The National Register.
London, England, 1823-03-24 00:00:00

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FRENCH PAPERS.
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Pasts, Manes' 18.—The Journal de Toulouse
contains the following paragraph under the head of
Figueras, March 51—
" General Mina, who has visited every part of
the province, is expected here in a few days. It is
said that in a few days he will have in Lampourdon
alone, 12,000 infantry, and 1,000 cavalry, without
including the active and volunteer militia. Pass-
ports for the interior are given to all suspected per-
. Rms. it is in agitation to remove the Judges of
1819, as well as the Political Chietit and the Gene-
rals who have not given sufficiently strong pledges
of their devotion to the constitution. ' In short, the
Communeroes look forward to a political regenera-
tion such as ought to have taken place in March,
1820."

The Gazelle de France yesterday describe an at.
tempt to cause a conflagration at Toulon, as the re-
sult of a dreadful plot, the object of which was the
destruction of the arsenal and even of the town
itself. The article which appeared to be official,
because the news arrived by telegraph, has excited
peat alarm. The matter, is now explained—that
as to say, a journal that night gave the lie to the
story, and described what had happened in the fol-
lowing terms
" The fire was discovered at three o'clock in the
morning of the 11th, in a wooden hut, 12 metres
long by 5 wide, inclined to the west of the Pigou-
here of the port. A part of the hut was employed
as a depot for carpenters' tools, and another part
was appropriated to the reception of articles used in
ship-caulking.
" The hut was entirely destroyed, and the fire
communicated itself to the Pigouliere ; but that
being a stone-building, and vaulted, it afforded an
opportunity for checking the flames, and about half-
past four the conflagration was completely got
under. The damage is estimated at 5,000 francs.
" The naval commandant has directed an enquiry
to be made into the cause of the fire. Suspicion
basing fallen upon some galley slaves, who were
employed during the night in draining the ditch Is
Baliene."
Yesterday, about fifty young gentlemen, belong-
ing to the late province of Bretagne, who happened
to be at Paris, proceeded to the house of M. Manuel,
Deputy for La Vendee, to express their satisfaction
at his conduct in the sittings of the 3d and 4th of
March.
The Nacelle, a journal published at Rouen, states
that all the members of the 4th battalion of the
National Guard have expressed an unanimous desire
to contribute to the subscription for purchasing a
a complimentary musket to be presented to M.
Mercier, and that in less than a quarter of an hour
50 names were placed on the subscription list. The
journal gives the names.
Quesda has addressed a proclamation to the in-
habitants of the three Biscayan provinces. He does.
not hesitate to assert, that the sentiments expressed
in the speech of Louis XVIII. have been repeated
with enthusiasm by the whole of France, and that
the Duke of Angouleme is coming with 100,000
men, not to dictate laws to Spain, but to set free
their captive King. The Biscayans are afterwards
told that there are but two nations in Europe, the
one consisting of Atheists, who want to destroy
altars and thrones; the other of pious men, the
friends of legitimacy. The former conspire in
darkness the destruction of every thing sacred. The
latter are represented by the magnanimous Princes
of the Holy Alliance, the conservators df social
order. The leader of the Faith has also published
an address to the Constitutional troops, inviting
them to join him ! These proclamations are dated
fit. Jean de Lus, March 10. It is stated that there
has been a great fall of snow in the Pyrennees,
which renders some of the roads that communicate
with Spain impassable.
PARIS, MARCIA 19.—Before mass, the King gave
an audience in his aparments to the Preialent of the
Bureau of the Chamber of Peers, who presented the
project of the law in relation to the veterans, passed
in the last session.

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The President of the Chamber of Deputies had
also the honour to present to the King the different
proje,:ts of laws adopted by the Chamber in its late
sittings.
At noon, to-day, the King presided at a Council
of Ministers, which I.►sted till two o'clock.
They write from Naples, under d•►te of the 21st
of February, that the Minister of Finance of that
kingdom directs, with great success, the game of
hgh and law, in regard to the public funds, and
that every body under him very religiously adheres
to the examples of his Excellency, so that it is not
rare to witness the Exchange crowded with groups
of persolp belonging to his Ministry, This Minis-
ter, moreover, appears to be one of the first finan-
ciers of Europe, for the .500,000 ducats of stock sold
to'divers capitalists at 75, may new be re-purchased
at 66,

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER

The journal of Toulouse of the 18th of Nfarch
asserts, that an estafette arrived that morning, ad-
dressed to Lieutenant-Gen. La Croix, commanding
the 10th military division, bringing the news that
the Duke of Angouleme might be expected on the
'2oth instant. . _

