The National Register.
London, England, 1815-10-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL ItEGISTER.

pelled them to resist the armies of Napoleon, during a siege
of three year,. Nothing was to be seen but felicitations and
etnbtacings; every thing denoted that the minds of the people
were ready for an explosion. Unfortunately, a few hours
after the receipt of the happy tidings, the extraordinary ex-
press sent down by the Court with all haste arrived, an-
nouncing that Porlier had fallen into the bands of his ene-
mies. Two days more would have been sufficient for all
Spain to have manifested her wishes. Yet our hopes are by
jno means lost. This shock has only paralysed the towns
htch have not had time to decide for themselves. A flame
thus confined cannot fail to break nut with greater fury. We
are assured, with certainty, that Carthagena has embraced the
party of the Cnrtes."—The accounts from Madrid state, that
a new Contribution is intended by the Government.
The following particulars concerning the seizure of the
unfortunate General Porlier, at Santiago, were commu-
ricated by Captain Castor, commander of the Speedy packet-
boat, which arrived at Falmouth on the 15th instant from
Corunna :—The clergy of Corunna having given the sum of
ten thousand dollars to the subalterns and non-commissioned
officers of the troops remaining there, after the departure of
General Porlier, they agreed, for that sum, to seize his per-
yin, and bring him back, which they executed in the fol-
lowing manner :—They marched out as if to his aid, and ar-
riving on the night of the Seth ult. at the house where the
General with the officers .of his personal Staff' were at supper,
the serjeants (of the corps) only, drew their swards and as-
sailed him; he fought in the room for some time, but over-
powered by numbers, he delivered tip his arms, and was car-
ied into Corunna a prisoner, thrown into a dungeon, and in
thrte days afterwards hanged!

OCT 6 29.

water, but were made prisoners in the flight. The King's
ships now affording a rallying point for those sailors,
who had been retained by the Committee against their
will, several of them resigned themselves up, and offered
to proceed instantly to sea with any vessels that might be
ready. With these men, and the apprentices in t e har-
bour, Captain Toker was enabled to send to sea from 20
to 25 colliers.

Letters from Shields and Sunderland, up to Monday
morning last, state that at Sunderland the ship-owners
have compromised the ' business with the seamen, and
they have all to a man repaired on board the vessels
ready for sea, in conformity to the new arrangements.
By Monday night It was expected, that no fewer than
100 sail would leave the harbour for the London market.
At Shields, the seamen have not been so tractable. Only
a very small portion of them have gone on board to man
the colliers. It appears, that they have bound themselves
to each other by a solemn oath not to separate their
cause. Of the large body of seamen in the northern
ports, by far the greater portion are strangers, who are
aware, that, in case of an adjustment of ditlerences with
th-e ship-owners, the native seamen would be preferred,
on account of their local knowledge of the coast, and
therefore they are more resolu!, in their demands. Se-
veral of the Committees of the rioters were seized, some
on the north, and some on the south side of the river.
The seamen had the address to procure the release of one
of their Committee in custody on the north side, by the
promise, that immediately on his liberation they would
all submit. They made a similar attempt to obtain the
liberation of two others in custody of Mr. Fairless, the
Magistrate on the south side, but without success.
There is little to apprehend from the seamen at Shields,
v4llO still hold out, as the marines are sufficient to keep
the river clear, and the soldiers are more than equal to
preserve peace on shore; and the grand combination be.
ing broken up by the compromise with the Sunderland
men, nothing is left for the remainder but to submit, and
return to their duty.
The brig Renown, at Laing's Dock, South Shields, was
set fire to, it is supposed by some of the misguided sea.
men, on the 18th inst. and burnt to the water's edge.
The Gazelle of Tuesday contains an offer of five hundred
guineas reward, and a pardon to any one except the
principal, for the discovery of the perpetrators.
6, Newcastle, Wpinsday Morning, 1! o'clock.
The business with the refractory seamen is finally
settled, and the Tyne free from all incumbrance. The
seamen are flocking to man the vessels with the utmost
haste."