The National Register.
London, England, 1821-10-08 00:00:00

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Letters dated the 28th July have been received
from Buenos Ayres, and the Ist of August from
Monte Video, on the opposite bank ►•f the river
Nate. No accounts, it is stated, had been received
front Chili for sonic months by the rogular mail, the
disturbed state of the interior having long prevented
all information by that channel. A few travellers
with great difficulty and danger occasionally armed
the journey, but as the haste and secrecy with which

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they were compelled to travel would not permit the
incumbrance of letters, great ignorance prevailed in
Buenos Ayres regarding the situation of the inde-
pendent cause in Peru. Better prospects appear to
await the province and surrounding territory of
Buenos Ayres, which have so long been a prey to
internal quarrels, and struggles of so many different
parties for pre-eminence. The death of Ramirez
has been a fatal blow to the cause of which he was
the leader. The accession of Salta and Tucuman to
the league, which was deemed certain, would give
increased strength and consequence; and the extir-
pation of the Montoneros, with the establishment of
a federal Government, might be expected to fidlow.
At Monte Video a revolution of an important na.
tare has occurred, that province having declared
itself a portion of the Brazils. An assembly of the
representatives of the people was called on the 15th
of July, to consider that step, or the alternative of
establishing un independent government. They
chose to become a province of Brazil, but on what
terms is not distinctly stated. It is mentioned as
one indispensable condition, that 6,000 European
troops shall be maintained for their protection. We
may doubt, however, whether the united government
of Portugal and the Brazils may think the adherence
of Monte Video worth purchasing at so expensive a
rate; yet it is clear that their vicinity to the roving
tribes that have so long been the scourge of' Buenos
Ayres, render a large military force indispensable,
and the province is too poor, unassisted, to support
them. Vessels had previously been sent from Rio
de Janeiro to bring off the troops from thence, but
they were disembarked as soon us the above deter.
mination was adopted, and the vessels sent back.
The military were by no means satisfied with their
detention, as it appeared to remove the prospect they
had of receiving their pay, which was no less than
23 months in arrear. On the night of the 24th of
July, therefore, they advanced, in arms, to the gates
of Monte Video, and demanded admission. Being
refused, they were on the point of forcing them,
when their commander, General Lecor, appeared.
The soldiers, instead of submitting to his authority,
loaded him with reproaches, and demanded their
pay. General Lecor was only able to pacify them
by promising within one month the full payment of
all the arrears. Should he be compelled to forfeit
his word, which the exhausted state of his military
chest and of the treasury at Monte Video rendered
extremely probable, very serious consequences were
apprehending from the resentment of the soldiery.

PARENTAL CRUELTY.—The following account
of a barbarous father is extracted from the Journal
des Debts of Thursday :
naussm.s, SEPT. 23.—A private letter states, than an extra-
ordinary discovery has excited much interest in the en►irons of
Merbes de Chateau. A young woman shut up in a dungeon
during twelve or thirteen years by her barbarous parents, was
recently discovered by one of the horse police, and restored to the
world. A potter residing in the above Commune had several
children, and one daughter named Mary, who resided at Mims;
she suddenly disappeared, and no person knew what became of
her. It was given out that she had committed suicide, and mane
believed her dead. The police officer who made the discover/
having recently lent an attentive ear to the conversation of several
individuals, heard expressions which led him to suspect the
young woman was still living. lle spoke to the Commander of
his Brigade, and they held a conversation with Lambotte, which
confirmed his suspicions. An information was laid before Lieut.
Mathieu, at Charleroy, who went himself to die place, accompa-
nied by the Deputy Procureur. The porter was interrogated,
and denied that his daughter was with hum lie added, that lie
did not know what haul become of her. The officers of justice
searched the house, and they found the unfortunate girl thrust
into a dark hole, covered with a few rags, and laying upon a
handful of rotten straw. Het state was the most misentble that
imagination could figure. Several mouldy crusts of bread were
scattered near her. his wretched victim, who enjoyed robust
health before her horrible sufferings, had lost the use of her
limbs. The proceedings of justice against these unnatural pa-
rents will, doubtless, throw inure light upon this crime.

