The National Register.
London, England, 1816-12-09 00:00:00

DECEMBER 9.

On Friday a Cabinet Council was .anexpeetedly mom-
owned by expresses. The Cabinet met.at the Foreign
Office at half past one o'clock on Saturday. It
,was at-
tended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Haerowhy,
the Earl of Westmorland, the Earl of Liverpool, Mr.
Vansit tart, Lord Melville, Lord Si:lmonth, Lord Castle-
reagh, and Mr. Canning. The Attorney and Solicitor
Generals, with others of the Law Officers; had a con-
sultation yesterday upon the subject of the riots, nt
chambers; and it is expected that the whole will be
laid before the Regent in the Council this day.
The apprehended difficulty. in paying the French ccn-
tributions was probably one of the reasons for the C-
abinet Council held on Saturday. Nothing appears on
this subject in the French papers, except h be the infe-
rence to be drawn from the mate of the French fonds,
which have sustained a very alarming depression, hav-
ing been in the course of Wedaesday last so, low as
5 t 5-10ths.
The French Ambassador was in attendance at the
Foreign Office and the office to, the War Dopunnent
during the sitting of the Cabinet.
In the evening, Mr. Guy, the King's Messenger, was
sent oil' with dispatches to Paris. •
The American papers to the Gth ult. whiclicame to
hand yesterday, contain some more attempts to inflame
the popular mind there against the Spaniardi, lint appa-
rently without much effect. The accounts of the civil
war still raging in South America are most distressing.
Upon the whole, it would seem that the Royalists klid
the advantage ; but the conflicts between the oalottbig
parties seem to be equally aimless and inconclusive.
The following intelligence was on Saturday received
at Lloyd's respecting a dreudforhurricane at St Do-
mingo, and the arrival of u French Agqut to treat with
Petion •

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" Port-au-Princ4 Sept. 23.
" On the night of the ISth and I9th inst. we ertEdrenesd one of
the most tremsndotu hurricanes known on this islonrrior many years
past. Nearly one half of the houses in the town are blown down.
Every vessel in the harbour, escept the ' ship Ounnocto, were
anvea on shore, and several American ' , b . indechoottero
upset. A large English ship, called the hitigli arrived
the day beibre hone Baltimore, patted front her anchors and coils
Cietey distrusted. The C,aledonia was part gran apes:lido, (lied out
Mina,i bound for the Spanish main to sash* the IndsEsts.
Mina is looked for every day. The cauntfy all around if int t-
ful situation, needy every thing being destroyed.. AWM of
cannot be purchased for less then 30 dollars.
Wl OCT OMR IS. '
" A French frigate and brig of war have let* arrived from
France, with an agent to treat for the return of thisillind to the mo.
at ifs titer country ; but it is the general opinion that he. not succeed.
The arrny,consist of about 25 to 30,000 men : t otthem can
b • 0.116.1 to the aid of this place in three days. Sal force con-
sists of a frigate, corvette, and sloop. The peoplepletandetermined
hatred against the French. Peticatas w declarhi for life
on the loth of July. Flour and rice are at trO profit, ow-
ing to the damage occasioned by the late inusialas."
His Majesty's ship Camelion is arrivii from India.
On the 4th July the Company's ship Surrey was about
to proceed to Indramayo from whence she was to re-
turn to Batavia, and afterwards to be dispatched to
England.
Saturday morning New York Papers to the 6th
•f last month inclusive were received. Our official
account of the attack upon Algiers reached America,
and the National listelligeneer, the official paper, be-
stows warm commendation upon the manlier in which
the enterprize was executed; but it' claims creait for
the American Navy having shewn us thit the attack
woula be successful.

`tere are different statements with respect to the
negociation with the Neapolitan Government. One
account says, that the latter had agreed to pay 300,000
dollars as a compensation for the ships and property
seized. Another account swells the amount to one
million and a half of dollars. In our opinion the Nea-
palitan Government ought to have resisted the 'pay-
ment of a single sixpence.
A 'French frigate is said to have reachc4 St. Do-
mingo, with an officer on board, chaired with a mis-
sion to Petion. This cannot be one ofthe vessels which
sailed about seven weeks ago with 4,000 trove on
board. The statement in the American papers of Po-
tion having refused to negociate without the previous
acknowledgment of the independence of Hayti, must
be incorrect. Petion will acknowledge . the King of
France's authority. He is to receive the cordon bkn,
and to reside there. The putting down Chriatophe
will be the joint work of Petion, and the force sent out
under, wt. believe, M. Labourdannaye.

From Buenos Ayres we have received Letters and
Papers to the 11th of September ; and also the Act of
Independence, by which the United Provinces of La
Plata renounce their allegiance to Spain, and erect them-
selves into a Sovereign and Independent State.
The Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold are ex-
pected to leave Claremont-house to-day for Brivhten,
and to return about the 15th inst., previous to.'rind
Leopold's birth-day.
Lord Wellesley's health is so greatly improved, that
rations are making for his departure from East
preparations
o Richmond, where he has taken the Marquis of
Stafford's house on the Terrace.
Lord Cochrane was liberated frbm prison on Satur-
day, the fine of 1001., or 24,000 pence, being paid.
Government, with a view to alleviate the distresses
of the lower classes of people, have directed an exami-
nation to be made as to the state of the old naval and
military clothing, bedding, &c. preparatory to a general
distribution among thesewho may be peculiarly in war.t
of them at this period.