The National Register.
London, England, 1815-02-05 00:00:00

Intelligence of a very extraordinary nature is said to have
been received from the Swedish capital. Practices have
been.discovered at Court, regarding which the utmost se-
crecy is preserved until the full extent of the delinquency
s!iall have been ascertained. Immediately on the disclosure
to the public authorities, Baron Piper shot himself: As an
immediate precaution the Commander of the Forces, Ge-
neral Aldercreutz, was ordered to leave the city and retire
to his estate by his Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Two
o'her Noblemen, of eminent rank, have likewise, under the
same authority, been compelled to withdraw to their estates.
The Court of Madrid has issued an Edict, imposing a
duty on English woollen goods, amounting almost to a prohi-
bition. The duty on all kinds of cloth, per yard, was 11
dollar; it is now one dollar and a half, or about is. Bd.
per yard in addition. The duty on baize before the edict,
was six dollars per piece; it is now increased to ten dollars
per piece, or about 18s. additional per piece.
Advices from Fiance speak in strong terms of the flourish-
ing state of the revenue, and it is alleged that several of the
taxes have produced double the sum at which they were
computed. The utmost economy is preserved in the royal
establishment, of which the personal expences of the So-
vereign is reckoned at only 100,0001. sterling annually.
The principal charge is a table, which is kept for about 100
of the emigrant Nobility.
Count Excelmans has been acquitted by the Court Mar-
tial at Lis!e, to which be voluntarily surrendered himself,
after having evaded the pursuits of the Minister at War.
The late Government of Genoa have published a Declara-
tion, signed by the President, against the annexation of that
State to Sardinia, and abdicating the power which had been
entrusted to them. They recommend to the people to be
tranquil, and endeavour to merit the esteem of their new Mo-
narch. In the Declaration iris observed, that " the rights
of the Genoese may be trampled upon, but cannot he annihi-
lated."

A meeting of the gentlemen who arc subscribers to the
Stock Exchange, took place on Thursday at one o'clock, to
receive the Report of the Committee, appointed to consider
of the appropriation of the money in the hands of Trustees,
and claimed by Lord Cochrane and others, as their property,
in consequence of purchases in ()minium and Consols in Fe-
bruary last. The Stock Exchange, it will be recollected,
r ited the payment of the differences, amounting to about
9 901. on the ground of their being founded in fraud. Sir
S. Romilly, and other eminent gentlemen of the law, have
been consulted on the subject, and they are unanimous in
opinion that the claimants had no right or title to the pro-
perty, and that it was at the dis?osal of the subscribers. It
was understood, that a Select Committee would be appointed
Ili- the appropriation of the money, and that it would be
distributed in certain proportions amomg the charitable in-
stitutions in the metropolis. The second report of a Sub-
Committee was read ; they contradict the statements which
have been made by the different parties who wereprosecuted;
and inform tho Exchange, that unless Mr. Cochrane John-
stone shall surrender himseif, he will speedily be declared
out of the protection of the law.
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