The National Register. — London, England, 1819-12-26 00:00:00

DEC. Qe 'the floor to heat the apartments. The Elbe has been (men as far as Altona since the Bth inst. in cane 'pence &which the navigation has been so inter rupted, that above 30 ships, bound to Hamburgh, are detained at Cuxhaven. The Jamaica papers just received contain on in tereseing but painful document, being a narrative of another expedition by M'Gregor, which failed no less disgracefully than that of Porto.Bello, as must be t!e fate of every enterprise in which that pusil lanimous adventurer may have art enough to engage his gallant but unthinking followers. The present relation is signed by a few of the surviving victims of a stupid attack upon Rio de la Hache, a town of Nen Granada, to the westward of the Gulf of Mara caybo• With 200 men, the remnant of more than l„100 brave English soldiers, who had mostly perish ed through hunger or disease, Al• Gregor sailed from Aux Cayes for the above-mentioned Spanish town. The place was gained, though with the loss of nearly one-third of our unfortunate countrymen, and lost after a very few days, when hardly one of them escaped the edge of the sword. The Commander in-Chief remained on beard his ship until after the first action entlial, and betook himself again to sea before the second began, never having seen blood drawn, nor heard a shot fired throughout the whole expedition. Eight officer', including Colonel' Nor mit, who had hitherto bravely headed the troops, abandoned their unworthy leader at Rio de la Hach., and pnblislied the stateluent to which. we • aw refer, as a protest against the conduct of M'Gregor, and an exposure of his character and pretensions to the world. Thursday the Elections of Cotrmon Councilmen in the ditti!rent contested Wards of the City of London, finally closed. Mr Harper. vim repre sented F,aringdon Without for thirty years, watt eppos et i, on the grontelA of his , i.aititent atepp Ministers, by Mr. Radler•%, ut the oppatitioil in terest, owl ty4 eat► civerini. In lie l'otvcr Mr. S:il 5..:1 ;:i UteCt iOn : by twee; voies, having been opiyised by au , v slitt.te, Mr David Laing. In The course of sui,- ,sequetat proceeding.; r division was called tor, on a sesolut• which had been proposed. wl,e , ) the pre siding Alderman, Sir William f;urtit, ;1,1•in...1 all those who were not housekeepers and electors of the Ward to a ::hdraw, observiag, that the Seditlous Meetings Bill had messed, and that it they re. mained, it would he iv. their peril, and contrary to law. The worthy &armlet most have for,coiten that the Meetings' Bab :uml noi yet re ceived the Loyal A.tsent, add mua of counie Gnow , that stash ihe case it was nol then a law 1. wool.: have bcen r-thcr an aukward circumstance ir he had (mounted •iny person who refused to with draw, on the authority of an Act that did Jot at the time exist. . . _ FROM THI•. JAMAICA PAPERS.. Ilaraudieig hi•Grior againAt Rio dc la ligclie, Bu d i n.:: Ace OCT. 18 —The Lively Ann, the schooner Samuel,. and s:oop Alesta, with .200 troops, under the wan.- mand of M'(.regor, sailed from Aux Cayes,. 27th , ult. and on the 94 hi insult reached 11:o de la Haehe, where they came :0 anchor and landed the troops that night;. M'Gregor did not disembark. The troops finding their Chief did not head them,. ad vanced towards the town, attacked the Royalists in the woods, and after a dreadful tire of grape shot front the Royalists l . during which many of the British officers and men were killed, they gained possession of the town,- The Royalists,. about 600 men, retreated, mid no attempt was made by them till the 11th instant. when they augmented their forces, attacked the Garrison. blew up the tiirt, and eoropened the enemy to abandon their conquest and fty in all directions. OCT. `'3. —Accounts of further proceedings, on the part of M'Gregor, against the defenceless inha bitants of Minezenclo de Cuba, have