The National Register.
London, England, 1819-11-08 00:00:00

ST. I.IBLENA.

Our readers will learn with surprise, and no
doubt with indignation, the disingenuous manner in
vhich Mr. Scams Naval Surgeon on board the
Admiral's flag-ship ut St. HJoint has been treated.
'll,l will recollect that, on the return of Mr.
O'Meara to England, this- most respectable Naval
Surgeon was di:lit:tett to go to Longwtxxl, to attend
oa Vamp. te, who was much indisposed. He did
e. ; hut lie, like his predecessor, incurred the dis.
):eristire of Sir Iludson Lam ; and he had his opitiou
of retiring on half pay, ur of takuig his trial by
court -ra-irtial, in St. Helena, ea charges of having
ex:ceded his commission, by writing bulletins of the
ex-Emperors state of health. He preferred the
firmer, and returned to England ; where, on his
arrival, he was received in the num gracious man-
ner at the Admiralty, and in a few days received
an order to retain to his station on board the flag-
ship, with which lie forthw:th complied, with the
full persuasion that it was ut mark of the satisfaction
of the Lords of the Admiralty with his I onduct, and
a rt..p:ouf to Sir Hutisan Lowe fur the treatment be

;lad shown him. No wooer, however, had he an.
rived at St. than be was told that a court-
martial was to be assembled to try hint on several
chaargs, preferred against him by the Lord Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty. relative to his conduct
during his attendance on General I3onaparte ! They
are such us would in any other case be considered
frivolous; but coming from so high an authority,
and supported by the local influence of his enemy,
he can have very little hope of relief: He requested,
among others, the Counts Bertrand and Month°lon
might be summoned to attend as witnesses on his
behalf, the only persons by whom he could refute
the principal charges against him; but he wits told
that there were legal objections to their appearance.
The secrecy also which their Lordships thought
proper to observe, with respect to their design, in
mewling hint to St. Helena to rejoin Ills ship, de-
prives itim of the benefit of all the original docu
mends °facial correspondence, he having left them
ht England, as well us testimonials of - character,
.• which after twenty years of approved service, he
had received from every'commander under whom he•
had sailed. The system of terror so powertioly
operates in. St. Helena, that a militarf officer de-
clined giving Surgeon Stokoe his countenance and
assistance, during the trial, on the plea of i 1-health ;
and a writer in the Admiral's office begged he
would excuse him fr►m attending to take notes, . for
fear of incurring. displeasure ! The trial was to
come on the day after our despatch was dated,
which was the 29th of August lust. We are sure
the above narrative requires no comment..

Extract of a Letter dated Buenos :lyres, July.
2.lth :—" Lord Cochrane has taken the Goayaquii
convoy, estimated to be worth three millions of
dollars ; he subsequently effected a landing at Pay.
ta. and held undisturbed rissession of that place for
five days, during which time he amply supplied
himself with provisions and refresluneuts, destroyed
the fortifications, and sent all the serviceable artil-
lery in a schooner of war, one of the prises to Val-
paraiso. tie afterwards returned to Gana° to re.
some the blockade, and would shortly be joined by
the r mainder of the squadron from Valparaiso, now
under the command of Captain Guise. Artigas's
refusal to unite wirh Buenos Ayres will not pre-
vent the Government from coaling to an under-
standing with &into, Fe and Entrecios, because the
latter cannot expect any support from their protector
Artigas, who is hard pressed by the Portuguese
They have taken Otarg►ues,. his second in counuand,
and also the division of the &mous Andresito. The
accounts from Upper Peru state, that the Royalist.
Commander in Chief; La Cerna, bud withdrawn to
the coast towards Africa, and only left 1,000 men at
'copies, and small garrisons in some other places,—
The troops which have passed from Chili, over the
Cuidillera towards this place, amount only to 1,500
men, whoare to retain' in readiness to assist us in
receiving the grand expedition from Collis. The
expedition-intended against Lima is nqt on that ac-
count given up; only let Lord Cochrane capture
the San Thelma and Nueva, on their voyage from
Cadiz, and Lima will *idiots.

S.d I 1.0 RS.
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On Friday last. Oct. 29, a Public ((letting was held in the
large lanessuirian School Rooms, White's Grounds. Horsely.
down, to form an Institution, called the Bethel Seamen's Union,
the Rev. G. C. Smith. of Penzance, to the Chair. The appear-
ance of the place was novel and impressive; over the platform,
where the P.ovistonal Committee sat. was spread a white (or
St. George'st ensign trom a three decker, festeunedite front, and
produced a line erred ; at the back of the Chairman, and on either
ale this sp.u.tidus place, were British Caton Flags from dlr.
tercet line of battle ships; ,fiicing the enhance, and berore tile
Chair, were suspended to full view, three large dogs from the
merchant ships on the River Thames, with etc word *' Bethel'
in large letters, a war rising in the Kest, and a dove bearing an
olive brunch, also appeared on these flags.
It seems those a e the signals used by religious seamen to invite
their ft How sawmill on boat d such vessels a 4 are amainted lot reli-
gious imtructioa and prayer. Several Cap MS, Mate-soma sea-
men, who are decidedly serious, and deeply interested in the
promotion of Christianity, were ranged on die platform, attended
by about .m cabin boys irons different
The Institution formed professed to eie:te every well disposed
officer and seaman in the prosecution of every measure that is
Catkilla:all to establish morality and religion among stamen in
general.
The union wilt proceed harmoniously with the Port of Landon
Society, who manage the business of the floating chapel. A sw-
ill/ell magazine was also proposed, to communicate usstrucdon,
moral, and re4ionsinformation to seamen.

