The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-11 00:00:00

THE NATIONALREGISTF,R

The same letter, under date of the Bth of March,
thus continues:—
" A devrtich announcing the arrival of the Andromache,
has just route from Valparaiso I she left Lima MI the
and met Lord Cochrane's squadron on the following
Tim regulations under which the %Tisch at Lima had been
allowed to discharge their cargoes, were a duly of 50 per
cent, on cottons, and 10 per cent. on all other artu lee. One.
third of the amoant was to be returned in product., by se loch
it was presumed that a sanction has been given to embark
he rest so specie."

THE DUKE OF Yentes CouNciL, &c.—On Fri-
day the Duke of York left town for Windsor. On
Saturday, about 12 o'clock, his Royal Highness held
a Council in the palate upon the state of the King.
The five physicians were all in attendance, and made
their quarterly report of the state of his Majesty.
On Sunday the following bulletin was exhibited
at St. James's palace :
,4 Windsor Castle. July 3.
•• Ilia Majesty's bodily health continues to be firm, and there
has been no sensible alteration in the state of his Majusty's disor-
der during ,the last month."
The House of Commons adjourned on Wednesday
night until Monday next, to wait for the Lords
passing the Bills now betbre them. and Pad; _lntent
it is expected will be prorogued on Tuesday next by
the Prince Regent in peram.
The aquatic excursions of the Prince Regent. du-
ring the summer at Brighton. are expected to be
very frequent. The lion. Capt. Paget has left
town for Portsmouth, to superintend the equipment
of the Nova/ teurge yacht; and the Royal Sone•
reign yacht, Captain Sir E. W. Owen, leaves Dept-
ford in a few days fur Portsmouth, to be under the
orders of Captain Paget.
A large•tkuantity of Stock was sold on Teemlny,
by orders from the country ; to one house in Bris-
tol were remitted 200,0001 , and to another in
Newcastle, 150,0001. in Bank-notes. The sales
were sensibly. felt on the Stock Exchange ; they
were said to have been made by some banking esta-
blishments, under the apprehension of a run upon
them.

Letters from Scotland, received on Tuesday morn..
ing, state, that the par of exchange with England
(45 days) will in future be rt.-bleed to 20 ; that the
bankers have kal a general meeting, and h.al come
to the ummimous resblution of giving draft: on
London at 20 days after date, fin money lodged
with them, in place of 45. days, the former method
of money negotiations.
The legion raised by General Devereux, in Ire-
lamb for the support of the Smith American Pa-
triots, Las, we understand, sailed from Liverpool.
This legion, comprehending cavalry and inf:intry, is
said to amount to .5.,000 men, completely equipped.
But-such is the enthusiasm of the Irish in titvour of
the cause of South America, combined with the po-
pularity of the General in that country, that if time
were afforded, ten times the number might hare
been easily raised. in despite of all the titlse rumours
circulated, and all the base artifices employed to
damp the ardent desire of the people to second this
glorious struggle fur liberty:
It is a_remarkable fact, that there are now living
within the ciremit of half a mile than the sent of
• Earl St. Vincent, in Essex, eight persons, including
his Lordship, the youngest of whom is 80 years old,
and whose united ages amount to 691 years..
The Russian Minister of the Interior lately deli-
vered to the Emperor Alexander a sword made of
meteoric iron by Mr Sowerby, of this country, mud
sent as a present to l.is Imperial Majesty. The
Emperor graciously accepted it, and ordered a dia-
mond ring to be sent to Mr. Sowerby.
Numerous seizures of paper, with false stamps on
the wrapper onclasing each ream. have been recently
made in Bristol. It is impossible for a consumer to
.detect the false stamps; but the paper is forfeited,
-although the shopkeeper may be ignorant of the
fraud. I'aper of this description is purchased from
persons who are in the habit of offering it at almost
every shop in the city, at prices greatly below those
of the honest manufacturer ; and we are assured
that scarmly a ream of such paper pays the regular
duty.

LFEDS, JULY 6.—Y estentny evening the Requi.
sitionists for Reform waited upon the Mayor of this
town, pursuant to previous appointment, fur his
Worship's answer to their application; when he
gave them some most wholesome advice, and pointed
out the inutility of the proposed meeting, and the
impossibility that it could tend to any good purpose;
that it was, in fact, more likely to prove highly in-
lurious to them, and dingerous to the community at
arge. He said he had given their request the most
attentive consideration, and should be most Imppy,
if it were in his power, to aflhrd relief and assistance
to the numerous unemployed workmen: but after
the most mature deliberation with his bcothia ma-
gistrates, his duty to the public at large forced him
to refuse calling the required meeting. In cone.
quenee of the above refusal, the Requisitionists, it iv
said, intend culling the meeting themselves. Ru-
mour says it wi'.l not he until act‘r tl.c rat liatuen-
Lary recess.