The National Register.
London, England, 1822-12-22 00:00:00

LONDON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22.

The momentary quiet that reigns in the political
hemisphere at the present moment, may be well
compared with that which pervades the natural one
before any great convulsion. The answer from
Madrid to the demands of France has not yet been
received, but the anticipation that war must take
place is proved by the slow, but persevering decline
of all sorts of Stock, whether English or Foreign—
it is certain that a declaration of war between France
and Spain, or a commencement of hostilities would
drive down our Consols leom 6 to 8 per cent. from
the great probability that England would be em-
broiled in the difference by some means or other—
und the reduction from 83 to 804 which has taken
place, almost imperceptibly skews the opinion of
Capel-court.
The intolerant Orange party in Ireland have, we
hope, overshot their mark—by the outrageousness
of their conduct towards the present Viceroy, at
the Theatre, they have shewn to the moderate
Protestants that to exteiminate or enslave the Ca-
tholic population is the cud they have in view—and
thus all the respectable, rational part of the Pro-
testants have been detached from these blood-thirsty
Orangemen. We are at a loss to suppose how these
ruffians can reconcile their assumption of exclusive
LOVALTY, With so decided an opposition to the be-
nignant and conciliatory wishes and commands ex-
pressed by his Majesty on his late visit to " the
Emerald Isle.' '

Extract from the Sierra Leone Gazette of the 2d
June, 1822:—" By his Britannic Majesty's ship
Myrmidon, on Monday last, we received the dis-
treasing information of the loss of one of the Spa-
nish prizes, the koman, of Havannah, taken in
the Bonny, on board ui which, melancholy to relate,
nearly Jinr hundred slaves, and sixteen seamen of
the Iphigexia, perished! The officers in charge,
Messrs. Betty and Doughty, are unhappily among
the number of the sufferers. At the time this
dread;Ul catastrophe occurred, the Yeoman was in
sight of the Myrmidon—and from the violence of
the tormu'o in which she was upset, any assistance
was totAly impossible; indeed, we understand the
first intimation Captain Leeke had of the fi,ct. was
From the boat of the Yeoman, which be picked up
'our days afterwards at sea, with seven seamen,
who had miraculously saved themselves from the
wreck. When the examination which is now being
taken by the Commodore, is completed, we shall
have the painful duty of publishing further particu-
lars respecting this: truly heart-rending event."
The Marquis Cannl:n has paid over to the Con-
: sllidatcd Fund the sum of 9,0711. 13s. 5d., being
the amount of fees which his Lori hip had relin-
quished as Teller of the Exchequer fur 1822.
A Frankfort Paper states, that some English spe-
culators have sent an agent to Greece, to negotiate
a loan of 200,0001. sterling with the insurgent
Chiefs.

The late visit of the Duke of Cambridge to En-
gland was occasioned by an ill state of health. The
dt ctors advised sea-bathing, and Brighton was con.
sillered the best adapted to his state as well as for
his native air. His Royal Highness derived consi-
dt rable benefit during his stay here, and returned to
Hanover in excellent health.

