The National Register.
London, England, 1822-07-29 00:00:00

PRICE 91d.

ALZ-LA-CHAPELLK, JULY is affirmed that
a person of distinction, belonging to one of the Le-
gations at Constantinople, has written to a mercan-
tile house at Odessa, that it was generally reported
at Pero, that after an extraordinary meeting of the
Divan, at which all the great men of the empire
were present, the Reis Effendi had delivered to the
Ministers of England and Austria a note of the high-
est importance, the contents of which arc of such a
nature that it will probably put an end to all the
uncertainty which has so long prevailed respecting
the affairs of the East.
BRUSSELS, JULY I9.—A distressing affair has
just been decided by the Court of Assize of South
Brabant. A farmer's wife, of the name of Engelbert,
was accused of having murdered her husband. and
the son and daughter were implicated as accomplices
in the crime. After three days' deliberation, and
hearing 99 witnesses, the mother alone was con-
demned to death. The son and daughter were ac-
quitted, there being no evidence affecting the son,
and ►he only fact against the daughter being. that,
after the commission of the crime, in which she had
no participation, she had assisted to carry the body
of her father to the river. The Attorney-General,
who prosecuted for the Crown, thought she migot
be excused, as having obeyed the impulse of nature
which led her to wish to conceal her at Aber 's crime.
The mother is generally pitied, as having been led
to the commission of this great crimes by years of
ill treatment on the pai t of her husband.

Letters dated the 13th inst. received from Barce.
lona, which represent the entire province of Cata-
lonia as the scene ()fa cmitest bet :vcen the old royalist
and constitutional parties. Scarcely a town or vil-
lage that did not take a decided part on one side or
the other; and the equality of power in both sides,
by prolonging the conflict, had produced the greatest
degree of rancour in both. It is described as no un-
common event that a village near which a skirmish
has occurred, is plundered and set in flames by the
conquerors. Few of the mails flom 31adrid reached
Barcelona, so 'hat the communication with the ca-
pital was extremely uncertain. •
Extract of a letter dated Ilavannah, June 6 :
" Since our last, some unexpected obstacles have re-
tarded the establishment of the system of deposit in
this port : thoi greatest has been that of giving a check
to the contraband trade. These, we have no doubt,
will be overcome at lust, when it is fully expected
this beneficial measure will be carried into execution.
On the side of Mexico, we have the most unpin,-
misiug accounts ; every expedition to that quarter
mutt produce the most ruinous losses, and like every
other place tom Lima northwardly, the state of
war and pillage, and the vast depopulation which
has followed, turbid the prospect of the more peace-
able pursuits of commerce and agriculture fur a lung
time to come. The re-action continues upon this
market. There is a less number of vessels in this
harbour than we have ever known at the same
season, yet so limited is the shipping business, that
a number of vessels in these are lying without freight
and without employment. NVe have only to add, as
regards the political situation of this colony, that
no where is there thund greater tranquillity, and
we add, greater security. Unlike all other colonies
where the coloured population greatly exceeds the
white, here the numbers of each are nearly equal ;
consequently, on this score, there is no cause for the
apprehensions which are so industriously endeavoured
to be circulated to the prejudice of the people of this
island. Some acts of piracy have taken place in this
neighbourhood, but we indulge the hope that the
active measures adopted by the cruisers of the United
States particularly, will ultimately put a stop to
these proceedings."
Coluisl the Hon G. A. C. Stupyl'on, Chairman
of the Victualling Board, Frederick Eilgecombe,Esq.
and Dr. Barnett, Commissioners of that Board, have
concluded their labour of roquiries into the depart-
ments under their direction at Portsmouth, with a
view to make reductions therein. It is computed
that the consolidation of the Victualling with the
Weovil establishment will effect a saving of upwards
of five thousand pounds per annum. 'l•he total esti-
muted expence of the year is given in the " Navy
Estimates" at 10,4781. At tiliatharn, where the
estimated expense was the establishment has
been eutirety 'educed, excepting the Clerk of the
Cheque, one clerk, and ten men.

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