The National Register.
London, England, 1818-09-14 00:00:00


THE NATTONAT. iTIFIG/STER.

also be supposed that the Court, instead of flogging and
impaisonnient, had sentenced Ambristic to be shot,•still
the question will teeter, why this indecent hurry on the
part of the Commander in Chief? Why were not the
two cases referred to the President for his 'decision?
By the 65th Article of War, Act of Congress, 10th April,
' 18 t6,4tirreotwonblenacted," that no sentence of a Ge-
neral.Couet Martial, iA.titne.of peace, extending to the
loss of life, - shall be carried into execution until the
whole proceedings shall be laid before the Preaident of
the United States for his approval, and orders in the
case:' fo this it may be objected that these men were
executil in, time of war:—The reply to this is, that
war must be declared by the Corgress of the United
States, not by a General in Chief."

Frankfort Papers have arrived to the Ist inst. The
IN.ririan Observer contradicts. in the most full and
solemn manner, the rumour put into circulation by
one of the Flanders Journalists, of an attempt to ss-
aaminate young IsTrepoleon. The Germanic Diet has
resolved that*. fet the next five years, ;he quotas of the
different States, in men and in money, shall he regu-
lated upon the liasis of their population. A CenAus is
annexed to the Decree, from whitth it appears, that the
Germania .cunfcdracy embraces a population of
50,094,050

the Flanders .mail, we .have a report that ar-
rangements are alresiy making for the sale of a num-
ber of the English artillery and commissariat homes,
preparatory to the return of our troops front the conti-
nent. The• French Government, it was supposed, would:
puachase the horses of the Russian corps d'armee. The
Duke and Dutinss of Cambridge arrived at Hanover
on the 28th august.
The Washington Gazelle contains an interesting ,
&ate Paper, if we could persuade ourselves to believe
that-it was genuine in tutu, or correct in the detail It
pmfesses to be directions from Joseph Bnonapartie.
during his occupation of.the Spanish Pcninsala, fur the.
purpose of revolutionizing Spanish America. The.
first remarkable passage in it is that in which King
Joseph asserts, that the Government of the United
States had agreed to furnish hint with the munitions if
war. This may even be said by such a person as Joseph
Butmaparte ar his brother Napoleon, and yet not ba
tree ; as..cmither of those worthies was eminently re-
markable. for his veracity : but whn .we come to the
passage wherein the former is officially directing his
agenta-so bribe the servants of the Spaniards in power,
who opposed his projects, to poison their masters, our
c.rcilence fails. Either thy whole, therefore, is a fli-
Lrication, or some ingtzions person has inserted this
but trait in order to rendez the ptzduation more spi-
rited.

Lord Castioreagh, on lactling at Calais, proceeded',
immediately to Cambray, where be remained bat a
very short time, and proceeded to It is be-
lieved that, b..:fore the e:h2nin6. the Cune.,•=ss at Aix-
he•will go to Spa, in order to have a con-
tiTence %via/ Prince 1-1,11.,1;11b;2.rg, and with Prince Met-
ternich too, who, as the '-:Ati.rs from Germany state,
intends also to repair to LLa: 'l.!:c p:vvZlenec of
Irtrinony is more than ever r.nnarkcil ..betweeo the Ca-
binet; of London, Vienna, and and their Ht-
niz:ters at the different Courts.

Extract of a letter re.ceived in Glasgow, datod at
Buenos-Ayres, June-5 :—" Fur some tune past sales
hare been nearly.r.t a st•an.i. in .consequence of a re-
lent that..a considerabl.e.alk.tersent was intende3 in
our importation duties. We ita-e row the pleasure to
advise you, that it has been ear:ied into eciet, and,ac-
cetiipaily herewith a correot copy of our tariff. We
elosti,t not that this redtizti;a produce a.vcry bens-
filet effect-mu our trade."
.[ ['he tariff f•rms a large
duties are generally reduced one-

*IMO ttile. -0:1C Calf.]
Extreet of a letter, dated Preston, Sept. 9 :—" We
av--: very unpleasautly situated here with our work
ople, the weavers, who demand 7s. in the pound on
their present wages, ill consequence of the non-compii
auce of the masters, who appear ie this neighbourhood
to be giving to the Tublie as numb as they can afford
still we are of opinion that the wages will Le pushed
up equal to 6001 2i to _5 per cent. on the cloth, and
that before w long time elapses; as this advance 'has
been acceded twin different parts of the country,.par-
ticularly in those pates where the rate of ,wages seas
previously lower than with us, and where they are now
higher than we pay."
By a recent arrival at Rartsmouth from the-river
Plate, we learn that his Majesty's ship Blossom, Capt.
Hickey, and his 'Majesty .6 ship Andromache, Captain
Shiiriff, arrived ut Vietutratiso early its May. The
Laithherlanal, rwatintiug S 0 *lll6, and 400 men, had
'tukn arrived att:m alswe port ha. the Patriat service.
?:For the satisfaction of,tile Ml ''era ()Meets of
it is neceoutv Su *tat', aulthi..ati.at is making for
tee! e to re-eivo.thennanln :eeAtuartily, instead of :self-
ye:trly ; !..Li t 1.1.11). A: 1M p:11,:c.1 on the same
.touptet .tirtvuy t. 4 its.`. pay of the
line are. SemeEnz,'.g:as, it :•,•!I:ars. ;save

