The National Register.
London, England, 1808-02-15 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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in the event of a negotiation for peace; they are, in the
mean time, of injury to us rather than advantage. The
present disastrous circumstances in which our own West-
India Islands arc placed, arises from the great accessions to
our West-India cultivation, which have, during late years.
been made in consequence of the possession of the ceded
Islands. More produce has by this means been raised than
could well be disposed of; and the price, by consequence,
has sunk so low, that the planter is not indemnified for his
expeuce, and has suffered so deeply, that he already totters
on the brink of ruin. From the Danish Islands an addi-
tional supply will be poured into the market, and will ag-
gravate all the existing evils.

TIIE LATE SEVERE WEATHER.

The intelligence we have already received from the ports.
give us reason to apprehend that the damage on the coa,t has
been very consitlerable. Three vessels are sunk, and four ate
on share off Rye. There were hat.) sail in Deal loads on Friday
morning, all of which were obliged to cut their cables in copse-
(pence of the gale. A gun-brig and some other vessels are
ashore at Margate. Fears are entertained that some of the
outward-bound ships from the Downs have been driven over to
the French coast. In the interior of the country the severity
of the weather has been productive of great cala►nity. The
fall of snow on the North Road has been particularly heavy',
and in many places it is said to have been forty feet deep. In
the vicinity of Biggleswade the Newcastle and other mails we►o
stopped, and so completely involved in snow, that it was found
necessary to extricate them by the assistance of a great number
of hands. Saturday's mails from Holyhead, Leeds, %V kbeitche
and Manchester, did not arrive till yesterday, and several are
still missing. The Portsmonth coach lost its way and was
nearly overturned on Saturday.—Two female pa►=rcngers
frozen to death on the outside, and we fear vv e shall have to
record a numerous list of afflicting events in consequence of the
extreme violence of the storm. The Exeter mail coach wits
unable to proceed beyond Overton, where the passengers stopped.
The guard with great di ilicalty came forward a ith the Ira
over fields, &c. The Gloucester and Worcester mail coaches
were stopped two miles beyond Benson. The Guards brought
forward the mails on horseback. The Bristol mail was to ice
dug out of the snow. 'l•he Liverpool guard reached town tna
Saturday Hight about five o'clock, with the letter hags on horse-,
back ; the coach being unable to come on at Chalk-hill, as the
road was impassable by a carriage. The heavy Liverpool
coach, which left London early on Friday morning, did not,
reach Oxford till eleven at night.

Ministers have settled a new plan for the issuing of Ex-
chequer Bills, by which the commissiop will be saved, as.
well as an easy accommodation given to the public. Their
arc to be issued at an office in the Bank, to bear 4 per cent.
while out; bat to be paid or exchanged at one day's no-
tice at the office.

The Legislature of Jamaica have resolved, that the
Commissioners of Correspondence he directed to instruct
their Agent to apply to his Britannic Majesty's Minis:en,
in the event of a war between Great-Britain and the United
States of America, that such measures may be taken as
will enable the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor of that
Island to grant licences to vessels of the United states,
trading with the articles they are now permitted to bring
to, and take from Jamaica, in a matmer similar to the ex-
isting licensed trade between his Majesty's West India do-
minions and the enemies' colonies, under the provisions of
the present Free Port Law.
By advices from Boston, dated the 13th ult. we
cannot find that Mr. Rose had yet landed ; but it states
that " some blunders at Norfolk had prevented him land-
ing-, till he had assurances of being received wiih hospita-
tality. These assurances have been sent from Washinp,ton,.
where Mr. Rose was expected about the Bth or 9th ult.--
It should seem as if some difficulties had been purposely
thrown in the way of his landing.—Mr. Randolph directed
the attention of the {louse of Representatives, on the 4th
ult. to hia impeachment of General Wilkinson, which had
been fixed for that day.—A debate of six hours ensued

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various motions were made; one to reject the resolution.
gut a 'motion to adjourn was at length carried.
Dispntei of a vor7 violent nature have taken place in
the American Congress. Mr. Randolph is said to have
denounced General Wilkinson as 4 Spanish pensioner. The
Goooral hag challenged hisivcuser, but the latter refuses
to figbt until the former has cleared his character.
Ailvices from Gihraltat of thc.7th id!. arrived on Thurs.
lit,a , by which ~:c leArnttint 120,000 French and Spanish
troopa arc on their march against that place, and that 200
pit-boat, were destiped to co-operate in the attach,
l'rivate accounts from the Continent represent the king-
kiimi of Napes as in a state pf anarchy ; and that several
perions had been convicted of conspiring to overthrow the
G;iverninent, and assassinate-King Joseph Bonaparte. An
Iva attempt upon his person, it is added, was lately made
la the open face of day; within a few miles of Naples. A
party of men surrounded his carriage, and fired. at him
As4ifout effect, They were resolutely opposed by Joseph's
fuards. who, 'with the loss, of fifteen Men, succeeded in
rustrating the attempt of the assailants.
The amount of Unclaimed Dividends, on the sth of Jan.
fast was 034,662/, as. Bd, The ampunt of Unclaimed Lot-
tery; Vri7e on the same day was 1 I 3,c2291.
The trial of General WHITELOCKE has been continued
during tlic whole week. Tice whole time has been con-
locoed io the examination of witnesses, As the principal
fart of the evidence is now taken, a few days more will
robab!y bring this extraordinary trial to a termination.
Smiday morning a duel was, fought on Danbury Common,
hetwecn Lieutenants Q—,----e and M—n. both of the 4sd
oot, 'w hich was attended with fatal consequences to the
former, who recoived A ball through the body pn the first
#re, aad expired on the spot. This melancholy eircum-
atatice originated iu a dispute at the mess, on the preceding
0 ening., Lient, 31. and the seconds have absconded.

11A1:1v• EscArr..,---On Thursday night las!, the Countess
gf Claw returned to her house in Saville-row, about twelve
o'clock, after rasing the evening with Lord and Lady Fitz-
gibbonl her son and daughter; shortly after which her La-
th retired to her apartments, which are situated in the
wick part of the !Rinse. About two o'clock, she was
gceally alarmed by the crackint, of the roof of the house;
Owtly after a WO stack of climnies were blown down
y the high wind, which forced in part of the roof and the
i sing of her Ladyship's bed-room, when near a ton of
bric&s, to7et hot- with the ceiling, fell in, and Morally buried
kler Lath ship. lu this perilous situation she remained till
after four o'clorli, when she was released by her domestics.
..-Thc Whole of the back roof, together with the skylight
s_kf beci.4pillivi back drawing-room, are completely de-
wolis.hed. We arc happy to state that her Ladyship did
pok Kust:kin any material lain rv, and was able on Friday tl
receive the visits of her private friends,