The National Register.
London, England, 1822-09-15 00:00:00

LONDON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.

The Ministerial arrangements are not yet ma-

Lured, but it is said, that the Lord Chancellor has
waved his objections to the introduction of Mr.
Canning, provided that gewletuan w:11 renounce
the Ca holic question—those who know him best,
will doubt the least of the event, for we believe, if
he had ►worn by every Saint in the Calendar to
observe any one point most pertinaciously, his
PATRIOTISM would prompt him to incur the charge
of perjury, rat her than neglect the called Ain Country
in ile.strcss.—Perbaps his next wetivement may be
graced by another Ersbasay.to Lisbon !

-Letters from Monte Video of the 2il of July have
been received, which state that a proclamation was
issued on the preceding (h.), by the Commander of
the troops, declaratory of the intention to adhere to
the Cortes at Lisbon, and against a union with
Brazil. This step is said, however, to have been
partly compulsory, and produced by the interference
of t't! officers of the European regiments. The
ptotlamation also calls upon the Brazilian soldiery to
co-operate with them ; but to this they were be-
lieved to be strongly disinclined, and serious conse-
quences were anticipated from the difference of po-
htiral feeling among the tnstps of the two countries.
Extract of a letter from the Agent to I.;oyd's at
Constantinaple, da'ed August A .Maltese
vessel, under English colours, hound liy.. this place
for the TutlCsh fortresses at Negropont, has been
. taken possession of by the Greek naval force off La-
ti.da, on the north.west point of Negropont, and her
'largo (wheat) being suspected to belong to the Turk-
ish Government, was taken cut and condemned, and
the vessel all mud to depart."
The Gas,licof foes:lay night announce=, that the
King Eas appointed lUajor•Qen. Si! B. Bloomfield
to be his Nls.iitssy's Envoy Eitfreturdiniu7 41134.Mink-
ter Plenipotentiary to the Court• of Stotlhohn.

