The National Register.
London, England, 1821-11-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

French squadron in the Levant, which draws down
blessings on " our august Monarch, whose flag flies
only to succour the unhappy and protect the weak
against the outrages of the strong." It then states
that after a bhort cessation disturbances had ream-

menced at Smyrna, at the festival of the Kurban
Bairam. At this feast it is usual to sacrifice lambs,
but in the present instance the Turks gave the pre-
ference to Greeks. There was, however, no general

massacre, but a great number of particular assassina-
tions, to which the local authority supplied a very
slight resistance, after the departure of the Captain
Podia. In this emergency the French vessels
are again described as the honourable refuge of
the unhappy Greeks. In speaking of the efforts
of the French fleet to repress insults and pro-
tect general commerce from the disorderly attack
to which it is liable in the present state of those seas,
equal praise is given to the British and Austrian
squadrons, and some instances arc mentioned oftheir
beneficial interfCrence in the protection of each
other's merchant vessels. The Greek fleet, at

Hydra, is described as continuing to harrass the
Turkish vessels with fire ships, which although for
present ably avoided, arc likely to be effective, as the
season obliges the latter to concentrate. The Greeks
arc said to have no less than 170 vessels in these
seas, although but badly provided, and with little
discipline among their crews.

Front Trieste we learn some rep,rted advantages
of the Turks, in a descent in the Bay aCoron, and
the re-victualling of the fortress, after repulsing a
vigorous attack from the Greek fortress. In other
places they have had less success.
The various rumours in respect to the diplomacy
of the Great Powers are scarcely worth noticing.
whilst things remain so ridiculously contradictory,
A letter from Vienna states that our Ambassador at
Constantinople strove to modify the demands of
Russia upon the Porte: whereas Austria and Priv-
sia were of opinion that the Porte ought to accede
to them. Hence, says this letter, the journey of
Prince Metternich to Hanover. If he succeed in
his .negociation " England will be obliged materially
to relax in the policy which she has adopted towards
the Greeks."

A Lisbon Mail which arrived on Saturday morning
brings intelligence of a very important motion made
in the Cortes for the abolition of the Order of the
Knights of Malta, and of the application of the
Revenues, after the death of the present holders of
of the different benefice?, to the reduction of the
national debt. The extent of the burthen of these
politico-ecclesiastical sinecures on the people of
Portugal is little understood by the people of
England. Tho revenues of the Commendarics, as
they are generally called, which arc held by these
Knights, consist in a portion of the gross produce
of the soil, after the manner of tithes, but frequently
consisting of much more than a tenth. The Por-
tuguese were thus, under the range of some of these
Commendaries, in as bad a situation as the people
of Ireland, who pay a double tithe, one to the Pro-
testant clergyman or lay impropriator, the other to
the Catholic Priest.

A letter received in Edinburgh, from a gentle-
man attached to the Arctic land expedition, dated
in April last, and written from Fort Enterprize.—
Lake Winter, which is in the neighbourhood of the
Coppermine River, and in the country occupied by
the Copper Indians or Redlnifes, states that the
party had passed the winter at that place ; during
which they enjoyed good health, though they had
stitlitred some inconvenience from the cold, which
was so intense even in the interior of their huts, as
to freeze rum a very little below proof. The ther-
mometer suddenly fell to minus 57 degrees Fuhren•
hcit. The party intended to prosecute their journey
in June; they have found, from the intimnation of
Indians, that the maps hitherto published are not
to be depended upon, but Hearne's inhumation to
be tolerably accurate. One of the guides was a
boy at the time of Hearne's journey, and accompa-
nied the party to sea. . . .

The p.irties who met to light the duel, and who
were prevented by the appearance of a police officer,
aficrwardm met and fin it, when one of the coin.
batants received a slight wound in the belly, but
unattended with dlnger.