been brought by a schooner from St. Jago. He appeared ow the coast of that island with two schooners, and was joined the same Jay by three other piratical ves sels,. when he stolid into the port, and sent in a demand by a Spanish Gentleman, that it eighty thousand dollars were nut immediately sent off us a Limon., the town would Ik plundend, and if re sistance uas made would be set on tire. No answer having Leen returned, the boats belonging to the marauding squadron were sent ou slion with a party, and a general pillage commenced, and lusted fur four hours, during which time a considerable NA rroNAL RtGISTEIt. booty wow gained, and way afterwards divided, and the vessels stood out of the pun, for some other des tination. Other accounts state this to have happened on the Stli inst. which throws 'some doubt on the cor rectness of M'Gregor havinf been concerned in this affair, as he did nut quit Rio de la Hache until the 11h inst. it is, however, certain that such an act hae been committed, if not by him. By the Two Sisters, we learn that Aury was still at Old Providence, busily fitting out a ship, to mount 20 guns; and, with the brig Mars, and another of 18 guns, two schooners, and a felucca, web to pro ceed on a cruise in the Gulph Passage, in order to intercept a fleet of Spanish merchantmen that wcre expected at-the Havannah, from Spain. TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER. AMEN BLED AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR Da. 16. New/gate, Dee. 17. Gentlemen r —The letter arkiressed to toe by the Elec tors of Westminster assembled at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, and which Sir F. Burdett, with the denotation from your meeting, has done ate the honour to Oresont so tne in this prison, will more than connien arc for ally inconvenience which I may sustain in con -74---iience of the late vote of the House of Commons. In times like these every man is called upon feattosly to.do his ditty to the public; and if my conduct has met the approbation of so enlightened a body as the electors of Wet:111111/Stet, it is not to be wondered ass that 1 shostla have incorred the displeasure of the upholders of is cor rupt and despotic -ystem. The same assembly. that dooms all their felkov-coun tryinen toperpettial Sett illiilee.lll teilVe hula cmuntanction in sentencing an individual to temporary restraint; and since those who hate setts me to this place look 'for the justilicat of theia conduct, not •in the old English laws, nor iii the vinyl:4les of common joiner, but to ctnant.extratagant pretensions kit: their • nrcdecessors, which they are pleased to term pr fedetits, I slunold per haps raise their forbearalice, winch has fomented itself wan supple imprisonment,- instead of following the iiir.re atrocious cxanyriea that are 10 be found in the re earth of Parliament 111 one rt sheet, indeed, I :no itieen to tinikrstand, that the ho.iintraoh• Howe ild. trrcn 1/IVJNed 11/ 41110ellSe %%116 eV , n i.* u.cn usages In tin 1,),‘ use nl shieged of Air. Jolty*, in .Blll—la►. r A Ilion ask. st the accused, wh,o, lee Had to bay to Isis 6,11.11; and , tool, " you. ; my t i lin g r p m .. \ ; file now, INCA certainly 11111.1 St be al. ; lii Sit *iii.itonirs :It j11(11Clii e,apaeity, Inn ‘vitose %%er to COIIIIIIII has IN ill ret;caletliy itrar ..t, tovariaolv grit tiled, tor 111 the Rower, to 17;9, Loot J list kee Kenyon rt.- fJr pat.., n.irtly on tt:e I twl twel, til‘a Inca .11 , 0. vio3 " lir..nl 04 109 tle,;:lice. 41141 the , Jule car!ii.g %villie,t) that. C'el) Other Illefeesthilli tt J (:sort 01 JooJer," T.le CAM• 1110 s" 1080:Idt '0 th tO in . telJ who ocsoi, loote4l see appears I IJ. felBSl Vi rivalry 1.1441 , 101, WI atraig.iment sir anises, r, .• 01 be committed so the 'irovve^ .1 Lose •rawii 4ll the to ) tr.Tvbeien, ii,a.tel q srtrred ; h. heaii ..et opo . Condon tsritka, a J ;it* four :r es I till toe Au,: Ise, 51. 1.41.40 , 1i .' 