BUTTER TRADE.—The following is a copy of a
letter from the Secretary of the Treasury to the
Dublin Chamber of Commerce :

" Treasury Chambers, Sept. 22, 1821.
" it,--I am commanded by the Lords Commissioners of his
Majesty's Treasury to acquaint you, for the information of the
Chamber of Commerce at I)ufilin, with reference to their Me-
morial relative to the importation of foreign butter, under the
denomination of grease, that their Lordships have given general
directions, that whenever any article is entered as grease, the
whole of the packages should be carefully and duly examined by
the proper Officers on the quays; and should the same not appear
to be the fat of animals, but deteriorated or damaged butter, the
article should not be delivered out of the custody of the Officers
as grease, until a sufficient quantity of tar, or other ingredient be
mixed therewith, as the expence of the importer, so as to render
it unsaleable as butter, and only fit for the purpose to which
grease is applicable; and in case of doubt on the part of the
Water-side Officers, whether the article is damaged butter or
otherwise, the Officers to cause the same to he viewed by sonic
respectable persons in the trade; and, previously to the delivery
thereof, to submit their opinion for the direction of the Commis•
sioncrs of Customs.
" 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant,
R. LUSIIINGTON."

Magnanimily.—Lord Byron, in his letter to
Bowles, says, " I hate the word magnanimity, be-
cause I have sometimes seen it applied to the grossest
of impostors by the greatest fools."
Appearances.—Lord Byron also observes,
never judge from manners, for I once had my pocket
picked by the civilest gentleman I ever met with ;
and one of the mildest persons I ever saw was
Ali Paduz

FROM TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTN.
BANKRUPTS.
R. Whitehead, Whitlin Al, Lancashire, corn merchant. Soli-
citors, Messrs. Hall and Co. Great James Street. Bedford Row.
H. ,lerccr, Liverpool, merchant. Sol. Mr. Battye, Chancery
Lane.
T. Ward, Seamar, Yorkshire, maltster. Sol. Mr. Lever,
Gray's Inn.
DI VIDENTr.
Oct. 29, T. Cave, Hindley, Lancashire, dealer-27, W. Wil-
liams and A. Whyte. New Bond Street, hatters-27. T. Garbutt,
Manchester, woollen curd manufacturer—Nov. 2, J. Blacken,
Newcastle upon 'lync, butcher-3, M. Cohen, Devonshire Street,
Queen Square, exchange broker-17, B. and J. Troughton,
Wood Street. silkmen.
CERTIFICATES to he granted Oct. 22.
J. Carver, Lancing, Sussex, farmer—J. Dalton, Bury St.
Edmund's, surgeon—S. Garton, Wood Street, Cheapside, silk
manufacturer—J. l.awrance, Pimlico, wine merchant-1. Wad-
dington, Rending. shoemaker—lt. Gower, St. Austell. Cornwall,
linen draper—J. Drake, Lewisham, Kent, master mariner.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER hA

" Had taste and bad keel recelverla'smirlat wunint
from the hand of hie hlajeely—iiied it for uspenniaiemit they
Ina), raise their beads, public opinion and She march of
events nmat put them down. The King commands, and
the times require benevolence mill union.
Your obedient Servant,
Oct. 2. 1821. " CLONCURRY."
Colonel Talbot, ene of the County 'Weinberg,
marked his high disappointment and disaatisfactioa
at the toast in a way as signal as memorable, having
also turned down his glass and remained seated.