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A Supplement to Tuesday night's Gazelle, con-
taining despatches from India, was published on
Wednesday morning. They are from the government
of Bombay, dated March 10, and April 9, 1821,
with enclosures; and relate to the successfill opera-
tions of the expedition under Major-General Smith,
in the Red Sea; against the Beni 800 Ali Arabs.—
This success, however was not obtained, we regret
to add, without considerable loss. Captain Parr, of
the Bombay European regiment, was killed in a
night attack with the enemy made upon the force
under Gen. Smith, on the 10th of February , while
Lieut.-Col. Cox, commanding the left brigade, was
dangerously, and Lieutenant Watkins and Burnet,
of the Bombay European Regiment, were severely
wounded. At the date of the despatches they were
all doing well. The Ist battalion of the 7th Native
Infantry sustained a very heavy loss in the decisive
action of the 3d of March, and Assistant Surgeon
Gown of the Ist battalion 7th regiment was killed.
The following officers were wounded, Lieutenant
Madden, 65th regiment, severely Lieut. Cuppagc,
ditto, slightly; Ensign Malkin, same refit. slightly.
Capt. Stewart, Ist battalion 7th regiment, severely,
and Lieut. and Adjutant Thurnham, of the same
regiment, slightly ; the loss of the enemy was much
more considerable. The piratical tribe of Beni 800
Ali is considered as effectually put down, while all
our demands have been complied with, and the 13ri-
tish factory of Mocha placed on that respectable
footing on which it ought alone to stand. The
Gazelle return of the loss in the night attack of the
10th of Feb. of non-commissioned officers and pri-
vates, is 16 killed and 23 woundtal. In the 'Zeit'
of the 2d of March, 28 killed and 168 wounded.
A gentleman in the neighbourhood of Perth who
has made various exavarsions through the most inter-
esting parts of Europe and Asia, was lately in Con-
stantinople, where he was, more than once exposed
to the outrages and insults of the populace. Having
applied to Mr. Salt, our Consul, for protection, he
gave him in charge to a Nlusselman in the service of
the Sublime Porte, under whose guardianship he
visited every accessible object of interest in that
wonderful city. lie was surprised, on a very short
acquaintance, to find that his companion spoke the
English language fluently. On questioning him he
was iuforined'tu hid no small amazement, that lie'
teas a native of Scotland ; and that lie was
born and spent his youth in Luncarty Bleach-
field, in the neighbourbrod of Perth ; that he
had a sea We with another young mall there, whose
life was in consequence despaired of, and, dreading
the punishment of the law, lie had fled hem his
native plate, and taken refuge in a vessel bound for
the Mediterranean. This vessel was captured, and
the prisoners carried to Constantinople, where he
was fur stone time in the service of an apothecary,
who employed hint to sell drugs through the city,
allowing him a very small pittance from the sums
he thus collected. He afterwards applied to Mr.
Salt, who kindly assisted hint with money, sufficient
to commence business us an apothecary on his nu
account, and be had been so successtiil that he soon
repaid thc borrowed money, and was now in very
condlirtable ciretunstances. This anecd ate will
remind our readers of the story of our ambassador,
who, in arranging a treaty with the Grand Vizier,
found considerable difficulty in coming to an under-
standing by meitas of an interpreter, until the Vizier
ordering the interpreter and all the bv-standers to
the door, saluted the Ambassador with, " Fu' litag
free Aberdeen, man ;" and the business was con-
cluded between the countrymen in a trice.
It is summed that sonic thousand tubs of Geneva
have been smuggled into Sunderland and its imme-
diate neighbourhood within these few days. About
midnight on Sunday last, the captain of the watch
meeting two carts at that unusual hour, traced them
to an out-house behind the Cottage tavern, Hendon,
where, with the necessary assistance, lie finny' and
secured 41 1 tubs. Near 50 more were discovered
on Monday morning in an old hulk near Depttind
glass-house, and immediately appropriated by the
glass-men. Many partial seizures have been made
both by the Customs and the Excise, but so general
has bi en the distribution, that individuals, both male
and female, are constantly to be seen either clinging
to the stalls in the streets, or holding by the grass
on the moor. The drivers, who were also the own-
ers of the carts, have been committed to gaol.
A treeting of the noblemen, gentlemtn,
ma, ie-
ttutes, &c. of the county of Renfrew, was recently
held at Renfrew, at which the policy of the present
corn-laws was discussed. Mr. Maxwell, M.P. spoke
against the existing laws, and in fitvour of a perma-
nent protecting duty, but did nut state what he eon.
ceived the amount of that duty should be. His ob-
servations, indeed, were too general and desultory, to
admit of funding any proposition upon them, and
accordingly, alter ProVutit Carlile of Paisley, and
Mr. Sp cirs of hiderslie, bad been heard on the saute
side, it was agreed to leave the matter to the,consi-
deration of a committee of six individuals equally
chosen from the agricultural and manufacturing
interests, who should report to a extuul meeting to
Le held in December.

