The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-05 00:00:00

VIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Tais change in the Ministry, has astonished every
body, by the celerity and mystery with which it is ef-
fected The ?,-liaisters wel-e ignorant of their Cite on
the evening of tl:c wl:2n they returned from the
Palace, and they were only infmned of it at midniBht
by an ()ClicTr of the War Department, M. Egnia ; by
six o'clock ou the morning of the 16th, they had quittJd
Madrid. M. Pizarro on the route to Valen.:ia, with,
his wife in the last Rage of pregnancy-, M Garay on
that to Saragossa, and M. Figueroa,. with his Laity, on
that to Corunna.

Madame Pizarro was refused permissian :to lyc-ia
here ; her mother, who weft to implore thels:ing's cle-
mency, received order.; to join itzr daught:rinttantly,
anti she set off on the 16th at two o'clock.

The Marquis de Cai:a-freijo - arrived here from Cadiz
on the day that M. Pizarro departed, who had awn-
rioned him for a different abject : he-has ben Minister
to the United Scares and the Brazils : he i, a man of
talent, who has long followed a diplomatic career.
It is merted, that some days previously to the re.-
moral of these Ministers, they had influenced the King
to get rid of MM. Egnia and Lozano de Torres, who
eloquently defended themselves, and obstivate/y resis-
ted their adversaries.

A private. letter -hoot Madrid, dated the 17th ult..is
inserted in the Quulidienise. The only facts of impor-
tance which it communicates are the fUllowitig :
" It may be regarded as a proof of the intention of
his Majesty to adopt every thing which may be con-
formable to a vigorous and decisive system, the rer,olu-
tion he has taken to make no alteration in the financial
plans of M. Garay, whose dismissal is attributed. to the
state-of hk.health, which prevented him from executing
his own plans with a proper degree of energy.
" It is absolutely false, that Madame Pizarro was
prematurely brought to bed at Ocanna, or at any place
along the road. Every (me, however, takes the most
lively ititays in the ftteut this Eady,who is so estimable
in every point of view."
The following are further extracts from these
Papers:—
" PARIS, SEPT. '2 9.—The rumour which is circula-
ted, that the Grand flake Constantine.‘vill visit Paris
at the close of the Con:pyss, has some appearance of
authenticity ; in cousevence, liop.:s are entertained
that his August brother, the Emperor Alexander, will
honour our capital with his presence.
"CAIILSKUNE, SEPT. 24.-It is confirme I that our
Atrooma.ro to'be put'in motion. They will be concen-
I trated in the Palatinate ; Manheim, Heidelburgh,
Ladenburg, and other cities will have strong garrisons.
It is hoped that the decision of the Allied Powers, on
the subject of the Palatinate, will be favourable to us.
" LIEGE, SEPT. 24 —" The Duke of Wellington,
accompanied by two Aides-de-Camp, arrived yesterday
in this city. To morrow he.3ets off for Spa."

A Flanders mai! arrived last night, and brought the
following articles of intelligence :-
6. Atx-LA-CnApimi.a, SEPT. 29

" Yesterday and the day preceding will constitute
a remarkable epoch in the annals of Aix-la-Chapelle.
Three powerful monarchs, animated with the same
wishes for the repose of the universe and the happiness
of their people, made their solemn entry into the city of
Aix-la-Chapelle. On Sunday, about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon, His Majesty • the King of Prussia, our
Sovereign, arrived first, and was welcomed with all the
demonstrations of the most lively joy by the inhabitants,
and the troops who were assembled for his reception.
The day following, his Majesty, accompanied by several
Generals, west to meet his Majesty the Emperor of
Austria, and their Majesties entered together in the
some carriage. These Sovereigns were welcomed with
testimonies of love and respect by the entire population
of the city, and by the military who formed the line,
before which they proceeded to their palaces.
" A`Jout ten o'clock at night His Majesty the Em-
perm •of Russia arrived, accompanied by our King,
NoiWithslanding the lateness of the hour, all the
itilbabitanta went to meet his Majesty's augsst Ally,
whose presence has excited the liveliest transport of joy
• and Numerous salutes of artillery and a
brilliant mivation eelebratel the arrival of the
.riovereigas our walls.
" Among the r.;;;;1•:.1,,,•:
arrive:l Isere aro the Duke of Welliugten, 'evince
Metternich. 'Count Sqhmtwaiatf, Court
Cants Cana Clizairichea; C;:‘:lc-
ruls Mitfilipz 4na I:Olden:an, S.c.
•

