The National Register.
London, England, 1819-01-18 00:00:00

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through the UttitA State's, Of fresh instu...k,:tiotts
the Ilrzila. The persons corrticti in :be rev.dution
which occurre.l some time tuck, it is true, had not
been brought b.tck to trial.

We yesterday received Charleston Papers to the
16th, ant Savannah Journals to the 18th alts
cc:naiad, 14 Gun. Juliann and kis Court Martial to-
wards our unfortunate countrymen, Arbuthnot and
A•uhrister, conetitittes a prominent feature iu all the
prpers of tile Union, and we must in justice add, that
not one of them ventures to justify it. Even the
Natimal Latelkmucer gm.s 00 further than to quibble
upon the subject, afraid, appareilOy to condemn, and
yet ashamed to approve.
These Pipers annum an account of a discovery
made in the Mississippi territory, ofan ancient Cemetry,
which indicates tide csistea..e, at stun.: remote period,
of a race of pigmies who inhabited that district.

Thursday night was published a supplement to the
Londm Get:rile of the 1•lth instant, centaiaing ex-
tracts of deepatches from Lord liestiugs, with others
from subordinate Officers emPloyed on service through-
out the Peninsula of Indiie neat of the three Pre-
sidencies holding direct conenueicatien with the Last
House, and all being frequently anticipated by private
letters, the same intelligence is thus repeated flout
several distinct sources, though muter newly similar
forms ; and in alluding to the transaetions detailed in
one Gazette, we have little more to do than to remind
our readers of facts whi:h were submitte l to them
through the saute official organ many months betbre.
This is pretty much the case in the present instance,
with the exception, that we find in it a few of the
more minute zircuinatances of those events with the
outline and general character of Which the public are
already neeptainted. In the extract from the despatches
of the Marquis of Hastings, Sir J. Malcolm receives
credit Ihr the highest skill and ability, and subse
coma moderation of his conduct towards Bajee Row.
The troops remaining with this Chieftain were, on the
route towurds Gwelier, so entirely surrounded, tha
advance and retreat were equally impossible : resistance
to the combined foice of Sir J. Malcolm and General
Doveten was an expedient no less desperate than the
effort to escape . so that the ex-Peishwa had no alter-
native but that of unquelifiel submission ; and the
terms imposed upon him were, that he should reside in
the city of Bemuses as 'a private individual, with an
income suited to a person of high birth, but without
any other pretenSions. The reports from Colonel
MtDowcll, of the siege of Mulligaum, and of the
ultimate surrender of that fortress, will be read with
considerable interest ; the admiration excite.] by the
bravery of our troops being checkered wit► deep re-
_r& for the loss of so many valuable lives as were un-
avoidably sacrificed in the course of that difficult ser-
vice. The public are already informed, that the cap-
ture of the fort of Moolheir terminated the war .in the
dominions of the conquered Peishwa. The Gazette
concludes with an amount of a gallant and successful
action, on the part of Brigadier Gen, sal Hardyman at •
the head of the 17th IlAtish infantry and the Bth
regiment of native horse, against a numerous body of
the Nagpore Rajah's troops, in the vicinity of Jubbul-
pore. After a short conflict, the enemy were beaten
with considerable slaughter, and all the guns in their
possession taken. The immediate occupation of Jub-
bulpore, together with its stores and cannon, was the
consequence of the above exploit.
The novelty presented itself on Thursday of Parlia-
ment being opened in the absence of the Lord Chan-
' cellar, who, in consequence of the continuance of in-
disposition, was unable to attend. The Lord Chief
Baron, however, not being a Peer of Parliament, can
neither speak nor vote, and he was obliged, .on the
entrance of the Lords Commissioners, to leave his
place on the Woolsack, and stand behind the Prince's
chair, on the right hand of the throne. If' we are not
mistaken, he is the first commoner, since the reign of
George I. who has acted as Speaker of the House of
Lords. Iu the tenth pear of that reign, Lord Chief
Justice King presided at the trial of the lord Chan-
cellor, the Earl of Macclesfield, fur extortion and
corrupt practices. The opinion appears to have been
erroneous, that new writs might be moved imme-
diately niter the appointment of the Speaker. it seems
that fourteen days must elapse (the time allowed fhr
preseuting petitions against returns) before new writs
can be move) fin•. Mr, Brougham is expected to move
the new writ to replace the lamented Sir Samuel lb °.