The National Register.
London, England, 1817-08-11 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

VRAMT.

PARr.,, Aye. 1.
The favourite project of Napolehm, for bort:slug the
harbour of Dieppe, upon which mid-s taking more limo 2600
men were employed, limit his baniSlancist to Elba, is now re-
' newest with spirited activity. Last Saturday 3011 Such were
engaged, and 790 more win 'be employes'. 'The atithorities
at ll.eppe has e contracted to finish Me excavations in live
weeks.
PARIS, Amu. 0.--A great example is about l'o'be given to
the world. It danic de Geniis has eitteresEthe sisterhood of
Carmelites.
The late Commission for public instruction has ordered
- the institotion of the Laiteasterian education at Caen,
Rouen, Metz, Nancy. Dijon, Boar;es, Clermont,' C'abors,
Montpellier, Aix, 1111(1 Pau.
• On tl:c .10th of.l.ily, thePrevotal Court of Lyon condemned
to death Louis Tavernier, timbermierchaist ; and Claude
Nestites, tavern keeper, of St. Bernard, in the department
of Ain, for tal,ing an active share in the insurrections which
happened last June- at Amberiefix, anti in utherparts.
AFC,. 4.--From the Ist of f.lay last to the snth of June,
'1,039 English families embarked at Brighton for France; and
it is not from that port alone that the P.hglish •et sail. 'Elicit
are consequently a great number of them in this country,
especially at Paris, where they are net at every step.
N•A VIES; Jt•tY 23.—" Within three few slays we have seen
Monks of 1..1 Trepp :naive here from England, where
they have rein tined riming their exile. Au laigl..sh Gentle.
limo, Mr. Weld, has generously given them ass nylons for 22
years. They embarked at Weymouth on the to of July, on
board °fa French frigate, and they brosight wills them their
tostroments of Agricolture, whieli ave the' most hop Fos eel
kind, and liar the exportation of which the British Govern-
ment gave tette pm mission. It is to the ancient Abbey of
La Meillerai, which behhiged to their Order iu the time of
St. Bernard, that they are now going; and which 1143 bt:CII
restored to them by the g(vitiness (Atli,. King.
Among their number are several Englishmen cf
distinc-
lion, who have • attached themselves to the Order. These
poor but grateful Monks have addressed a very pathetic let-
ter of thanks to the Minister of Marine, for sending them a
frigate to convey them home ; and to the Captain, who treat-
ed them with great attention, they presented a most vallias
ble sword. It was the dying gift to the Convent of one of
• their brethren, also had used it in support of his legitimate
Sovereign.

SPAIN.
The first steam boat that has appeared itiSpain was latinel
ed on the Guadalquiver, which rises in New Castile, on the
Bth ofJuly last, being the birth day or the Queen.
The Minister of Finairce, Don Martin Garay, on the 30th
May, required the Supreme Council of Finance, in tits name
of the King, to transmit its opinion with respect to the ex-
pediency of a general amnesty, •whether with certain ex-
ceptions or whether' as a means of general conciliation, in
favour of individuals of different political opinions, either in
the interior of the kingdom or abroad. On the ith of June
the Council delivered to his 'Majesty its opinion on this impor-
tant subject. That opinion recommends a total oblivion of
all the political-offences wind* took place during the convul-
sions of the State as the-only mode of tranquilizing the king-
dom, and.preventing those by whom they had been counnitted
from being reduced to the alternative either of renouncing
their country, their family, and their property, or of seeking
the min of a Government by which they were treated so se-
verely. The Council concludes its report by recommending
' the day of the delivery of her Majesty the Queen, for the
publication of this amnesty, " a day," it says, " full of bles-
sings and joy, designed by Divine Providence for the etcrnal
reconciliation of the great Spanish family."

PRUsSIA.

BERLIN, JULY 24'. That fine building, the Royal.'Na-
tional Theatre in this city, is .detroyed. This forenoon,
between 12 and one, the fire suddenly broke out in the right
wing, which spread so rapidly that in half an hour the
whole building was in flames. A violent wind blowing
towards the building of the Royal Commercial Establish.
ment, excited great alarm fur that also, for a large firebrand
was carried to a part of it and had nearly set fire to two of
the houses. The keeper of the Theatre has saved but a few
of his effects. It was not possible to think of saving the
wardrobe, the decorations, the library or the music, be-
cause, in the wing where the fire broke out there were 10
hogsheads of clarified oil, which it was also impossible to
bring away, and which kept up for many hours a tremend-
ous flume. We have to thank the activity of the firemen
and of the police,•that the two churches between which the
theatre stood, as well as the neighbouring houses, did not
also become the prey of the-flames. Burning coals carried
by the wind were found in several distant streets. The
"ilamage is estimated at above a million and a half (of erownsf
probably.) This terrible event reminds us of the burning o
St. Peter's Church. When the post set off the lower story
...was still burning, but firs great danger is over.