The National Register.
London, England, 1817-12-15 00:00:00

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Of the Jamsit►r intelligence we entertain the great-
est doubts, more particularly from the circumstance
being stated of 700 Creoles having► gone over to the
!ndependents. The devotion of that class of inhubitants
to the royal cause has been long tried and acknowledged,
and we an convinced no slight event would have the
effect of producing so serious a defection.
The Russian squadron consisting of five sail of the
line and two frigates, under the command of Rear-Ad-
miral Muller, bound to Cadis, arrived at Deal on the
9th inst.

FrenchFunds—Five per Cents. 63E 95c. Bank Stock
1477 f. 10c.

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Both the Chambers mt on the 9th, but the proceed.
ings were devoid of interest.
A letter from Vienna sAys, "The Princess of Wales
gave a fete in celebration of her name dt.y, on the
of Nove:nber (the thLy of St. Charles), at Pesaro. A
comic ballet was represented, in which the Princes
danced the principal character !"
Mr. Leach is appointed Vice-Chancellor, and Sir
Thomas Plumber quits the Vice-Chancellorship to suc-
ceed Sir William Grant as Master of the Rolls, who re-
tires not only with the universal regret, but with the
gratitude of his Profession and of his Country. Mr. Scr.
geant Best is spoken of fur the Chief Justice-ship of
Chester.

In the Court of King's Bench, Wednesday, Mr. Ar.
nold, proprietor of the Lyceum Theatre, brought an
action to recover damages from Harley, the comic actor,
f►►r breach of an agreement. It appeared that Harley
regularly entered into articles with the plaintiff to per-
form at his Theatre f►r five years, at a rising salary,
but after acting one season, lie refused to continue
longer, urging that he had entered into an engagement
with the Managers of I)retry Lane. Lord Ellenborough
having advised a reference, Mr. Gurney, for defendant,
admitted he mild not resist the verdict, but he was
quite persuaded, from his instructions, that his client
had a most satisfactory moral defence.—Mr. Scarlett
said, the oliject of Mr. Arnold was only to try the legal
question. After some further conversa►ion, it was agreed
that the plaintiff should have a verdict for 10001. sub..
ject to a reference to Mr. Ga:tlee.
It is no uncommon event for both parties in a Chan-
cery suit to die before the cause is finally decided—but
when we hear the Lord Chancellor declare, as he did
lately, that lie had been obliged to read a wheel barrow
,full of papers in one case only, it is not surprising that
the march of a Court of Equity is stoic

ANECDOTE Or 'THY LATE: DUKE OF NOItTNUMBER.
LAND.—The Abbe de Percio, some time after the
commencement of the revolution in France, was
obliged to fly from his living in Normandy to this
country. Soon after his arrival in London, he was
hUstled in New-strcet, Covent Garden, and robbed of
twenty guineas, which he had received but u few mi-
nutes before, at Sir Robert Herrics'. With the re-
mainder of his little property he went to Bath, where
it was soon expended. In this dilemma, his country,
men there reminded him, that lie was related to the
English Percy's, and, as the Duke•of Northumberland
was at that time there, they advised him to apply to
his Grace for relief. The Abbe immediately wrote to
the Duke, who returned a polite answer, and requested
a few days for investigation. In the mean time, his
Grace wrote to Lord Harcourt, at whose house the
Due D'Harcourt resided, and enquired whether the
Abbe was one of the De Peroics of Normandy ; soot►
after which he transmitted to his uetv cousin a gold
box, with a bank note inclosed in it, for one thousand
pounds, and a general invitation to his table, which was
isom that day open to him.
ARE AT DOTHERHITHE —Yesterday morning a
dreadful fire broke out at the King's Mills, Rotherhithe
belonging to Mr. Surry, a contractor for the Govern-
ment troops. It broke out ab ut a quarter past o'clock
in the morning, at which time one of the watchmen,
then on the promises, first dsseovered the smoke issu-
ing from the steam-engine, when he gave the alarm.
By the prompt arrival of a number of engines, and a
plentiful supply of water, the fire was confined to the
mills, and Mr. Surry's dwelling-house, which, with
its contents, were burnt to the ground. It is not known
how the fire originated, but we arc happy to add that
no lives were lust. The premises were fdily ensured.
The machinery alone, it is said, was insured at the
Sun Office for 12,0001. Owing to the timber, bricks,
&c. falling into the dock, it is teasel that the water
will be stopped in its course.

HOP PLArrrEtts.—ln consequence of a memorial to
the Lords of the Treasury, and of a subsequent appli-
cation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for a De-
putation to be allowed to wait on him ou the part of
the Hop Planters, .the following letter has bccri re.
ceivetl:--

" T 1 easm y Chambers, November, 181..
" SIR—I have laid before the Lords Commissioners orbit
Majesty's Treasury your memorial, appealin against the im-
portation of foreitin Hmli at the low duties, and 1 ant directed
to aril...lsm %on. that it IA not their etl•liips' llllrllUnit to
take any with ree.tril to !lie ditty on Fol. iiftt bops,
not warran gd by the existing laws. 1 am, Sir, your most obe.
d dtsrrvanc, • "S. H. L1.1811ZGTO1."
"To 1). J. Parker, Esq. Chairman of the
General Meeting of flop-plauters."