The National Register.
London, England, 1817-06-02 00:00:00

" Then the blessing of God vi 111 fall wholly on y on, ye Fuer.
who have become rich by faith, and you will soon hear the
call Come, ye blessed of toy Father, inherit the kingdom
e huh is prepared for you," itie.

true would think that itxdo did nothing for the relief of the
poor, though there are few cities which have done so much.
'file rich inhabitants have subscribed 390,140 franes, schich
they lent without interest to the Government, for the per.
chase of corn; 44),000 francs were•srbscribed in a few days,
to assist the " General Poor Committee ;" 1500 portions of
soup are daily distributed, earth gratis, partly at a low price ;
1062 poor fondles receive breath at nearly half price. The
Government gives to every eitieen (ruin tike corn ruagatine a
sack of corn for 16 dollar., which costa in dm market 20 or
22 dollArs.

FRANCE.
EICTRAMIDINARY PHENDMENON.-At Rheims, au Sunday,
May is, it had been rather stormy ; the temperature hot to
suffocation ; the weather however, cleared np towards
evening and became calm, and about half frist eleven there
were observed in the sky circles of a purple red, which ap-
peared the more striking from their being intersected by
others of a deep dark colony. The red light reflected upon
the tops of the houses made the town look as if' it was all
in flames.

This phenomenon ceased about midnight, hut reappeared
a little before dity, in even a more extraordinary manner.
The fiery circles discharged so vivid a light that the persons
in the street were terror-struck ; some claps of thin:trier were
heard, and immediately followed by an extraordinary fall
of rain during two hours.
Many showers followed each other during the morning;
when the sun appeared at intervals the heat was consuming.
About halt' past two an extremely dark cloud appeared magi
our mountains ; it moved with considerable rapidity ferny
south to west; its noise is best compared to the rattling
of a park of artillery driving at a quick trot over pave-
ment.
Just about the town the cloud burst with a horrible crash ;
there fell during five minutes a mass of hail the like of
whit h was never seen. In an instant all the glass of the
windows faring the south were reduced to powder ; several
trees were torn from their roots, and the roofs of houses
gradually damaged. Great fears were entertained that the
country might have suffered from the hurricane, and that
its ravages might destroy the harvest, which is so much
wanted ; but by a prodigious instance of good fortune, it pan-
ed a little beyond the limits of the tow ,_Tlievegetable gar-
dens round the town are wholly skstred, gad the tumbling
down of shells npou hot-beds has done some injerx.
_We
hove to thank Providence for the escape of our viteydrds. ' ".
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The exertions of the new President, James Munroe, as be
has himself announced, will be particularly directed to make
I America as hirkpendent as possible of Great Britain in re.
spect to its manufactures. For this purpose particular cocoa.
ragement will he given in all the States to industry ; the estab.
I 'aliment and improvement of manufactures will be encourag.
ed by all the Gos comments, and assistance given to enter-
prising persons; for which purpose a part of the surplus of
the public revenue will be employed. The exertions of the
President will doubtless have the happiest success, as Ame-
rica possesses in an equal—and, in sonic respects, perhaps,
an higher—decree than Eli land, every thing that is neces-
sary to make arts an 4 industry prosper rapidly. The rich
mines of the finest coals facilitate the erection of steam en-
gines, for which the English manufactories are so greatly in-
debted for a part of their prosperity ; and there is no want of
capital in the United States. Besides, all the raw materials
requisite for manufactures arc to he had in abundance, and
home consumption increases daily. All this is sufficient
encouragement to speculators to support the good intentions
of the President, and actively to contribute, on their parts,
to the improvement of the manufactures. Very advantage-
ous offers have already been made on this subject to English,
French, and Netherlanders, lately arrived in America.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

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HOUSE OF LORDS, FRIDAY, MAT 30.
Their Lordships met according to adjournment, about three
o'clock.
EXPECTID RUN it MrSSAGF.
The Earl of Lief:Reno:. called the attention of the House
to the intimation lie had given, at the but meeting of their
I.ordships. of a Message, which it would probably be his
dots- to deliver from the Prince Regent on the present day.
Circiiinstatsces had since °rem red which made it necessary
to defer that communication for a short period; and he
should content himself, then, with simply moving that the
Howe adjourn to Monday nest, and the Message, to which
he had referred, wonld be presented on Tuesday.
Lord HoLts, so, under the circumstances of which t
House was pretty well apprised, had no objection to the pro.
puled adjoin-meld, but gave notice that lie should, on 'files- . 0.
day. agreeably to it former intimation, move for the fort-One- 1-' 4,..
tion of a copy of the correspondence which had taken place • ve."6, Ikt
between the Magivtrates of Berkshire and his Majesty's Se- a A '''
cretary of State. While he gave that notice, he trnsteil ittli *•'' -",
Noble Earl opposite would have no objection to their Lo/ * t.; •.. ,
ships being summoned on the occasion. ' 1
The Earl of Lts giteom. had no objection to the motto
the I\ Jble Baron.
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Lord liotkasis observed, •that he had not accurate .. '
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amined the Statutes I elative to the treatment of pris ki . • "..- .
confined for supposed State offences, and wished to b 'e. .
formed by the Noble Earl whether any additional pow :1; s,' 1'
had been extended by the Legislatnre on that subject, be-
yond what were comprehended in the Statute of the Het of '
the h.;og.

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