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I'lfo.ll TUCSDAY NIGII7"S GAZETTE.

BANKRUPTS.
T. Teesdale, Newington, linen draper. Solicitor, Mr. Gates,
Cateaton Street.
G. de Ugarte, Wilson Street, Finsbury Square, merchant.
Sol. Mr. Cole, Broad Street Buildings.
It. Embleton, South Shields, wine merchant. Sol. Mr. Van- •
heythusen..lohn Street, IltsWord Row.
W. Banton, Nordiwieli, Cheshire, grocer. Sol. Mr. John,
Palsgtave Place, Temple.
R. Snelgrove, Warningeamp, Sussex, woolstapler. Sots.
Messrs. Freeman end Co. Coleman Street.
W. Smith, Plymouth Dock, cabinet maker. Sods. Mews.
Darke and Co. Red Lion Square.
J. Heppenstall. Doncaster, agricultural machine maker. Sol.
Mr. Lever, Gray's Inn.
(7. Lloyd, Thetford, Norfolk, bookseller. Sol. Mr. Nelson,
Bernard's Inn.
J. Crump, Birmingham, money scrivener. Sols. Messrs. Long
and Co. G.ay's Inn.
T. Gib. on. jun. and J. Elves, Liverpool, ship bread bakers.
Sol. Mr. Chester, Staple Inn.
S. U. White, Edingley Cotton Mill, Nottinghamshire, cotton
spinner. Sol. Mr. Barber, llolhorn.
F. Taylor, Adlington, Lancashire, shopkeeper. Sol. Mr.
Cr:Atell, Wigan.
W. Baker, Ticehorst, Sussex, blacksmith. Sol. Mr. Allen,
Clifford's

DIVIDENDr,
Nov. 17, B. Shamus, Davies Street, P.crkelcy Square, dealer
in china-10, .1. Day and .1. Spratswell, Tavistock Street,
drapers-10, J. and lb. Cleugh, I ,eadenhall Street, wholesolc
limn drapers-27, J. Cook, Eye, Suffolk. miller-70. T. 11:14-
nail. Birmingham, 10y maker-27, 11. Hewitt, North Shields,
Dom draper- 27. J. F. and J. Dubois, Aldermen's Walk. mer-
ellonts—tw), G. Garlick, Westport, Wiltshire, tanner-27, C• M•
Thurkle. New Street Square, wine merchant-24, M. Haffner,
Cannon Street, St. George's, carper ter-2s, J. Martin, Lit. erpool,
merchant-30, S. W. Birks, ltethsrliam. Yorkshire, mercer-20,
J. Sanders, Ivybridge, Devon, tanner-28, J.Grallon, Renshaw,
York, and J. Grafton, Manchester, calico printers-30, E. Lewis,
Abbey Calultir. Radnorshire, farmer—Dec. 8,.1. Archer, Ware,
Heide, miller-5, W. Prince. Pontefract. Yorkshire, grocer-6,
J. Morrell, Halifax, grocer-11, J. Packer, Painswiek, Glouces-
tershire. clothier-4, D. Giles. Lyford, Berke;, mealman-3, 'l'.
Price, ltodborough, Gloucestershire, civil engineer.
Cr:III'IFICATES to be granted Nov. 27.
W. Suinifottli, Little Eaitcheap, wine merchant—R. Cronin
and It. Lee. Sculcoates. Yorkshire, merchants—.D. T. Price,
Holy well Street, Shoreditch, butcher—J. Room. son. Bristol,
iperehant-11. S. S..wden, Bridlington Quay, corn factor—R.
Crowden, Knightsbridge, bootinaker.