Extract of a letter from the agents to Lloyd's at
Smyrna, dated the 31st of October:—" The situ-
ation of this place continues perfectly tranquil, and
more satislitetury for future prospects, in consequence
of very vigorous measures being at length adopted
by the governor of the city, to repress the turbulent
populace ; and many of the ringleaders in the late
disorders have been publicly executed. From the
quarters of hostilities uu intelligence of any interest
has lately been received."
The Journal de Mid use gives the hollowing; ac-
count ul the arrival of the Urgel Regency at P'Per-
pignan, in a letter from that place, dated the 4th
inst. ;—" Yesterday arrived the :llarquis de Muti&
rida, and the Ministers Andra and Gispert. In
the same carriage were the son of the first, the ph,
sician, and the almoner of the Regency. They are
lodged at an inn in the sulmibs. Soon after their
arrival the two Ministers waited on the Prefect.—
The Minister of war was in Mil ceatume. Among
the equipage was remarked two mules, charged with
four caskets, which contained, it is said, the
ae-
chives of the Government of the Regency."
ITALY.—The clergy at Rome consists of 19
careinals, 27 bishops, 1,450 priests, 1,432 monks.
1,461. nuns, and 332 seminarists. The population
.of Rome, with the exception of the Jews, consisted
in 1821 of 146.000 souls. The births during that
year were 4,736; the deaths 5,415; and the mar-
riages 1,205.
It is said to be the intention of Government to
propose in the next Session of Parliament, a tax
upon property, but not a tux upon income arising
from professions or trades. It is likewise said, that
the old 4 per cents. arc to be paid off in the 34 per
cent stock ; but this rutnuur is not credited in the
• city.
'RIOT AT THE DUBLIN THEATRE.OH Saturday
night, the Marquis NVellesley went in state to the
play. It is necessary to remark, that the liberal
Government of his Excellency, in endeavouring to
put an end to partykrimony, and to restore harmony
among all classes in Ireland, has rendered him pa,
ticularly obnoxious to the o.ange Faction. When
he entered the Vice-regal box on Saturday night,
lie was received in a manner the most flattering by
the respectable part of the audience; but their
cheers were soon drowned by the shouts anti hisses
or a number of vulgar fellows in the gallery, be-
longing to the Orange Faction, so notorious for s
inso-I,:nce, ignorance, anti audacity. These fellows
during the play, annoyed the audience by continu-
ally hissing the Viceroy, cheering Alderman Darlev,
and uttering coarse vulgar execrations against the
Lord Mayor, who is a man of liberal sentiments,
and a gentleman. At times they called out fur
party tunes, such as " The Protestant Boys," and
the " Boyne Water," while the Roman Catholics,
roused by such provocations, were equally clam( -
rous for " Garryowen," and " Patrick's Day."
Duri-g this tumultuous and disgraceful scene, the
Lord Lieutenant sat unaffected and unmoved by the
malicious insults of the Orange Party, when to-
wards the close of the play a rutilan flung a bottle
from the upper gallery, which struck one of the
pann&s of the box, but fortunately without doing
any mischief to the Noble Marquis, who by the
atrocious act might have lost his life. The guares
were then ordered into the gallery, and several of
the rioters were taken into custody. . .
At the meeting of the West of England Agner
total Society on Thin sday last, in its Rooms, at
Bath, the Marquis of Laustlown in the chair, a very
important discussion took place, arising out of the
Retort of one of the Committees, which represented
tie state of the agriculturists to be utterly hopeless,
without an immediate change of circumstances. To
this an amendment was moved by Mr. Fage, cf
Backwcll, and most ably seconded by the Hon. and
Rev. Mr. Lygon, of Worcestershire, and supported
by Sir John C. Hippisley, who spoke with a vigor • ,
acmcoess, and effect, wbich, when the Hon. Ha
declared his age to be 77, excited great applause.—
The speakers maintained that the 'Pate of the agr
eultut;sts was bad, but not such as to excite despter;
that the country was improving, and would •
prove ; and that any statements from such respect'-
We a body as there assembled, which would tend to
unnerve Englislimen,,and paralyze honourable exer-
tion, must do harm. Sit T. Lethbridge, Mr.Elwiti,
and other gentlemen, must energetically pressed the
reception of the retort, maintaining that every
We of the statements of distress was true, and tit
the truth ought boldly to be given out to the worle.
The amendment was subsequently withdrawn, and
the report received and confirmed.
LorinEvirv.—ln the course of this year seven
persons have died in the poor-house of Lyn'
Norfolk, whose united ages amount to 691 years.