M. de Gisbert, Minister of the Regency, arrived
two days ago at Toulouse. It is asserted that he
waits the arrival of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Anvillone.
An estalette despatched, it is said, by the Direc-
tor-General of the police of the kingdom, passed this
town on the morning of the 12th, on his way to
Perpignan.
News from the frontiers of Spain (Perpignan) of
the 10th, state that the Chichi Montane, Mosen
Anton, and Carol, re-entered Catalonia from
France, and, with their followers, occupied for the
few last days that part of the province which borders
on our frontier; but yesterday a column of consti-
tutional troops marched in order to meet with the
division of the three chiefs, which amounted to
about 1,300. They met with it at Cantaloup, but
at its approach they retired without the loss of life
on. either bide. This divialbn re-entered France by
Perthus, on the 10th.
The constitutional troops in Catalonia advance
upon our frontier. The Ibreign legion, organised
vt Barcelona, embarked on the 4th instant fur the
same destination. _

Letters from Cadiz of the Ist announce, that the
National Guard of that town, to the number of six
thousand.men, are exercised every day in uniform,
and that it will meet death sooner than fall again
under the yoke•of despotism. Foreign menaces have
at last put all Spain in motion, and if the invaders
have not large corps of the urmy to encounter, they
will not find the tewer enemies on that account.

The following is a letter from Brest of the I 3th
of March:—" You will recollect that the Brest
squadron put to sea on the 15th of February—it
was composed of a ship of the line, having on board
Admiral Hamelin, the brigs Lancer and Euryalus,
the frigate Le Guetricr, ar.d the corvette licbe.
After the first day the brig Lancer sailed to the
west, and with it the corvette Hebc and the brig
Euryalus, returned to the roads. The latter having
suffered much, took its station in the Gulf of Gas-
cony, where the winter is very severe. Towsrds
the '22d of February it made Cape Ortegal, and met
a considerable number of English ships bound to
Spain; but on the Bth and 9th of March, the vessel
was struch by a horrible tempest ; its gear were
carried away, and a heavy wave wetted even its
powder and provisions. A sailor was lost, and 23
hurt; five severely. The vessel leaked in all parts,
and re-entered Brest on the l I th of Marzh in a most
wretched plight. Such is the result of a cruise,
which even the English do not attempt in war time,
in such a season, and which has been as troublesome
as useless."

The situation of Madrid becomes every day more
critical. It is generally supposed that ere the King
leaves Madrid, oceans of blood will flow, as was the
case when Murat in 1808 carried off, from the pa-
lace of Madrid, the Intiints Don Antonio and Don
Francisco de Paulo. It is said that many of the
lower orders and a great number of military officers
have joined tbr the purpose of opposing by three the
departure of the King. Every night a great num-
ber of these surround the palace : as soon as they
perceive that the royal family are to be removed, the
bells of Santa Martha are to be rung, which is to
be the signal for u general rising. It is calculated
that the journey of the King and the Cortes will
coat thirty millions of reaux, but the Government
does nut know where to get it, as the coffers of the
Treasury are exhausted,.especially as it is not above
two or three days since that the Government gave
five millions to General Ilallasteros.

Bertrand de Lis and a numerous party have de-
termined to oppose the departure of the King.
Gen. Ballasteros, not having been able to enter
Arragon, has been compelled to return to Madrid.
The last letters Gout Lisbon and Oporto represent
the insurrection of Amarante as of no importance.
FRONTIER& Or NAVARRE, MARCH 11.—It ap-
pears to be decided, that l'ampeluna, St. Sebastian,
and Santagona, which arc well provisioned, and ca-
pable of a long resistance, arc the only places that
will be defended. The rest of the country will be
abandoned to the invaders, tin. which the inhabitants
are preparing, and ali business is suspended. The
people of consequence are retiring to Curunna with
their fitmilies, because Galicia is one of the points in
which a stand will be made against the enemy, and
it is there that the activity of 1809 and 1811 is re-
newed and will be displayed.

MADRID, MARL II 9.—A1l is ready for the deprtr-
tire of he King, though we are assured that his
Majesty will nut leave until the 17th or 13th, if his
health then permit. The journey will be as secret
as possible. The Cortes will follow the King. It
is now decided that the report of the state of the
nation will only be discussed after the arrival of the
Cartes at Sevilla, where ()acre have been given fut

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the accommodation of the King, the. Ministry, and
the Cortes. Twelve hundred troops of the line, and
the same number of the Volunteer Militia, have
offered to accompany the Government as un escort.

