The National Register.
London, England, 1817-02-17 00:00:00

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

WAT.DECR AVE S. of Sewardstone, Essex. coach-mm.ler. Feb. 22,
March 1, 29, at Guild: Lill. Att. Mr. Hanierton. •;t- Et- Helens.
PAT E nnt),l T. and T. HA:two:1o, of Size-lane, ;tat-manufacturers,
Feb. IS, 25, Mardi 29, at Ginhihall. AU. Mr. Partin, Walbrook.
WAnwicatit .1. lute of Trowbridge, clothier, P. IR, 23, Mardi
29, at Guildhall. A tts. Lowe and Co. Southamptan-buildings.
Mosra LEY G. late of flay, Brecon-hire, merchant, Feb. 27. 28,
March 29, at Hereford. Au. Mr. Smith, Gray's-inn-square.
LAMU J. A. late of Wood-street, Cheapside, ribbon-manufacturer,
Feb. 22, March 4, at G00111;111. Att. Mr. Cole. Cataton-st.
MORI:AN I). late of Neath, Glamorgansldre, ironmonger, Feb. 22,
March t, :9, at Guildhall. A.L. Lane and Co. Lawr..nce Fount-
ney-hill.
Bluest's J. of Myton. oil-men:lant. Feb. 20, 22, Marsh 29, at
kingston-upon.Dull. Att. Mr. Dyke. Te.:iple.
Koe H. of Mill-wall, I', bar, Roman c,went-ruanuficturzr, Fch.
25, March 1, 29, at Gnialt::lL Att. Mr. Cranch, Union-court,
Broad-ttrect.
ASHrroitTri J. of Boothfold, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturer,
Feb. 23, Mardi 4, 23, m1;10.91311. Ails. Milne and Cu. Temple.
FosTLa %V. of Leicester, gro.Nr, Feb. IR, 19, March t 9, at Mar-
ket Harborough. Alts. Long and Co. Gray's-inn.
FosTER S. of Leicester, tallow-chandler, Fcb. IS, 19, March 29. at
Market Harborough. Mts. Long and Co. Gray's-inn.
SMETIII;urr H. of ()Main, hatter, Feb. 22, Mardi 3, 29, at Man-
chester. Ails. Milne and Co. Temple.
Coo reit H. of Glouce,ter, cheestfactor, March 3,4, 29, at Glou-
cester. Au. Mr. King, Seri
PALK C. of East Teignmouth, linen-draper, March 1,3, 29, at
Chudleigh. Att. Mr. Williams. Red Lion-square.
Doses E. of Ludgar,•!-hill, habenlasher, Feb. IH, 25, Marli 29, at
Guildhall. Att. Mr. dopson, Castle-street, Holborn.
TEMBY P. late of Cambome. Cornwall, innkeeper, March 14, 15,
29, at Redruth. Atm Cardale and Co. Gray's-inn.
WAILES G. of Nlcldon-park, farmer, March 14. 15, 29, at Newcas-
tle-upon-Tyne. Att. Nlr. Hartley, Ncw Bridge-street.
D.tvtr:a 11. of Cardiff, Glamorganshire, draper, Feb. 27, 28. March
29. at Bristol Au. Mr. Halls, Staple-inn.
HULL G. sen. late of Hillinorton, Warwickshire, fdlmonger. Feb.
19, 20, Mardi 29, at Rugby. Ate. Mr. Dawson. New Burling-
ton-street. (Dividends, 4e. br our welt )

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 3d Feb. 1817.

THE Principal Officers of Hie Majesty's Ordnance
L do herein/ give 'entice. that proposals will be received at their office
in Pall Mad, ox or befisre Monday, the 244 h instant, from such
oceans as may he willing to andertake the :NZ!, of TOOLS
OF' VARIOUS DESCRIPTIONS pr seruke of 's Department,
for a period of three years, determinable after the expiration ty. the
first year, upon notice of rice months, at the option of either party.
Patterns of the Article: nwy be viewed wpm applention at the
Principal Storekeepers' Office intik Tower ; and farther particulars,
together with the terms and conditions of Me contract, may he known
at the Secrehiry's Office in Pall Mall ofbresaid, any day between
the laws n and five o'clock, where Me proposals mart be de.
livered mated up and endorsed, " Proposals for TOOLS, A:c."
but iszs
'proposal can be udmitkii after the said Skis inst. at
twelve clock at neon of the SOW dly, wilful- will any tender be
*Wired unless the party making it, or an arent in his behey. shall
delend. By Order of Me Board,
R. If. CREW, Secretary.

