoar* iu the witte:l-11 use • • Mr. Gurney stated the eircurredaner to the Jury. Tim is a wouilim-leered pell'lUllPf, lied, it seemed, twill at the memorable, battle of Bayonne, and now carries nu the trade of a cubler at Chelsea ; that his wife had lesiderrd the note iu question at ll.r d. teiviant's, who said it was a forged OM', and refaced to i3/4e it in par meal for a bonnet and sone other biting• articles for Lie children ; in cotisequenee of which she went away, anti view to another idiop and offered the same note, alien the &fondant who had watched her give her in charge, and he immediately ha , teneil to the Bank of F.ngland to make the necessary engin %, when lie was told it was a good one. 'fhe Learned Judge sti tingly reprobated the conduct of thy defending fur his most unwarrantable pro eeedings,and the Jury without a moment's hesitation re turned a verdict in favour of the Plaintiff, who was fines), - 20 guineas, and a iserdiet of 414, wish full costs in his favour. An official Return to an Order of the House of Commons of the effective strength of the Whisk Army, on the 25th May, states it at 14,116 cavalry, 5,412 Foot Guards, and 84,8'2 I infantt7.—Grand total, 104,249. An impulse was given to the Finds on Friday, which. created increased confidence in the speculators tin a rise. The improtement seas the more remarkable, as it woe Place it ... ediately after the Comm issietiera oi the Sink t lig Fund had closed their purchases on-the larger scale, is time when a gloom in the market, bow ever temporary, had been generally anticipated: This great reliance, therefore, of the party opposed to an advance in the price of stock, appears to have failed then, acil, though a little premature, it may, perhaps, be Lir to triter, either that all the effects liVely to be produced by the measitre have been already auticipated, or that the level of the Foods, coin pa v•vl with the state of the matket six months ago, is a illicuntly fallen to bear ail its rouse iptetices vs ithout forth. r depression. The ex primmer t' the next fortnight w ill co far in establishing just coacivs mons on the subject of the Fonda, and in dartmini.sg . what price. for a lone period to come, may be assumed • at a fair average. With every allowacce to be tissue for • for the ditnintision of the Sinking . Food, and the tot [mkt- • log reattlatiotis to be adopted by the Ifitik for restoring the circidating medium to its twiner state, the animitit of the National Debt, and the general sitaataon of the comitry, there still-exists reason.dile ground to expect • improveitiet. With the increase of the National 1)ela, that of the national wealth and resources has gone bawl in hand ; the extent 4n * the disposable capital in the.., country is enormous; of this the demands of co ttttt 'tree Can Drily .emploras small proportion, and even were it otherwise, the casualties to which trade is liable yard . naturally producea preference for the more solid security of the Fonds.. The rate of interest asiow produced horn • . the stocks , without risk, is nearly as great as can lae • obtained by the discount of a commercial acceptance • indeed, hills:of the highest credit ntav be discotrited at 4 per cent. equivalent to a price of cod-sots above 75 • An immense quantity of slate stock sold to meet the late luau. it is• supposed, has never barn replayed, and the public at large, whams sonic late events, exaggerated fur . the purpose of speculation. lia.e led to view the intuited • market and the Govertmwm securities with a ppvt.lieitsion . and alarm, will volubly discover that Llano to tie mi. found ed, and invest their property with a:later cos i faience in that which, after all, seems its twit and set'st deposit. . With respect us C ttttt etterce,- the fears on that score are fast subsiding; colonial prraluce is rising in price chili, • . and every law brings, large orders froth !lie Bullion has fallets,very nearly to the Mint price ; twit English guineas are finding their way hack tan lists • country, mod, if the foreian eschatiges advaiice a list e higher, will-soon be in general circulation. With res... pect, therefore, to the hatomption of cash pa) instils by the Bank, every difftwithy swats to be gradually rewosall. The favourable state ot,the revenue has been, alreav i as made poshlic. One circulatance aloof appeass to• us • likely to produce a depressionor to luevein the (mo o s advance of the Floods: the speculators for a fait will, Ito dooln avail themselves of the altered shut of tilt market. Mid the daminution of the tiem.iful for the use of II:e exi 'fitiollettl t to exaggerate she CIIII•ItInSCIICrii theitee • arising: they may succeed .its deterring purchasers, anti by large and continued sales conistitimeate some 46144 . • to the politic, out the effect Cannnl, we thitik, dmable. The Funds. when the state or the counl:y us, fully understood, will adjust themselves to their hue level : and raw. puma all alarms fr. abroad. vs ill beco m e • more steady and free from fluctuation than has i the ease for a twig period. Oi; ttt itt °petted tin Sattoilav a t . discoont,. end after some slight variations closed at a, d i scoont of only I per cent., lite market lookithi cats • ,re l uely well. Consuls for the opt all a. . ~'~!~