The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

there under the influence of the illustrious Vice-Roy
—and what hone:A man will esteem her Majesty an
iota less for a measure which, under the tyrannic
law of Germany, must be passed by a venal legisla-
ture when it is once introduced by a despotic
Government. Thank God ! Ergland has not yet a
despotic Government, and, if its people will exert
themselves, it never will—if they do not, and that
immediately, the alternative between despotism and
revolution will he fbrced upon them, and we our-
selves, if left to our choice, should pause. NVe hope
our countrymen will yet avoid so lamentable a
dilemma.

Four days Paris papers, which had been in arrear,
have arrived. The Muirlicur it,serts, that the King
of the Two Sicilies sailed from Naples on the 13th
miler the British and French flag, to meet the
Allied Powers at Laybach. The Codsfibiaolle/, the
Cavite de France. and other minor Journals state
the sante fact, and that his Neapolitan Majesty had
landed at Leghorn. They add also, that the Doke
of Campo Cilium had been impeached by the Pedi-
ment, and succeeded by the Duke de Gallo. Other
accounts assert, that the impeachment includes all
the Neapolitan Ministers, and that a new Ministry
had been appointed. The Comabiome' mentions I
that two Proclamations were issued by King Fer•
dinand previous to his departure, but silent as to
their contents. These are rather portentous signs
for the Neapolitan Patriots. We arc fUrnished with
no clue whereby we can judge of those proceedings.
We hope there is nothing " rotten in the-State of
Naples," and that corruption and treachery are not
at work. The King of Naples is in his seventieth
year, and he declined, in the first instance. the
conference to which he was invited by the Allied
Powers, but it is now said the request was repeated,
and he was urged by the French and English Mi-
nisters to comply. The latter statement we consider
rather doubtful, but if it be the fact, it k locum-
bent upon them to take particular care of his inte-
rests, as his Majesty was never remarkable for poli-
tical sagacity, acuteness of intellect, or Courtly in-
trigue. The dictation of any ti,reign Power or
Powers in the domestic government of a natioa is a
mast flagrant act of injustico, that deserves the
general reprobation of mankind. Three of the
Allied Confederates have already decided, it is said,
against the Revolution in Naples, and if Ferdinand
is determined to support it, it is likely that he will
be able to convert them in favour of the Liberties
and Independence of his country /1 Is it not then a
suspicious circumstance that he should be invited to
a conference which he nished to avoid, while the
Emperor of Austria has an immense force menacing
Naples, and ready, we are told, to act. There is
to be another Congress next year, and probably an-
nually until the Holy Allies begin to quarrel among
themselves. If these meetings arc intended to awe,
or to have an imposiag effect upon the people of
surrounding nations, their frequency will contravene
their object. Two of the Paris Journals devoted to
the Ultras state, on the authority ofa private letter,
that evidences of conspiracy relating to the late Re-
volutions of the isle of Leon, Naples, and Oporto,
have been discovered. They however refrain from
their usual misrepresentations and falsehoods of
Spain being in a disturbed state, and on the eve of
anarchy and confusion. The proceedings in the
French Chamber of Deputies arc merely of local in
terest. They have been rather stormy, arising out
of the discussions on the different Members proving
their qualifications. The admission of Count Ker-
gmlay and M. H. de Thury, returned for the De-
partment of the Oise, was opposed on the constitu-
tional ground of a military hirtw having beta most
illegally introduced at the time of the election ; and
also on the ground of the Returning O:&cr having
been guilty of gross and wilful partiality in regu
biting the voters entitled to poll on that Occasion.—
M. Geurdin, uho brought thrward the charge, was
compelled to desist by the disapprobation expressed
and the two Deputies were declared by the President

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of have received the assent of the Chamber for thei,
admission. Much clamour prevailed with respect
to the eligibility of some other Members, all of whom
however, took their seats, with the exception of M,
tie St. Crier', who being returned fir the Lower
Pyrenees, thungh actually a Deputy for the Seine
and Marne, it was decided, by a great majority, that
the foraL:r return was void. The Chamber adjourned
till Tuesday.