COMMISSARIAT' DEPARTMENT,
Treasury Chambers, 2414 January, 1817.
NOTICE is hereby to all Persons desirous of
Contracting to Supply BEEF and MUTTON to his Majesty's
Lead Forces, inclidille the Royal Mortars, is Catitcmmratit, Quar-
ters, and Barracks, la the naderotentioned C'outaies, Places, arid
Istuads:

Anglesea, Bedford, Berks (including the Town of Hungerford),
Berwick, Brecon, Bucks, Cardigan, Carmarthen, Carnarvon,Cornwall
(including Scilly), Denbigh, Derby, Devon, Dorset, Durham (in-
cluding Holy Island), Essex, Flint, Glamorgan, Gloster (including
the City of Bristol), Hants, Hereford, IlerUbrd, Hunts, Isle of
Man, Isle of Wight. Kent, Lancaster. Lincoln, Merioneth, Middle-
sex, Monmouth, Montgomery, Norfolk. Northampton, Notting-
ham, Pembroke, Radnor, Rutland, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, War-
wick, Westmoreland, York; Cities of Ely, Carlisle, and Chester,
and their vicinities ; Towns of Henley on Thames, Taunton, New-
castle-upon-Tyne, Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Trowbridge, Lei-
cester, Dudley, Derby, and their vicinities, and in the several
Counties in North Britain.

As ~iso to supply Beef, in the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and
Alderney.

That the deliveries are to commence on and far the twenty-
fifth day of March west; that proposals in writing, sealed
ap, and marked, ' l'ender for Army Supplies,' will he received at
this Office, on or (fare Tuesday the 254/i day if l'ebrisary but
newt :AU be received after tre'hc o'clock on that day), and, is
seta by post, the postage must be paid.

Proposals must be made &vitro:sly for each county, island and
pin x, e.rcept for the Counties amsprising North and South Woks,
all of which must be included in one Tesukr . • as also must the sire-
rid Counties in North Britain, and the proposal
,Jar the supply V*
Beef in the Islands qf Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney, must include
the whole of the three Is!ands : and each proposal must Aura the
later width is annexed to Mc tender properly filled up, by two per-
sona of known property, engaging to become bound with the party
tendering, in the amount stated in the printed particulars, for the dac
prrfornwncc of the contract ; and no proposals will be noticed unless
made on a printed tender, and the prices expressed in words at
length ; and should it so happen, that daring the continuance of
the contract, no troops should be stationed or supplied in the county,
the expellee of the contract and bond, paid in the first instance by
the contractor, will be reAticied to him.
Particulars of the vont/acts may be had upon application to
No. 35, Great George-street, lirestminster, betwei is the hours of
rkven and jive; and at the Offset of Deputy C'ummientry General
Young, Edinburgh.

MEMOIRS OF THE JUDGES.
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in answer to very general enquii ies respecting our MEMOIR%
of the Junues, we take the liberty to inform our Reader,
and the Public, that the press of Parliamentary Intelli-
gence has unavoidably cassed a short delay iii their inser-
tion; but several are composed, and will very soon ap-
pear.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON :
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1817.

THE French Papers, and other Foreign Journals,
received this week, whatever interest they may have
excited in the minds of those more directly concerned iu
their contents, do nut furnish any topics of importance
equal to the events which nave recently occupied the
public attention at home.
The Paris I'ap rs of the 7th inst. state that the

FEBRUARY 17.

Emperor of Austria has founded in his states a Sinking
Fund similar to that of France and England.
It appears by the letters received in Paris from l'ort
Louis, in the island of France, that the late divadful
fire there was aggravated by the insubordin ition of the
negroes and soldiers. The latter, in particular. armed
themselves against those who wished to extinguish the
flames, and actually cut the hose and pipes asunder,
which were conveying the water to the engines, in
order that they might plunder with more effect. Many
of these wretches perished in the flames, in a state of
intoxication.

Lust night (the 6th), thcre was a play performed at
Court, at which his Majesty and the Royal Family
were present.

FRENC II I: uN ns.—Tucsday 59f. 70c—Wednesday,
60t: loc.