TELEGRAPHS.•-•••The following official articl from
oie Moniteur of Wednesday last, will be read with
interest :
His Excellency the 'Minister of Marine and Colo-
nies addressed, upon this suLject, the fallowing Cir-
cular, dated December 17, to the Commissioners of
Marine at Dunkirk, Havre, St.Malo, Nantes, Bour-
devn, Bayonne, and Marseilles :
Sia,—Nlcssrs. Luseombe, agents of the Aiwa-
scion called Lloyd's, at London, have caused to be
• ltnslated into French a work entitled, 1 Universal
Telegraphic Language, or Code of Signals.'
" By means of this work, and of the signs which
it contains, the ships of France and England may
cal ry on, at sea, easy and certain communications.
" Vessels provided with this work, and with these
signs, may convey, with greater rapidity, assistance
to others in distress, or demand assistance them-
r,lves; they will be able to give and receive impor-
vrit indications us to shoals that should be avoided,
what courses should be ildlowed, and with respect to
anchorages, the entrance of ports, &c.
" Thete are various reasons which combine to
;Alice the French navy to adopt a system already
practised in England, and which, in many circum-
stances, may he attended with results the most bene-
ficial to humanity, to commerce, and to navigation
general.
" I have, therefore, given orders in the five mili-
t,,ry ports, that the Commanders of King's ships
should be successively supplied with the work and
the signs in question; and I instruct you to inform
the Chamber of Commerce of this.

(Signed) MARQUIS DE CLERNONT-TONNERRE."

The Baron d'Eroles, in addition to his other suf.
&rings during his flight across the Pyrennees, has
lost an ear from the extreme cold. _

Letters have been received, dated the 9th instant,
roni Madrid, up to which date that capital conti-
nued in a state of tranquillity. According to the
official notices sent in by the different corporations,
no less than 10,500 of the insurgents had, by the
5.)::• it ult., returned to their respective homes. They
had commenced forming them into battalions to take
m.ns against their associates, and three battalions
were already organized. The insurrection in An-
dalusia had ceased to be formidable, on account of
the death of its head, Zaldivar, who had been killed
by an officer of the regiment of Saguntutn. The
balloting in the provinces, fur the troops newly
ordered to be levied, was proceeding without the
smallest obstruction.

A meeting was held on Saturday last at Hereford,
on account of the High Sheriff having refused to call
count• nweting rel.a tire to the state of agricultural
distress; when it was agreed forthwith, and most
respectably signed, to petition the Lord Lieutenant
of the courts, requesting that, in consequence of
the High Shtriff having refused their petition, his
Lordship would be pleased to cull a county meeting
on the same subject.

Lewis, late of Coventry, whose term of imprison-
ment expired un the 25th ult., but who is detained
in Oakham gaol for non-payment of his fines levied
on him fur the sale of breakfast powder (since le-
galized by act of Parliament), received two letters
list week from members of the Lower House, ad-
vising him to remain in prison till next session—
when they purpose In ing forward a motion on the
subject—in preference to paying his tines, and being
liberated.

THILSTE, Di.c. I.—A vessel just arrived from
the bay of Tschcme announces, that the Turkish
grand fleet, which was at Tenedos waiting fur a fair
wind to enter Constantinople, was overtaken on tile
7th of November by a terrible storm, whiclt caused
great damage : a frigate and three bi igs were lust.
NEWFOUNDLAND, ST. JOHN'S, NOV. 19.—0 n
the 15th inst. at 5 a. m. the Ohre Branch, from
Portugal for this port, struck about one mile inside
the north head of I'etty Harbour lliy, and filled
immediately. The male, three men, and a boy,
were providentially enabled to gain an adjacent rock
by means of the topmast, whidt had Llien on it ;
the master and three of the crew were drowned.—
The night was so very boisterous, that on the
not a vestige of the wreck was to be seen, excelaing
a few articles of wearing apparel which had Leen
washed on shore. .

Desra uc flux OP Lovro's HOTEL.--. 163 splendid
remrt of the horst tr,n .was consumed by fire yesierclay
morning. In what manner the tire originated is iny
exacil!, known, but it broke out in one of the servan s'
Tivoli., at the iii,per part of the house, about two o'doelt.
and so rapid WAS the communication of the devouring
e:einent, that all attempts on the part of the inmates to
check its progress were ineffectual, and in a blunt tone
toe whole of the attic was in flames. The timely arnial
of engines, and spirited exertions of the firemen pre-
vented its spreading to the adjoining houses, and in a
much shorter time than would have been expected the
fire was subdued but not until it had consumed all the
is erior, exc.ptitig the ground floor and cellars. Con.
tederoble property was saved, and we are happy to stale
that no lives were low. All the exterior walls are stand.
mg; and they present a curious appearance Irons the
water having frozm ou the surface, and formed several
icicles.

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