The- buttinewrof the meeting was uncomatorly interesting—
The Chairman, us • seaman and an officer of ins .14..yesty's Navy,
mph:gaud his ardent concern tor the *there of watuen.—
lie was followed by several highly rewpectitele Ministers and
Officers of the Navy, who butienteti the tonuortlity of seamen,
and rejoiced in every effort to prevent nide:tidy spreadtng nnioug
tthem,. and impress on then iiiiii de the intiairtant truths art Christ
unity.. 'loos It was Ati;tl4:ll diet mutiny awl iracy would be
suppressel, and genuine lacrouni and loyalty be secured.
The nieetiug was greutty it.terested with the unadorned state.
of an aged Captain, and the patheuc address of a sailor who had
just been shipwrecked.
air the East Indies. the Mc-
Captam 'yoke hie voyages
giterranedn. the Black Seat, ant various other parts; he had ear-
disperses, Religious 'Liam, and Bibles in every direction, paiti •
cu ;arty at Smyrna, 'I Atmica. SAlonic*, and on Altus lull, at
tlien. lit lat., last ve;.age he had sailed about 4 01111 tubes.
tie %sitar Lidded with the greatest modesty and humility to
Netwit.'• En land expects every man to do his duty ;"
described Ms recent shipwreck, 11141, in the name .if seamen, sin-
cerely Ilia:Awl the present Alectinz for their good intentions.

011D011
MONDAY, NOVEMBI'R 8.

We are happy to state, that the letters receive('
in the City yesterday from Manchester and Liver•
pool, continue to give favourable accounts of the
improvement which is taking place in those quarter.
ha addition, also, to this gratifying intglligcncc we

NOV. 8.

ran add, that a corresponding improvement is per-
ceptible in the metnmolis, particularly hi the sugar
trade. Within the last two days, above 5,000
-hogsheads of sugar have been sold.

.k ite; of A a ea:, the 17th to
the 30th September, were received on Friday. As
irtc dates had previously arrived, but some inter-
mAiate papers were omitted, which arc now sup
plied. All parts of the Unite' States appear to
have experhlnced an unhealty season : the principal
mortality from fever has taken place at New Or-
leans, Charleston, Now York and Baltimore : Phi.
ladolphia has hitherto been wholly free from it. The
New York Gazette, for many successive days, Has
several columns tilled with nitices or removal- from
the quarter of the city in which the ft-ver originally
mqvartal. At the xmull town or Drrim, an infant
settlement in the province of Georgia, containing
only 120 inhabitants, 37-were seized with the to-
yer : the whole place was one scene of distress und
cumtcrnation..

MEETINUS are called or have been held, in almost
alt places of importance in the Kingdom, on the
subject of the Manchester outrages, and on no occa-
sion itt our political memory has so near an ap-
proach to unanimity been shown us in all the instan-
ces connected with this ; nor do we remember any
other on which Ministers have dared to treat with
so much sang or advise the return of answers
so apathct.cal to, the voice of the people calling, not
vengeance, not for justice on the murderer, not
tint punishment on the heads of those who became
his abettors and accessaries before the fact, by one
of the foulest breaches of the laws of this or any
other country that ever boasted having a conatitu-
film, but calling simply fur a fair investigation, fur
an impartial enquiry into the facts that led to the
fatal events of the memorable Kith of August—this
dispassionate demand is held as Jacobinical by those
who would either silence comFlaint by the sabre, or
smother enquiry by threats : Noblemen whose res-
pectability, honour, and honesty could sustain no
severer libel than by a comparison (politically) with
tl.e most immaculate of the present administration
arc dismissed from situations they honoured by the
possession of, merely forsooth becanse they will not
consent to remain quiescent spectators of the substi-
tution of German despotism fir that beautiful, though
dilapidated structure the British Constitution.
" So dissatisfied (says The Muffling Chronicle,) is
the Ministerial Journalist with every thing that
passes at a Whig Meeting, that he finds fault with
n expression of the Nortia Address, which recom-
mends such measures to the PRINCE REGENT as
slay reunite Ilse (sawn and the Foists.. in the bonds of
concord and peace. On this suggestion the London
Co:srier exclaims with indignation—" Reunite!
are. they separated ?" We hope and believe, the
separation is neither exiensive nor incapable of cure ;
but if there is no disunion at ail—if there i 3 not at
least some little separation ly•tweon the Crown and
some part of the people, why this alarm ? why this
augmentation of the army ? why this premature
convocation of Parliament? whence the necessity
for legal addresses, 10;:1 associations, loyal sub-
scriptions ? why so lamentable a Cal in the 3 per
Cents ? The measures of peace n:ni concord recom-
mended by the Cout.ty of Norfolk may not suit the
palate, or coincide with the views of Ministers;
but if there is no disaMetion any where in the
kingdom, no disunion in any part of the enniiirry,
they are acting like the frantic firinef, -Alio to
frighten his neighbours, threw a firebrand i ,to his
own hay-stack."
The length cur report of the indeed glorious
County Meeting, obliges us to curtail our observa-
tions on a subject so pregmait as to he ditlicult of
exhaustion. NV e kols, linwever, with pleasure to
the meeting of Parliament, beeatise upon their
&liberations du we rely for tic power to give the