The Royal Court of Paris has at length given judg-
ment in the important question between the Royal Ex.
chequer and the house of Barandon, of London, regard-
ing certain bills which that house ncgociatcd fur Buona-
parte, on the eve of his abdication, to the amount of
710,000 francs, or 29,5831. The judgment rejects the
claims of Burandon and Co. The grounds of it are,
Ist, that the endorsement of the bills, of which Baran-
don and Co. are the holders, is blank, and without any
date or enunciation of the value received ; 2d, that there
is no evidence that the negociation was completed on
the '2 t st, of June, which was the last day of Buonaparte's
power in fact ; and that, on the contrary, it would ap.
pear from the interpolation and substitution of several
leaves in the books of the Civil List, that there was an
attempt to give the transaction a date prior to its real
date; and 3d, that it is not proved that value was given
for the bills to the Treasurer of the Civil List. —Paris
Paper.

A private letter from Paris says—" A hoax has just
been practised, with singular success, upon Sir Sidney
Smith, the President of the Society instituted for the
de:iveranee of Christian Slaves in Africa. A pretended
Courier, coming from Rome, alighted at Sir Sidney's
Hotel, a few nights simr, commissioned to present him
from the Pope with the great key of the dungeon in
which the Christian captives were kept at Algiers,
which key was stated to have been sent to Rome by
Lord Exmouth. This present was acconipanied with a
most flattering letter from his Holiness. Sir Sidney,
overjoyed at this mark of distinction from the Holy
Father, hastened to communicate the intelligence to the
French and Foreign Ministers, and to receive their con.
gratulations on the occasion. One of these Ministers,
however, in perusing the letter in question, observed in
it some inaccuracies of language, which led him soon
to reflect, that all acts of the Papal Chancery are al-
ways written in Latin, and never in Italian, as was
this letter : and this reflection brought on another, that
the Pope never writes official letters at all, but brils,
which are uniformly written and addressed, in the name
of the Pope, by the Secretary of State, the office now
held by Cardinal Gonsalvi. The deception thus de.
tested, I leave you to judge of the mortification of Sir
Sidney, and of the amusement afforded to the saloons of
Paris by this mystification."

The Paris Papers of Saturday and Sunday last inform
us that the King is recovered completely from his fit of
the gout, and that the French Funds are 60-25.
The Chamber of Deputies was still occupied with the
debate on the Finances, which is uncommonly tedious
and heavy.

Italy continues to be infested with bands of robbers,
who elude the vigilance of the Police and Military sent
after them, with wonderful dexterity.

The amount of the French Lean, it now appears is
only positive for 100 millions of francs, about flair mil-
lions sterling, but optional for the second 100 millions,
or four millions. At the expiration of eight months,
the Contractors for the first four millions may take the
second, but ut a higher price of the Freneh Funds. The
fimr millions absolutely contracted for are.-Naken at .55.
French Funds—and the payments are to be completed
by the end of ten months from the date of the contract.
The Contractors are—first, Mr. Baring, of London ;
next the Hope.-s, of Amsterdam ; Parish, of Hamburgh ;
a house at Frankfort ; and 5 Bunking-houses at Paris.
It is to be under the management of a Committee, who
arc to take care that it does not operate to the detriment
of the Funds of the different countries.

The Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday state,
that the debate on the Budget was still going on.
Lafitte, the banker, made a very able speech on the
subject of the loan ; and stated not only that all con-
ditions of it would be fulfilled, but that he himself was
ready to complete it, and " in the latitude of my con-
nections." " I will not." he said, " stop, but at the
point which. Government itself shall have marked out !"
This speech was highly applauded, and ordered to be
printed.

French Papers to the I 4th instant are arrived. The
most interesting part of their contents is the resumed
discussion of the Budget. This presents sonic new cir-
cumstances to our notice. In the tiebute on the I Ith
inst. on the finances, the greater part of the Ministers
appear to have soolen, as we cull it in England, seria-
tim. It is sottwwbutt curious to lice X. Pastitiier, the

FEBRUARY 17.