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The 4siatio Mirror of the 15th April communicates
a number of curious particulars respecting the state of
politics in the East. It seems that, notwithstand:eg
the friendly professions of the Rajah of Berar to the
British Government, and the signal forbearance with
which lie had been treated, some proceedings of a dark
and treacherous, as well as a highly dangerous charac-
ter, were brought home to that incorrigible Mahrutta
Chieftain. While in pursuance of formal conventions
he was issuing public orders to his officers for the deli.
very of his forts to the British army, it was discovered
from an intercepted correspondence, that he secretly
encouraged the Killedars and Commandants to gain
time .by every possible expedient, and evade the sur-
render to the last. 'lhe same spirit of duplicity and
I perfidy was detected in an intercourse he maintained
with Bajee Row (formerly our friend the Pcishwa)
This chief, it is known, after escaping the Generals
Smith and Fritzler, was marching directly toward),
Nagpore. From the intercepted letters it appeared
that the Rajah had determined to take an unexpected
leave of the British, and throw himself' into the arms
of his worthy Ally. Our Resident, therefore, on find-
ing his suspicions of this false act confirmed by unities-
tioneble documents, sent the Rajah a polite invitation
to converse with hint at the Residency. His Highness,
thinking proper to refuse the desired interview, was
seized in his palace by three companies of British troops,
and sent off under a strong escort to Allahabad, whence
it was presumed he would !hid his way to Calcutta.--
A tried friend of the Company's Government is said to
have been placed on the Musnud of Nagpore, as sue.
cessor to this refractory and ungrateful Rajah, who had
been indebted for his own sovereignty to the favour and
indulgence of Great-Britain. ACcounts were received
at Nagpore on the 26th March, that General Smith
had come upon Bajee Row by surprise, and that, in an
encounter which followed, the fatuous Gokla fell. This
circumstance, however, if' it really happened, does not
seem to have checked the progress of Bajee Row, or at
least to have altered the direction of his movements.—
We find by the advises sent, that, on the 11th of
April, a general belief prevailed at Nagpore, that Bajew
Row was advancing thither " with an immense force,"
(this we take to be a mere figurative expression), that - •
he had already reached Jaulitah, and would be in tha
neighbourbead of Nagpore by the 9.4 th of the month.
The purpose of' this extraordinary movement was pm-
bably to reunite under the old l'eishwa banners all the
scattered bodies of Mahratta troops, beaten as •they
were, and nominally disbanded, will& had been en-
gaged in the service of the Rajah, or even of the Chiefs
to the northward of Nerbuddah who had signed forced
treaties with the Governor General. -.Although me
have little room to question the fatal result of this.ape
parently desperate undertaking to he Peisliwn, it • •
would be unfair eo..withhold the applause of a soldier
fro:n the baldness and decision of those military coutiv
stlds which could suggest to 13ajee Row a march of little
less than 500 ini!cs (fhr such is the distance front Hs
capital to Nag/mt.:2), with an active assailant harrissin••
his rear, And the eutntry.in front and on every side of
him in the hands of a victorious enemy. :t is plain
that, throughout the whole operations of this war,• a
greater weight of embarrassment MI upon Lord Flat-
ttegs, from the unexampled bad faith of the Mahratta
Chide, alma from the skill or courage of their armies.
Every one of them practised the must revolting insin-
cerity. The Peisliwa in the first instance accused his
own officers of disobedience ; and shut his eyes to the
recruiting which they carried on extensively in his
name. The 14,111 of Nagpore followed this precic.us
example, and carried his Mahratta chicanery so far as
to yield his own person to the British authorities, while
the whole force of his dominions was drawn up against
them; and they were compelled to gain by battle the
guns which the Rajah had solemnly sworn to surrender.
The younger Ilolkar, after his decisive overthrow, as.
cribed the previous necessity of fighting ro the mutinous
spirit of his soldiers! 'and Seindialt's hypocrisy left no
bloody traces behind it, only because he was already
conquered. Wine he had time to move. The l'indar7
rees are annihilated as a predatory, power; and it is
fortunate that they ere so. Their increasiug crimes and
numbers, 'welted by the four great Mahratta Sovereign-- •
ties, would havet,been altogether inconsistent with the
peace of India end might have proved ruinous to the
stability of our 4siatic empire, had,not both been amia-
soitably and effectually glianhalaby • the vigorous policy
of the British local Government in. the. East. An ad-
dition 0r5,000 men to our military establishment in
India is looked upon in these accounts as likely to be
authorised on the representations of the Governor Ge-
neral.

A Chief, belonging to the Creek Indians, is arrived
in the Semiramis, for the purpose of laying before the
Witish Government the partielar detaiis of the •uf-
ferings of his nation, in consequence of the remit out-
rages committed by the American army in West Flo-
rida. The Chia is said to have been employed during
the litre American: war as interpreter to the Indian army
under the . cemnumi of Major Nichols, .of the
Mftrince.