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A NCONA, Fra. 28.—A ship from Corfu brings
the important news of the surrender of Patra.s to
the Greeks, after an assault, on the I.sth February.
The master of the ship asserted, that the' news had
been brought a little beibre his departure by advice
sent by express from Patras to the British Governor
of Corfu. The Greeks had in this affair SOO killed,
and 400 wounded. The Turkish garrison was put
to the sword. ,This place is one of the most its
portant in the Peloponnesus; it was under the
command of Jussuf Pacha, one of the best Generals
of the Porte.

ZANT:',, FEB. 17 —(From a private letter.)—A
ship-master from the Continent has brought news
to-night that Aero-Curinthus capitulated on the 6th
of February, and that the Turkish gar;6on, reduced
to 1,200 men, extenuated by disease and famine,
arc to be transported to Asia Minor. We shall soon
receive more extensive details of this event. Mean-
time I can announce that the Castle of Patna;

•is treating, for its surrender with General Mauro-
cordato. It is to surrender on the Ist of April, if it
be not by that time relieved.
Our last news from Etolia stato that Omer
Brione, attacked in his lines by the Suliots, who
landed from the Cefalonia, where they had taken
refuge, is wandering in the mountains of 'digraph°,
whence he hopes to reach Janina.
TRIESTE, MARCH 3.-A vessel from Corfu, ten
days on its passage, brings news that Corinth had
capitulated, but that the garrison had tint departed
fur want of British vessels to transport them. .
News from Missalunghi state that the approaches
to Prevesa and Arta were in the possession of the
Greeks: Ndtitaf, the terror of the Mahometuns had
joined Odysseus, and waited the arrival of the force
under Bozzari to try a coup de main against Larissa,
and possibly Salonica. The force of the three chlefs
amounts to 55,000 men. The Greeks arc animated
with the greatest enthusiasm.

FROM SATURDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

J. H. Sampson, Sculmam Yorkshire, werchruit, from Maids.
2 to Match St.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

W. Armstrong, Arundel Street. Strand, tailor.
J. Wych. Astlion under Line, timber merchant.
J. Isherwood, Leeds, cloth manufacturer.
BANKRUPTS.

G. W . Sage, Walcot, Somerset, timber merchant.
A..Watsou. Warwick Place, Bedford Street, Bedford Bow,
carpet dealer.
:4. and W. Scott, and J. Smith, Ashford, sent, grocers.
J. G. Grant, Oxford, bookseller.
J. Smith, Bath, grocer.
W. Gooch, Harlow, Essex, wine merchant.
L. C. Soutlibrook, Covent Garden Chambers, merchant.
J. H. GArnons, Newgate Street, silversmith.
B. Wood, Liverpool, mathematical instrument maker.
J. Hopkins, Junior, Cholsey, Berke, fanner. T
B. Johnson, ardibig, Worcestershire, farmer.
C. Moss, Cheltenham, fishmonger.
W . Brown, Cannock, Staflindshire, millets
R. Newhouse,Huddersfield, plumber.
J. and T. Powell, Bristol, maltaters.
J. Taylor, Leominster, Herefordshire, skinner.
DI VIDENDS.

April 12, C. Pollen and J. P. Massey, Aldermanbury, factors
—l4. T. Jones, Abergavenny, tanner-12, J. Pitcher, Back
Road, Middlesex, bricklayer-12, B. Potter, Manchester.cotion
spinner—18, J. Fisher, Alilby, Yorkshire, rail merchant-14,
W. Ree►es, Bristol, ship owner—11, W. and J. Wharton, Leo-
minster, Herefordshire, carriers—ls, R. Cook and R. Sutton.
Barton upon Humber, corn factors-17, R. Townsend, Exeter,
grocer-14, J. Dicker, ('rockernwell, Devon, innkeeper-21. R.
Whiteside, H. Fisher, and T. Hastie, Whitchaven, merchants-
-26, M. Joseph, Liverpool, woollen draper-24, T. Martindale.
Liverpool, brick maker-12, F. Millichamp, Birmingham,
inaltster-17, J. Richardson. Liverpool, merchant—l 2, H.
Russell and R. Bruce, St. Martin's Lane, cabinet makers—l 2,

I. Johnson, Stan)foiii,cixichnisker—ts,l.l.ipsham, St. Jainet;;;
Street, confectioner—lb, Y. Branwhite, Bribwl, fringe manu-
facturer.

CERTIFICATES to be granted April 12.
W. Barratt, Eyre Street Hill, bricklayer—M. and T. Haslam,
Bolton, Lancashire, linen drapers—J. Scott, Alby Field, Cum-
berland, butter and bacon dealer—W. Hulton, jun., Chowbent,
Lancashire, money scrivener—E. Bishop, Cheltenham, tailor—
A. Jardine, sen., Leatheehead, Surrey, draper—J. Littlefield,
Portsea, plumber—J. Crisp, Peasenhall, SutKilk, shopkeeperem
W. Humphreys, ilillsden, Leicestershire, draper.