11:1 Cs Cll iil . Ft• Sir J. 110 was firs.ll,lll ..141 urm.ollliced ta.it ; y Land Coke,. 'alums. antlionty the enders us " pro lege" are so eager IS , der s t.... 1" the proceeding Will evil,. for (ne add') lbs tote of siren,. Colada, cap. 29, Jll , l 11 E w. 111 c. 5. s. .51.51. 01114114 to condemned Willis W ensurer."' i's,. it accounts I beg so direct you to toirlael,', State *friaiii, vol. I. p. ; and the 4th institute, J. Wiwi: hr. deli of pro liege is, no mail can Le. 1 . 1..;. and teen for this: stating my opinion. that tile norimarable House has 11VCSSIC1/11c1.1 its OWII peICUIICIII,,, It 181405101 C that L may be removed from. t h is prison w lIIC 1111111411111 •• Little Ease" lit the Tower, as Wil• 1.. e case with tile Walden of the Fleet sit Lite year Itioh, our toot 1111 l ac) after QOM • 'III. mute persons offending the lum .11r able noose have been fitted, others forced to kis. el as I lwir bar, others paraded 011 horseback with their laces In tile tail. But a debated prevenient can 'lever establish a Isollilice right ; 3041 inivilege.el Parliament, in the 'cuss now resorted to,. has been questioned Irons little to time by the best and ablest of our ancestors, as well as by oil eiblimeinpurarits. Arloistary proceedings may make martyrs, but cannot inake converts. 11 it was always my opinion dirt she !louse of Commons has no right to co,uulit to priSl/II for cons nseuve libel,l am not likely to Change 1101 opinion now. 1 will not, however, indulge in any impotent comp Inuit, but endeavour to conduct myself as bi conies 111 10411 who has been distinguished by ,our approba tion ; and no act of mom, either on this or any other occaston„ shall tend to eint,piontoc she rights and libel , ties of my fellow-countrymeis.—Believe rite, geitilemen, to b., with unfeigned As attitude, your obliged fellow citizen, Jona Caw Hosanna& FRAUD IN ALE BRCWING.—We are informed that an eminent Alc Brewer in the metropolis is under judgment of the Commissioners of Excise to an immense amount. tior making UJC of deleterious drugs, It is said tLitt he ha+ mernori.diard the Lords of the Treasury to nanit the fine, but we have too full reliance on their Lordships anxiety for the health of the working classes to suppose that they will afford impunity to the perpetrator of so vile an act. *3 , . iThe Bill fur the retie of Intokeit Debtors, pees posed by Lard Aldose'', had hese printed by order of the House of COMMODE,. k prohibits officers of the Court from taking gratuities, The petitioning. creditor may compel the surrender of the insolvents- property, which shall vest in the provisional assignee.. Examiners are to be appointed by the Commissioner they are authorised to compel the attendance of witnesses, and are empowered to allow at disallow claims of creditors subject however vo an appeal to. the Commissioner. The assignees have a power of' making compositions with creditors. In the country,. examiners may be appointed by Justices of the Peace at Quarter Sections, and the Commissioner of the Court in London may direct prisoners, in cer tain cases, to be examined before Justices at the Quarter Sessions. Prisoners after discharge be coming possessed of public funds, or any other spe cies of property, and refusing ta convey such pro perty, the Court may, upon petition in a summary way, artier such persons to be again, arrested. No. person is allowed to practice in the Court as attorney or agent, utiles, he shall. be regularly admitted as an attorney or solicitor" in one of the Courts of Westminster. List of the names Sr all persons discharged by virtue of this act, with their plains of abode before commitment to cusoxly, shall fro* time tits time be publisi , ed in the Gazelle. The assignees shall account to the Commission for their: receipts at.d payments. WEYMOUTH, Dec. 20.