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The Monittier inserts nmong the proceedings of the
Royal Institute at Paris, a report on the bouk.of M.
Dupin. who lately travelled int:, this country, and has
pablishel the result s.)* his obsemttions un the naval
arsenals, and commercial.pons of Englaud. M Dopiu
is an Engineer Military and Civil, who received his
education in the polytechnic school at Paris, and visited
Great Ii itain with the patriotic desi;n of carrying at
for ti:: b.;:rtit of •his own country, every particle of
knov.l.2,lge lievonld gain access, respecting
those in inetre estabiishments and magazines on which
depend the construction and equipmenoof the British
navy. He examined, and was .suffered to csatnine, in
detail, the Dock-yards of Deptford, Woolwich, Sheer-
ness, Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plytuenth. M. Du-
pin, it must Le allowed, does ample justice to flit", IT:-
genuity and extent of the ,various engines and opera-
tions.whieh he investiizatda. Ha states the prodigious
expense it our dock-yards have been farmed aura
maintained, to4ether.willl !leg ti attics which are ad-
ministered by the bold and liberal use ut en:. w4wers of
meaanism, to the construction, reception, repair, im-
provement, srpriy, tualconamy or otyi.-th:ns of war.
M. Dapin bast added to his written descriptions, rt series
of exact and mastwly drawings, which represent the
:nest carrots and complex machines employed in the
various dee trtments of th., deck-yurds. All these WM_
dears, and, hitherto, mysteries of British maritime
greatrwss, are now made public by a French engineer,
•illr the gz•neval use of the Trench government, and
of tac world. it is very certain that a mere knowledge
of British art may he far enough distant from its prac-
tical application to the purposes of other states. The
want of money, the division of the :French national
spirit from naval to rOlitary grandeur, with other cir-
cumstances, ma;, fir some years, confine to the shelves
of the Institute, and to the JILt: can de la Marine, M.
Dupin's successful anti meritotloLls I.,Loors ; but when
commerce flourishes, and money abounds, and tent
spirit of maritime amhitiol shall be rr.:tiaatecl—there
stands the book of instruct inn.

Friday the Parliament was further prorogued till
the 12th of November. The wann-Ir was the same as
on the last (acasion—hy w rit ; but the ceremony was
somewhat different. The Lord-Chancelicr not inii
in attendance, the teat in fr:Ait of the throne on whi:li
the Commissioners usmdly sat on such occasions, was
tremoved, and the only Peers who attended, F.arl Bo-
hurst and Viscount -noutli, cone in without relic,
and took their seats on the Treasury B.mcli. One of
the messengers of the Houre of Commons, who was
waiting, was than ordered to inform that House that
their Lordships were-ready, and that the writ of pro.
rogation was about to be read. He retired,.end in .a
short time returned, followed by one of the reading
clerks and subordinate officers, who on this occmion
presented the Commons. The writ was then' rea,i,
the junior reading clerk standing at the place tvir:re
the 'Speaker is accustomed to hear commissions of pr.).
rogation ; the others at a distance behind. At thecon.
elusion of the writ their Lordships and the ckrits
withdrew, The whole of the improvements in the
House of Lords seem to be finished. The House has
now a very elegant appearance. The covering on 1-c
wool-sacks and benches is quite new. The throne,
which was not uncovered on this occasion, as well es
the crowns over the canopy, are newly gilt, and loo'.
very neat, but the old velvet festooning still retrains.
This we were informed arises from a matter of eti-
quette, that the materials of either throne or canopy
should not be changed in the present reign.
We are happy to see, in the Philadelphia Aurarc of
the 36th of 'August, the following contradiction of the
report contained in oar lust extracts, of a cruel fate
having befel Colonel M'Donald and eleven companions,
on the banks of the Oronolo, in May last :—" The
object of stories of this kind cannot be mistaken—one
fact, however, may serve to spew the value of the
whole—Colonel M`Donald is at this moment in the
United-States, aid his .companions were, in July, at
St. Fernando de Apure."
A letter from Berlin, dated the 13th instant, says,
" Mr. Pinkerton, agent for the Erulish Methodists and
their Bible Sodiety, has arrived h, re This sect daily
gains ground in Germany, particularly among the
lower classes, even in the Catholic countries. They
pretend to revive the ancient seal for the exterior me-
tice of religion, the strict observance of Sunday, and
austerity of manners."
Authentic accounts from the coast of Africa state,
that.the Spaniards have transported a greater number
of slaves to the West Indies in three months of the
present year, than in the same interval in any preced-
ing year. i welve thousand slaves were lately. imported
into .the Havannah,:from Africa, in the course of one
week.
Letters have been received from'Buenos Pyres of the
15th July. The Goventntent was making great efforts
to reinfbr,.e. th,: Insurgent army in Chili, ant! ware or-
gauizio tecon,hlerable force which were to Lakeport
in new onterpri,cs. A vessel commissioned by Gencrol
Artigaaaims captured a. Portngoese nterchantman %vita
a r e cargo hesiiles 70.000 dollars on hoard.
The cclelitited Abraham Thornton is now is Liver-
p tel for.tlic putvst: of emigrating to thAitiited State..

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