A private letter from Oporto, dated the Ist inst•
gives some additional particulars of the insurrec-
tionary movements of the Count de Amarante, a
youthful fanatic, who, with his followers, created
some alarm at Oporto.—The monks, and the agents
of ;he French Ultras, are suspected of being the
prime movers of this resistance to the regular Go-
vernment. At Villa Real some consternation pre-
vailed, where the timid, it is said, on the approach
of the traitors, declared for absolute Monarchy, the
re-establishment of which is the object of the
priests, to prevent any of the church property. from
being applied to the service of the state, as these
drones are become a perfect nuisance in various parts
of the Peninsula. D'Amarante, it is reported was
well received at Chaves, and was marching upon
Valnien and Braganits; but as a regular force has
been sent against him and his rabble partisans, it is
hoped and expected that they will soon seccive the
punishment due to their iniquity.

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 24. '
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The declaration of Mr. Canning in the House of
Commons, on Tuesday evening, in answer to the
pertinent questions of Sir James Macintosh, on the
subject of our foreign relations, was candid, manly,
and, we think, quite satisfactory—there is not in
the House, or in the Country, a man of more honesty
of principle than Sir Francis Burdett, but the
worthy Baronet sometimes trenches on the character
of Don Quixotte—he thinks we now ought to be ac-
tively engaged in a war of protection for Spain—but
we decidedly consider that our distressed situation
is a bar to any unnecessary expenditure, and that
the repeal of the Foreign Enlistment Bill, which
would place thousands of valuable English officers
in ►tic Spanish lines, is as much as Spain wan rea-
sonably expect of our Government.—lndividuals
may, and, we doubt not, will, subscribe to form a
fund in support of the cause of Liberty, but Eng-
land, as a nation, has no right to commence another
War, while she is ground to the dust by the fatal
and irretrievable effects of the last—a war began by
a mixture of Villany and Folly, and ended by an
absence of Honesty and Sense.

THE FUNDS, SATURDAY

HALF-PAST TWO o'Ccomt.
Consols, which till two o'clock appeared steady,
then stuldoily declined to 74t. This panic was
occasioned by a report that intelligence had reached
• this country of 200,000 Russian troops being in
actual march—and that orders had already been re-
ceived at Dantaic for 60,000 rations.
Bank Stock opened at 207, since which it has
been at 206—and is now 2051, with considerable.
business. A sale of 12,000 Bank Stock, ut the be-
ginning of the week, has excited some curiosity,—
The name of the vendor has not yet transpired.
FORElON.—Spanisb, which in the early part of
the day stood 26ii, was knocked down by the
report; which we have noticed, to '26—market
heavy.—Script 40 dis.
Russian, to some amount, has been brought into
the market to-day, but without success—.the bid-
ders few and shy—no sales effected. Other Foreign
stationary.

A letter from Paris of the 18th inst. relates the
following remarkable story :—" At Perpignan, a
few days ago, a Spanish refugee monk of the Army
of the Faith entered a tavern where several French
officers were seated. One of them at the sight of
the monk, discovered great agitation, suddenly
started from his scat, drew his sword, and pursued
the monk with the evident intention of putting him
to death. He inflicted a severe wound upon the
ecclesiastic before he could be rescued from his
fury. When questioned by the commanding officer
respecting the cause of this violent conduct, he said
that during the lust war he had been taken prisoner
by a party of guerillas, and that a sort of military
council, at which this individual monk presided,
had subscvently condemned him to the horrible
death of crucifixion from which he was only pre.
served by the opportune approach of a party of
French troops.—Tile officer then exhibited one of
his hands, to show, by a scar winch remained, that
the dreadful work of torture had actually commenced.
It was found necessary, in consequence of this ex-
planation, to overlook the act of aggression com-
mitted on the monk."
I.lcauunA, Fes. 15.—The launch of the Salis.
lury, flal ship, was upset and sunk on the 81st ult.
rt was commanded by Mr. James Wharton, Admi-
alty middlipotin ; w'ao was accompanied by Mr.
James Maude, a young gentleman belonging to the
ship, nine seamen, and the wife of one of them, who
were all unfortunately drowned. Mr. Wharton's
body has been washed on shore, and buried at the
hospital attended by the officers of the Salisbury,
and a concourse of persons. The bodies of three of
the seamen, .xiz. Philip Anderson, John Davison,
and John Smith, have also been washed on shore and
buried.

A proclamation has been issued by the President
of the United States, intbrming that the convention
of navigation and commerce of America between the
United States and France has been ratified.