--On the evening of the 16th inst. his Majesty's brig Hind, commanded by Sir Charles Burrard, sent two gullies from Portland 7 roads, to cruise during the night in search of smug glers on the coast, between three and five miles to the eastward of this place. In the course of the night it came on to blow so hard. from the southward that both boats endeavoured twgain the harbour for shelter One of them succe ed ed; but the other, commanded by Mr- James Hall, Admiralty Midship man, was struck by a sea off Radcliff-point, when that gentleman was washed overboard, and was never • seen again. The coxswain, who had been carried overboard by the same sea, was, by keeping himself" above water, saved by the rest of the men, who benched the Lent soon after, about a mile from the Esplanade. Mr. Hull was 26 years of age, had served bet weett i 2 and I 3 years in the navy, as a saidshipapars, and pas Ant t:tr a lieutenant upwards of six iycats since ; be Way an officer of great merit, IV pertttl 4e4ltlestiet), a warm- friend; and/ a , thorough , se.:nt.nt, and is deeply lamented by his shipmates. Other afflicting events have taken place during the late violent hales, Oa 174tarattay last the smack Hopc„of t! ,is race, fnais Bangor to r.ytan, Neerling master and a\ lice, was t.,,ulit wrecked off Swanago, and hitnst-It; iv!, , mats, and a seaman consigned to watery grave. His loss is tl-cply deplored, not only by his sorrowful iamily, but all those who were acquatinted with this truly worthy an I respectable character Added to which, yesterday, a boat be longing to nix Majesty's Admiralty uruiacr Gray hound, coming from that vessel, in Portland. romula,. to this port, was upset, half a mile tithe the shore, by a %Islam squall, when the chief' bouttnea and four men met with the seine tliseStMtb* hoe, except the chief' boatman, who was picked np l.y I. e exer tions of a boat's- crew from. the Greyhound, but so exhausted, that he died shortly after being landed, and every exertion had been used to restore anima tion, leaving, with himself' and four comnale4,. widows and large &milks, in all 17 children, wholly unprovided for, tat lament their severe loss. Al sub. scription is set on foot for these distreskso&fiimilies.. We were enabled to give, in a.late papa Lord . Sidmouth s circular, for the suppression of seditious. meetings: the following has been-addressed, by his. Lordship, to the Lords-Lieu.onant of the - northern. counties :-...., " Whitehall, Orr.. Ills .• My Lord,— In tinrisuberrisir to ,our Loidsbrp the art of Pm liniment lo authorise Justiees.of she Peace, in eettnini counties, to seize asetaletaiiii Arms collected and. kept for purposes daiNerosis to the 101111.elr, a hielliares eiserPthe ho v els assent this dal„ I think it right so imam-9-111/0M )r1144C LardAhip, tutdsorequest soar Lordship to impress upos the Magi...ails acting a itbin Use z.astits of ..----. the ex— creme 'import:slice that nail act should he enforied %kis. vigilaute and iictivily in nil those places a here the atrial practices against a latch it is detected are pursued. I have the haulm, to be, ilte. tbe " It. M. Elamite:tutor the coast. of---..SILMOUTH.'" Letters hart been fi tun Crdia of the Ist 4111. Two• 'expeditions were ordered by the Sluttish Government to.be p 4.ltely it► preparation. The one is to. carry 0.1155000 troop , . fur Gen Mouth,: and the other,. Il wrs said W 3.1 destined fur Buenos Ayes, and would take from 10;0000 to (5,0(M) men. As them were not a auflicirat number of trritsports engrectilsiteholing those. ndtvat op in Lae,:!in.! and Franer)ro carry the whole of th se fitters, the Commis'totters had repented orders KU hat e se% ettl more on the sante terms :0 the 04hete were rn.tru•rtvl. Vu 11•r(..41 , 414 last time tot at &linlough the trial Kittl l ck, Esq. who h,ttl bran tint on lull. tottiet a char g e pi se;li , ion—he thei nut lipear,,as.tl w:ts titer, itac,' amortinig to the Scottish law, Ineit.storti (ottl!aoett) h.. eliactaall confiscatial a caJ I:is pet:. gut.. eilreatcd. _ A