new Keeper of the Seals, respecting whom so many
fears were entertained, undertake the refutatisn of M.
La Fitte's speech against the dotstion of tour millions
to the clergy. M. La Fitte had wished the whole of
the national woods to be given as security fur the loan
to be raised by Government : he is one of those who
advance the loan. To this the Keeper of the Seals re-
plies, that the public debt is too coasiderable to make
the deduction of the four millions from the security an
object, and therefore supports the aotuticm to the clergy.
What follows from M. Pasquier is too important to be
passed over:—" The preservation of the fbur millions
to the clergy is a salutary transastion between the past
and the present. Whatevet may be the wanderings of
conscience in its scruples, they are always to be respected
If there be a party in F.ance who think their eon-
sciences calmed by this salutary collusion, which of
us would not give it his assent ? C.,nscience is one of
the grand foundations of public credit."
In the midst of the discussions a message from the
King announced the consent of the Allied Powers to the
deducdon of dO,OOO troops from the army of occupation.
This agreeable intelligence was greeted with warm ap-
plause.
The Madrid Gazelle of the 28th January states,
that on the 21st the King visited, bleak " the prison
of the Court. His Majesty inspected every thing with
the greatest attention, even to the obscurest dungeons.
At length, in the place destined for those cruel execu-
tions, the instruments of torture struck the eyes of the
Monarch. He immediately ordered them to be thrown
into the lire, in order that no trace of the infernal ma-
chine might remain. He ordered also that the instru-
ments of torture should be no longer seen in :any pri-
son." We wish his Majesty had done the thing more
effectually, by ordering that the diabolical practice of
torture should be for ever abolished in his dounnions.

Montreal papers to the .sth ult. state the arrest of
Lord Selkirk and the chief persons in his employ.

But we must puss on from statements relative to
Foreign Affi►irs to a review of Domestic Occurrences.
Since the publication of our Journal on Sunday last,
various highly important events have taken place. The
Third Spa Fields Meeting, on Monday, merits atten-
tion, if not the first in point of importance at least it
does so in the order of time. In another part of our
paper the reader will find a sufficiently ample detail of
the proceedings of that day. It has been some-
what humourously, remarked, that the meeting " went
off quietly." We attended in the same room with the
principal performers the whole of the day, and wit-
nessed all their proceedings ; and, to be sure, they were
fienny enough. Bating somewhat of Mr. Hunt's vul-
garity, somewhat more of his rude personalities, and
still more of one or two of his " nasty ideas," which
Swift says are common to " nice people," matters went
on pleasantly. That any real good should result
from such meetings and such speeches is morally im-
possible.

Somewhat in connection with the meeting in Spa-
Fields, we may next notice that in Palace Yard on
Thursday. Those Proceedings also are given in another
part of this paper. The Times newspaper, that terrible
bugbear to these new-fietgled Reformers, contains the
following observations un this meeting, and the address
voted at it :

" The character of this meeting previously known,
its understood composition, and the political sentiments
of the speakers, would lead the public to expect some-
thing extraordinary on such un occasion as what may
be termed a loyal address. That expectation will not be
disappeintcd. The Address, which is the result of the
meeting, or was prepared for it, is, in all its parts, a
very singular composition ; it resembles nothing that is
usual at such times ; and whether those who read it ap-
prove or disapprove its sentiments, they will at least
weigh them with attention. That great lu-ninary in
politics Mr. Hunt informed his hearers saute time ago,
that he could not speak Latin or Algebra ; and ve can
tell him, that neither he nor his master (Cubbett) could
write such an Address; of which, nevertheless, he boldly
undertook to decide en the merits, and declared it to be
"distinguished by manly dignity." Heis a bright critic!
Our readers may recollect Burke's celebrated Description
of a Cabinet, so fantastically "dovetailed" together, and
the members of which hardly knew each other—(we
have nut the passage at hand). We have been told, that
Sir Francis Burdett gave his ignoble coadjutor, llunt,
that same kind of stare as it' he had never seen him
before ; calling him, indeed, by his name, but affecting
to know little or nothing more of him."
But if the Address itself is n ritten with dexterity,
the speeches by which it was accompanied were remark-
able for their violence. Passion and fury make lbw con-
verts: if they excite to outrage, they must be repressed
by three, Why was not Cobt,ett, the hither present ?
We saspect he is in no sweet savour with Sir Francis
Burdett ; and it was certainly a tiunous piece of cunning
in Hunt, to thank him only fur the utility of his writ-
ings during the last three months, when a great part
of the min's life has been spent in writing. The rest of
his works, we suppose, according to the present system
of his politics, mot have done hum: but still Hunt