Very melancholy accounts from the whale-fishery
in Das is's Straits, have arrived front Hull. No less
than seven vessels have been lost in the ice, and
many others were left in imminent danger of the
seine calatnity. The following are the names of the
yes els lost :—The Valiant, of Whitby ; the British
Q./mu, of Newcastle ; Lady Jane; Calypso, of
Danner; Invincible, of Peterhead; Ilero, of Mon-
trose ; and Lady Forbes, of Liverpool. The names
of the vessels mentioned to be in peril were—the
Andrew ilia) vel, Ellison, Gilder, Ingria, Maly
Francis, and Progress, all of Hull.
Letters from Naples of the 24:4 ult. state, that a
a 114 W loan to tile Neapolitan Government has been
contracted for by the house of C. M. Rothschild and
Co.of that city. fhe amount of the loan, is 1,000,000
ducats de setae, equivalent at 5 per cent. interest, to
a capital of 20,000.000 ducats. At the contract
price, which we understand is 73 fin- one halt' of
the loan, and 75 for the remainder, the sum received
under it by the Neapolitan Government will be
something short of 2,500,0001. sterling. One of
the contli,ians of the contract is, that nu money shall
be raiaed hir three years to come. The bonds will
be in precisely the same form as those previously In
circulation, with dividends payable in January and
July, and, as the loan has been contracted abroad,
dependant on the rate of exchange. It is not ex-
! i evict!, that many of the bonds will be introduced
into the London market, as the list of subscribers
hw been principally filled up by capitalists resident
in Naples itself, in Genoa, or Paris.
GIDRALTAII, Avo. 22.—A ship of the line and
two brigs, under French colours, were seen cruiz-
Mg off Cape St. Mary's, both yesterday and the day
before. The commandants of the troops sent
against the Ronda malcontents, reported officially on
and 13th inst. from Jubrique and Übrique, that
all had submitted but the leaders, and that the
two principal ones had no more than 16 or 20 men
left with them. Zaldivar had marched off, and was
stated to be on the 13th near Algar with 14 men.—
A column of about 400 militia men marched out of
Cadiz on the 14th or 15th inst. headed by the Civil
Governor of the province; it was to be joined by
two flank-companies of the militia of the Ida, and
port St. Mary's.
The True Briton, Harvey, of Liverpool, for St.
John's, New Brunswick, was abandoned at sea on
the 25th tilt. in lat. 55. 0 long. 30. 0. and it was
expected she would go down in two hours after the
crew left her. After being out 18 days. and having
reached let. 55. 0. N. lung. SO. 0. W. the ship was
struck down on her beam ends by a heavy sea in
the night of the 24th ult. The gale continued, and
next day she sprung a leak; all hands were put to
the two pumps, but the water gained on them ; the
vessel now running before the wind. The water-
cask:, &e. were by midnight floated in the hold,
and the ballast covered with water, which increased
La a depth of four feet. It was at length found that
the vrsst I had started a but on the starboard-quarter,
and worked very much in the after-run. At five
next morning, she, having lost all power of her
helm, fell seater-logged on her beam-ends; and with
much difficulty the long-butt was launched, and all
hands (18 in number) got into her, with only four
small oars, and a very small supply of provisions,
and a compass : a tremendous sea was running,
which obliged them to keep before the wind. At
nine in the morning they were fortunately picked
up by a brig, the Sally, of Harrington, Captain
Ditchburn, from Dublin, bound to Miramichi, who
by great exertion, and much difficulty, saved them
from their perilous situation. On the 29th, this
vessel fell in with the hate, Captain Nixon, bound
for Liverpool, who took them on board, and treated
them with great'humanity.
The repairs and improvements of Northumber.
land House, are all expected to be completed ere
Christmas-day The workmen have been obliged
to under pin the whole of the edifice. The grand
marble staircase is completed it, next to that of
Chesterfield-house, will be the finest thing of the
kind in London. The upholders are expected to
complete the interior decoration by the 24th March;
and in the month of May a grand fete is expected to
be given.
Cumberland-gate, the great northern entrance to
Hyde Park, is about to undergo a very great im-
provement—it is said at the sole expence of Mr.
Hope, whose classical taste is so well known to the
fashionable world. Mr. Hope has made an offer to
government to erect a new one, with a double en-
trance. This offer the government has accepted,
and the workmen have already begun their opera-
tions.
Thursday se'nnight a dinner was given by several
independent gentlemen, at Anderson's Inn, Aber-
deen, to Mr. Hume. Mr. Hume addressed the
meeting at some length, in which he referred to
his conduct in Parliament, and declared that he
never have a vote that his conscience did not ap-
prove. H:s speech was received with the most flat•
tcring applause, and unanimity and good. fellowship
characterised the procedings of the even►ng.

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True bills were on Thursday night found against
the Bishop, Jocelyn, and the soldier, Moverley,—
Plant only was examinti:, his evidence being consi-
dered by the Grand Jury u more than sufficient to
criminate the parties. All the witnesses were ordered
to be in readiness to go to Ireland.
ECCLESIASTICAL ERUISOTIONS.--The following
promotions are spoken of in the highest circles, as
those likely to take place in consequence of the de.,
privation of the Bishop of Clogher :—The Bishop
of Down to be translated to Clogher ; the Dean of
St. Patrick's to be the new Bishop; the Hon. and
Rev. Mr. Pomeroy to be Dean of St. Patrick's ; and
Mr. Plunket's son to have the parish of St. Anne,
in his stead.

Ti►e late Peter Finnerty, one evening in a casual
conversation with a gentleman at an inn in Brighton,
made the following remark, upon which we leave
our readers to make what comment they please:—
" Lord Londonderry is a man of talent, and is com-
petent to more business than any of his competitors,
but he is undubitably insane, and a coroner's jury
will confirm my opinion; he will some day or °tier
cut his own throat."