APPLICATION OF THE CONCRETE ROClir
IN rim WHALE FISHERIES.
The ship Fame has retooled to Hull, and C ptain
Scoresby has confirmed all that his beet' stated, respect-
ing the advantages to be derived from the use of the
rocket in the %Vitale Fishery:—
The Fame has brought home nine fish, in the cephltre
of the whole of which tne rockets were snecesalully ens •
played. After being struck by the rocket the Sara, st
whale became an easy prey to its pursuers. lit one case
instant death was produced by a single rocket, and in all
cases the speed was much diminished, and its power of
sinking limited to three or four fathoms.
One of the largest finners, of iOO feet in lemth, a
fish seldom attacked by the ordinary means, and of the
caixure of which there is scared/ an instance on record,
in the northern seas, was intmedia ely tamed by a dis-
charge of rockets, so that the boats overtook and sur-
rounded it with ease.
Six out of the nine fish died in less than 15 minutes ;
and five out of the number took out tto line at all. One
only survived nearly two loons, and only took out mere
than one line, by getting into a pack of ice, where the
boats could nut follow.
The peculiar advantage and importance of the rocket
in the fisheries is, that by means of it, all the destructive
elfcets of a six, or even a twelve. pounder piece of artillery,
both as to penetration, explosion, force, and internal
fire, calculated to accelerate the death of the animal, may
be given with an apparatus tint heavier than a musket,
and without :my shuck or re-action on the boat ; whereas,
it is obvious that Ho boat applicable to the fishery of the
whale can ever be made capable of sustaining the shock
ceasary to produce the same, or any thing like the
effects of the six or twelve-pound sitcll, by the ordinary
meats or artillery-
lit fact, nothing larger than a harpuon.gnit could be
applied; and the missile which could be disch urged from
such an implement, could neither have been discharged
from such an implement, could neither have penetration,
nor explosive force, stillicieut to do ally serious it oluty to
the flit).
%VII h respect to the rocket, howevet, it is a fact, that
some of the smallest, fired in the late experiment in the
Fame. penetrated completely th gh the body of the
fish, so the.. the effect of the exploiimi was visible on
the opposite side—the fierce lire of the rocket fixed
in the animal's inside, rapidly destroying life ; and
the effects, and the reports of the explosion, being dis-
tinctly perceivable within hint, as in one instance as
above stated, producing immediate dea•h. indeed, it is
certain, that this might, in almost every ease, be in-
sured by iuucreasing the power of the rocket, without in-
creasing the iticonvenietice or inc ttttt brance of the appa-
ratus required to discharge it, and equally tvithont re-
action on the boat, as when the smallest rockets are
used. In addition to this, it may be st..led, that there
no doubt of the rocket taltitilatcly titspetising with the
operation of the hand harpoon, by conveying the line,
and destroying the animal at the saute time, and that
without requiring she approach of tile boat to toe fish,
within the limits of perfect security. It is also equally
certain that the large flutters, never or rarely attempted
to the North, will be rendered an easy prey, by the ju-
dicious application of the rocket.

The late Mr. Curran, the celebrated Irish Bar-
rister, was remarkable for the dexterity with which
he could avail himself of any picturesque circum-
stance at the moment that it occurred. The following
instance is worth relating, especially as it has not
made its way into any of the accounts yet published,
and is, we believe, very little known:—ln the early
part of his career he was addressing a Jury in the
Court-house of Cork, on a very cloudy day, and in
endeavouring to impress upon their minds the clear-
ness with which he would be able to establish the
defendant's innocence, he stopped short for a mo-
ment, as if at a loss for some comparison. The sun
broke forth as he paused, and enlivened the gloomy
seat of justice. This appearance was in itself cal-
culated to produce an effect on a people of quick
sensibility like the Irish ; but the use which the
orator made of it completed the fine impression. "
will make his innocence appear as plain," said he,
" Gentlemen, as plain as the visit of that glorious
luminary whew beam has just darted across my view
to supply me with its splendid illustration."
TN s: A iurs —The French plate of the battle of
Austerlitz, engraved from the picture of Geratd, has
been pirared in several instances, and M. Godefroy,
the engraver, has pretiTted a complaint to the police
of Paris Not les, than fourteen Artists are cling, d
with invading the right of M. Godefroy. Per,ons
in England, who admire and purchase the print,
will find considerable ditfieu!ty in discovering the
original. No engravers in the worl.l can copy so
closely as the French. The death of Gen. Woolf
was imitated in Paris almoo line for line.

A farmer of litirstperruint, near Lewes, in Sus-
Aex, actually grew last year, on 73 acres of land,
the extraordinary quantity of 80 luads and aix
bushels a wheat!