Accounts have be..in received in town from Lima,
dated September the 10;11. They state that Gen.
San Martin had landed about forty leagues distant,
at Pisco, with 4,800 men, whd were convoyed
down by Lord Cochrane with the whole naval Kiree
of Chili. On the 25th of October, the whole
coast of Peru was declared to be in a state of block-
ade. The troops of the Viceroy in the City amounted
to 6,500 ; but as the inhabitants of the Country
were decidedly in &your of the Invaders, the latter
would by progressive steps anti prudent conduct im-
prove their advantages, and the Independents were
ultimately expected to obtain possession of Peru,—
The intelligence from Spain of the King's accep-
tance of the Constitution had arrived, and it had
been sworn to by the Inhabitants, and the Autho-
rities of the Peruvian Capital ; but this would not
prevent Lord Cochrane and General San Martin
from punning their objects with aetivity and vigour;
The Independent Chief Bolivar is censured for ac.
ceding to an armstice with Royalist General Morale.
It lawever only applies to the Armies under these
two Commande►', and will not, it is hoped, produce
any ill arect wish respect to the expedit►on destined
to give liberty to Peru, and wealth to the Invaders.

His Majesty's ship F'mntrile, Capt. EL Robinson, .
which has arrived ut Portsmouth from the New-
foundland station, came last from Gibralta and
Cadiz. She lett Gibraltar on the 29th ult. and Cadiz
on the lith instant. There was not a single ship
of war at either place. The Woff, Capt. Yeoman,.
(whin h had been cruizing off Cape St. Vincent,. to
in:th-ti all 11,1ish vessels that the yellow fever was
Cadiz), sailed on the same day the
Euvoirrite did, to return to the Cork station.
Stoek to the amount of 140,0001. was transferred
ou Sl.tor.lav to the Trustees of Queen Anne's
Boonty. A comiderahle scarcity of money stock
uelbre existed, and was much increased by this ope-
ratioa. The brokers, who had engaged to deliver
4, were compelled, we understand, to pay up• a
large quantity of Otuninm, in order to assist in
creating the stock required. This want of an ade-
quate supply of stuck for large purehasei, is the
prevailing feature of the present period, and has
materially amisted to preserve he market at its pre-
sent elevation. The abund,otte of money- among
.he London capitalists, by which the scarcity et
stoci is produced, forms a singular contrast teethe
complaints from almost every quarter of the king-
dom, the scarcity of money. This state of things is
sup cased to atise-Ist, from the reluctance of the
farmers, however pressed, to part with the Govern-
ment Stock, which the prudent part of them were
enabled to accumulate during high war prices :X
agricultural produce; and 2dly, from an ignorance
of that timile of borrowing money on the funds,
which is termed conthiaation, and by which the
mercantile bodies in Landon, Liverpool, Bristol,
and other parts of the kingdom, during a similar
distress for capital, could always command a tempo•
rary relief.

The Hon. and Rev. F. P. Bouverie. Rector of
Pewsey, Wilts, with a liberality that distinguishes
his tinnily, has, in consequence of the very depressed
state of agriculLure, reduced his tithes 15 per cent.

A silver coin of Titus vas found in the rubbish
of an old house, which was lately polfeil down in
E.tstgate-street, Chester. lu digging to tituo:tatiun
for a new building, a ravenient was discovered at
about eight feet below the present level of the street.
Tins l ivcs str.2tith to the prevalent uptown that
the level of the city was originally that of the fluor
of the cathedral, to which persons have now to
descend by several sttr.

About eight u'drk•k on Saturday eveninz, a gen-
tlemanly looking wan, about tweacy-sevat years of
age, called at Monday's Collee-house, in Covem.
Garden, and after having te& in the cod.ce-room, he
coniriv,tl to steal a beautiful silver tea caddie and
sliver 'Jason.

The out accounts from .Tatrftiea taste, tiett G •n.
Remain, who, with the royal family, had retire;; to
the mountains of Gam :Horne, after Christophe's
death, had made overtures to Boyer to surrender; ou
condition th•it hitnseifimu thus: with him sitou.4 h
entitle,: w tae full privile, es os citizens of
public. It now appears that these terms have
accetlt4l to.

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