THE NEW MARRIAGE AcT—A couple having,
during the week, given notice to the clerk of one
of the chapels in Wbitehaven, that the bans of their
marriage were to be put up, and understanding that
their names must be placed for three successive
Sundays on the chapel door, requested that in that
case they might be fixed behind the door, as the
act did not forbid it. This is not unlike Lord Ito-
cheater's evasion of the Lamp A ct, who, as directed
by that act, had a lamp placed before his door, but
never lit it, as the act did not specify that it was
necessary to do so.
In the appointments to take place in Ireland un-
der the Constabulary Bill, his Excellency Marquis
Wellesley is determined to select such persons only,
for magistrates, as the noblemen and gentlemen
forming the ordinary magistracy of the country can
have no objection to corps with, on the score of
birth, private character, and respectable station in
society. Even the chief constables, who are to be
raised under the provisions of this bill, will be cho-
sen from half-pay commissioned officers, in preference
to any other description of persons. The applications
of all sorts, for appointments under this bill, already
amount to some thousands.

The new grand entrance making for his Majesty,
at the Honse of Lords will form a colunade of hand-
some pillars. The brick-work for the foundation is
finished, and the masons are now at work upon the
stones for the basement. The old door of the Jeru-
salem Chamber is bricked up.

The following is a copy of an anonymous letter,
which has been addressed to Richard M artin, Esq.
M. P.:—

" Smithfield, September 12, 1622.
" Mr. MARTEN.—Take hede to yourself, aid let those that
gets hard bred by the beasts live. What do we drovers du to
harm you—sod why hurt poor honest lads that gets an honest
bit by the cattle t Skippy Williams is a good fellow, Bed no-
body's enemy but his own, and though as bow be spent three
years in Newgate, Mr. Browne gives him • good and honest
character. That sheep he broke the jaw on was none of yours,
sod there is not a drover in Smithfield that would mot do the
like to an obstinate thing that would not stop, but ran away. I
saw the butcher that ,killed the very sheep, and there was not
any mark on the lines or sides of the sheep; so I says and
will prove before the Lord Alayor, that the sheep got no berm.
Mind yourself, busy fellow, and not turn spy, or we will serve
you just as you Ifirish
out on you ; so now take a friend's hint, and do not disturb
Smithfield by sending honest boys to prison for no harm but
just a little knocking of cattle about. Nobody in Smithfield
will look after you ; but if you makes yourse.f too busy, 1
tells you that yon swill get • dog's death."
Mr. Martin, we trust, has magnanimity enough
to bear patiently the consequences of his own acts:
lie is now undergoing the usual fate of all reformers
of abuses. If he cares for either calumnies or
threats, he had better retrace his steps immediately.
A few days ago, it being found that affairs of
considerable state importance will prevent his Ma-
jesty leaving town again so soon as he wished, and
avoid the approaching equinoxes, the ships that com-
posed the royal squadron have been ordered to re-
sume their respective stations, and the Royal George
yacht to proceed from Greenwich to Portsmouth, to
be laid up for the season.
Tux RETORT, AN HISTORICAL FACT.—When
Miss Ann Pitt, sister to the great William Pitt,
afterwards Earl of Chatham, received a pension
from Lord Bute, her brother wrote her a very angry
note, saying, " he never wished to live to see the
name of Pitt and pension together." When the
same William Pitt received a pension front the same
Lord Bute of 3,000 L per annum, his sister sent kin.
kick his own letter.

A circular has been published from Chelsea Hos-
pital, stating that the officers of any pariah in
England are enabled to receive the pension of an
out-pensioner of that hospital who has deserted his
wife and family, and suffered them to become charge-
able thereto, provided an order made out be executed
and transmitted, conformably to the directions con-
tained in the igth Geo. 111. cap. 12, at least
month previous to the quarter's pension beconiingduc•