The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-12 00:00:00

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FOREIGN I NTELLIGENCE.

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TA 'nein, Sm. 2l.—The dismissed Mini,ters set off for
th..ir destinations cm the night Of the t 411 i --Al. Pizarro, fot
Valencia; NI. Garay, for La AI 00000 nia (Aragon), and M. Vat-
rises Figueroa, for Santiago (Galicia). The cause of their
disgrace is yet a matter of speculation ; but the people
Informed ascribe it to the iuNuence of the King's euetessor,
M. Brucumo the Patriarch of the 'tidies, aud the Pope's
Nuncio. These indisidual,, iris supposed, have come to the
assistance of Messrs. Eguia and LOA4IIO de Torres, the for-
mer Minister at War, and the latter at the bead of the Dc.
pirtnsent of Justice. The Weird* the measure, although stu-
diously concealed, is believed to Le to put a check to the
Onaucial plaits of M. Garay in the part which has relation to
the clergy. Nothing demonstrates it more than the attempt
suade at Torija (a village near Guatlalaxara), by a crowd
instigated by some priests, against the person of M. Garay,
vibe was obliged to flee in the middle of the night in order to
prevent any mischief. The new Minister of Pinnace en-
deavours to inculcate that his intention is to catry into exe-
cution the plans of his itredecess.d., and for that porpo".e he
NiNpeblisb very soon a circular odd' eitsed to the intendants
stud tax latherers.

Moue, becomes esery day more scarce, and the public
funds feel very h the effects of this sc.ircity. The / ales
Communes rifler a loss of 79 to 80 per cent. ; the Non-con-
ealidaied lose snore than 81 per cent.; and the toipodiditted
proportionally. The National Debt without Interest is only
worth 4 per cent.; and, notwithstanding, buyers are not to
be found at the Fotchwnge. in several provinces the only
coin Su circulation is copper and a little gold ; silver in ge-
send is withdrawn front circulation.

Preparations for fitting out the 4! xpeditinn against South
Ainelies are carried on ■s quickly as the penury of the
Trea.nre permits. The expedition. it k said, will be coin-
po,ed of d line of battle ships, O frigates. and several light
vessels ; the land forces will amount to It?,000• commanded
by Gen. Freit e, instead of the Count of L'Abispal, who has
been dismissed ; and his seconds in command will be the
Generals Sarlitield and Cruz Nitirgeon.

rumour is in circulation that a system of espionage is
umuug the views of the new Ministers, with its usual appen-
dages of oreming letters, &c.

AMERICA.

Some cations articles are presented to ns by the American
tapers respecting the Bank of the United States. That vx-
tensie establishment is of recent date. A capital of several
millions of dollars via% subscribed to it. Blanches fron► the
recent bank were fixed in the principal towns throughout the
Mon, it being understood that the notes of each of these
were to be of equal credit every where, nod to be convertible
Into cash, when tendered to the Central Bank. From some
cansca nut detailed, it would appear, that the system has not
♦cry eminently prospered. A circular letter from the cashier
of the New York branch has been published, declining to
receive any notes either of the principal bank, or any of its
branches, except the same shall be made specially payable at
the New York office. The Richmond Inquirer asserts that the
Mother bank has refused the notes of its own branches, ex-
cept in payment of debts due to the Government. Is this, or
is it not, equivalent to a declaration of bankruptcy?
We have also received papers to the Silt ult.—By an article
Coin New Orleans it appears, that the Governor of Cuba had
dispatched a Spanish frigate, of 38 guns, and two other
smaller vessels, for the perpose of capturing Commodore
Aury's squadron : that an action took place near the Spanish
Main ; and that the latter, not being able to effect an escape,
resolved on boarding the frigate, which he carried, but was
so dreadfully wounded in the action, that he died a few days
afterwards. It was stated that the frigate was cruising off
Cartliagena under the Insurgent flag. Admiral Brion's spin-
dron was, in the beginning of August, eruizing off Cape St.
Antonio. According to an article fpm St. Thomas's, he had
-ordered two English officers to be shot, daring his last visit
to the Ortionoko. This statement, we trust, will prove to be
as incorrect as another assertion in the same article, relative
to the arrival of Sir Gregor M'Gregor iu that river, with 600
English recruits.
The Doted pirate Mitchell had left his aid station off the
aonths of the Mississippi, and was understood to be cruising
of the Bahamas.

The rumoured retreat of King Christophe from the vicinity
of Port.amPrince is confirmed.

The Spanish Minister at Washington had, in consequence
of instructions front his Court, made a formal demand of the
restitution of those parts of both the Floridas in the occupa-
tion of the American troops.
The details of the trial of Messrs. Arbntlinot and Ambristie
are not expected to be made public, until they shall have
been laid before Congress.
SOUTH AMERTCA.
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Extract of a letter from an officer on board his Majesty's
ship Antelope, Admiral Harvey, dated Gulf of Pavia' Trini-
dad, Sept. I :—`• We had here the other day, A dmiralßrion,
(Aliniratite Venecelano) and squadron. They are gone down
to attarl. Go ria, which has been in the possession of the Roy-
alists these last twelvemonths, and no doubt we shall very
shortly have some news from that quarter. The Admiral
declined having any intervie w with lion during his stay here,
as we have not yet acknowledged the Venezuelan flag.
P.S. Since I have written you this letter, we have accounts
-of the capture of Gain* by the Independents, from the
licamander, Capt. Elliott. who happened to be lying within
gun shut of the place duriii, the whole of the contest. Ad-
miral Brion has takeo the whole of their gun boats; and by
land, General Hem men, with 11411 the nniuber of men, com-
pletely defeated the Spaninr(l%."

41r. Gates, a respectable tradesman -residing in Tooley-
Areet, received on Thursday an anonymous letter, int:Timing
him, that on the night of the 17th instant, it was the intention
et a gang of 12 persons to break into his house and into that
of lg. next door neighbour, murder both families, and carry
of every portable article of property. The writer further
states, that he had been compelled by misfortunes to join him-
self to the gang. ton had then detetmined to quit them and go
to America ; he describes himself as having been their chief,
but as re foiling to give his consent to the plan of murder and
toArry in contemplation. Neither the pour nor the trades.
man, he oliserves, Its. ever been injured by the depredation.
of his associates while he exercised any control over them ;
bet having lost hi; I.iihtetive. he has no other means of COUlliCf.
SOW their ',Theme. but by giving timely information.
Irish Milkman satisfactorily accounted lately fur the rise of
milk. A very notable woman nalvfl him one day dnring the late
vary dry weather, the teitoon why the. price of Intl:: had "
lly my soul, Madam." Tr plieill'ai.vith a leak of arch
" I believe a la altogether owing to the sectrcitli of water !"