The National Register.
London, England, 1822-02-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

ledge(' the unexampled distress of the country, he
urged the necessity of economy, and added, that his
example should not be wanting, for that until the
situation of France should lya ameliorated, he would
only receive two-thirds of the amount voted to him
for the civil list, and ad,led, that all his Ministers
should be subject to the sant,: reduction.—Let his
Majesty resolve on the same line of 'conduct, and be
will be deservedly popular—let him order a curtail-
ment of expence in every department, without ex-
ception, and he will soon be convinced that the
ardent attachment of an English people is a better,
and to an English and constitutional Member of the
House of Brunswick a more appropriate guard than
the mercenary sabres, muskets, and bayonets of a sol-
diery unconstitutionally cooped up in barrack, with
a view to alienate them from the feelings of citizens
of a free state, the effect of which estrangement
was pretty manifestly exhibited both in the murder
at Cumberland-gate, and the attempt at murder at
the Knightsbridge-barraks. But to return to the
approaching Sessional business—if an entire change
of measures and ministers (which would be hailed
as a blessing by the kingdom at large) cannot be
obtained, we hope the present unworthy occupants
of the Treasury Benches will com.! forward man-
fully, and to their country confess, with the prodigal
Son—" We have sinned against Heaven and against
thee," and as they must still be forced upon us as
our " hired Servants" promise to change their prac-
tices—to consider the present pauperised state of
the Agricultural, Manufacturing, and all other
parts of the community, and to lend themselves to
any measures that may probably conduce to their

relief.

Extract of a letter from Elves in Portugal, dated
January 2, I :—" Having again re-established
myself here, 1 am engaged in collecting wools, and
now make Antwerpt, Aixla Chapelle, and Ver.
viera, what Leeds and Huth:l.sfield were to m 2
bcMre the tax was imposed in En-land on the im-

portation of fbrcign -wool. I Live already sent
large quantities of tvoel, I have received back one
considerable parcel of cloths, and have advice of
two much larger shipments from Antwerp. 1 have

besides sold 132 bags of wool for cash, to an Ame-
rican, fur the supply of their manufacturers."
At a meeting of the Agriculturists of Sussex, of
the Rape of Brandwr, on Friday last, Sir C. M.
Burrell st.itcd at the meeting, that of Chichester, a
few days since, a gentleman took 43 sovereigns, d
nut being in the habit of receiving gold, failed in
the necessary precaution of ringing them , upon iv -
vestigation it was discovered that 11 of the sovt-
reigns were made of platina, and were intrinsically
worth only ss. each, though weighing the same as
sterling gold ; and being as well executed, they bade
defiance to detection, exceptiby their different sound
from the more valuable metal they were coined to

represent.
Very large shipments of' British manufactured
goods have been made, and arc still making, to the
Southern parts of the world. This demand has the
merit fir the present, of keeping all the manut:ic.
tuners at work, but well-informed merchants doubt
whether the result will be equally beneficial. The
quantity going out is greater than the markets are-
likely to consume. These goods are generally sold
at from 18 months to two years credit, and it is
known that money has been raised, in more instances
than one, on ,the property, by the shippers, before
the vessels have sailed from the British shores.
EARTHQUAKE.-011 Tuesday week, about ten
o'clock at night, many of the inhabitants of Seaton
Ross, Foggathorpe, and Holm upon Spalding Moor,
in Yorkshire, were alarmed by the smart shock of
an earthquake. Several families who had just is •
tired to rest felt their beds shake under them, and
some, in the moment of' surprise and affright. sprang
out of them upon the floor; others, who were still
up, felt their chairs move with them, and some ren
out of doors to see what was the matter : a rumbling
noise was heard, and in two houses the bells rang of
themselves. The shock was also felt in the villages
of Beilby, Everingham, Allerthorpe, and Melbourn-
A vessel has arrived at Liverpool from Buenos
Ayres, with letters to the 30th October, ten days
later than the advices previously received from the
same quarter; but they do not contain any political
news. Order and tranquillity prevailed, and the
atlitirs of the Government were gradually becoming
snore organized. The markets were glutted with
merchandise, which had induced several English
houses established there to send cargoes round Cape
Horn, to Chili and Peru ; and this circumstance
will, no doubt, add to the dilemma of the many
speculators who already swarm on all the shores of
the Pacific.
The Austrian Observer of the 18th instant, gives
the fidlowing account of a singular commotion
which took place at Constantinople on the 20th of
Dec. and in which the Turkish students figured
" It is known that a great number of young men
are educated at Constantinople near the Mosques,
who are detined to be expounders of the law.—
Those who belong to the Mosque of Sultan Ma-
hornet 11. have always enjoyed the greatest privi-
leges, and pass for the most zealous supporters of
Islamism. One of the teachers, a man of learning,
had lately been banished for some indiscreet expres-
sions against rale of the members of the Govern-
ment. When the students heard of the fact, they
assembled in great numbers (2,000), proceeded to
to the palace of the Mufti,. and loudly demanded
the recall of their preceptor. To show their peace-
able disposition they had left their arms behind.....
This great crowd, however, occasioned some confu-
sion, but the Grand Vizier restored order by pro-
mising them the return of their tutor."
AWFULLY SUDDEN DRATIL—On Friday last,
Mr. Robert Blusson, of Park-place, Islington, (the
senior churchwarden of that parish), attended a sale
by Mr. Shuttleworth, at the Auction Mart, of the
cellar of wines belonging to a gentleman of High.
bury, and while shaking hands with a friend who
had just entered the room, fell back in a fit—raedi.
cal aid was instantly procured, but every attempt at
resuscitation was ineirectual.—The deceased was
highly respected, was in the prime of life, and appa-
rently in very robust health. The shock occasioned
in the room by this melancholy occurrence was so
great, us to entirely stop the sale fur a very consi-
able time.
On Wednesday morning, as the mail coach was
proceeding up Framwellgate, Durham, to the North,
one of the leaders, a valuable horse, the p pert
Mr. Ward, of the Waterloo Inn, dropped down and
died almost instantly,
roy of
A hedge-sparrow's nest, with eggs, was found at
Horsley, near Guildford, List week; a singular proof
of the mildness of the season.