The National Register.
London, England, 1817-05-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL. REGISTER.

lit 1141.1.6 til.--bitt lie introduce.' the term, as inseparably i
Eponym ed wills the measure whlrli the Might HOD. Geist. hail
the fortune to propose. llaineolle nominal Mu was not a new
principle. The Catholics really ode red what had hero long
kites% n. It was necessary, to 'stove this, that the 114.115.
should know the manner in which the netnisieti tttt of i•li
Bishops look piece. They nook! then be enabled to judg.
whether d tstic nomination witA may a lie. ation ef the old
system. The case was precisely this : They hail, in times
past, given up eet tails laws complained of by the Cat holies—
and Stow, in consideration of their giving op every thing.
from beginning to end, they were to receive nothing iu ref 11.
evrept lists concessiun t if he might use a word, u Welt implied
a contradiction in terin•), that matters should stand evietly as
they were in times present. If this were the tact, vas lint the
theory delusive?
After a long and animated speech, the lion. Gentleman concluded
by saying, he thought he had shewn that domestic nomination
would answer no purpose—that the V,to would safiet no &Met.—
The Protestants thought either or bed, of these conditions illusory,
ridieulous and nonsensical. The Catholics thought them persecuting.
penal, and subversive of their religioa—so that here were conditions
die:Utast by both parties.—fAear !) Then on what principle were
the securities to be founded that would give satisfaction to the Pro-
testants of England, Ireland, and the Catholics of both? Let the
Hight lion. Gentleman bring forward some distinct mope...l6ot'. and
then the Ilouse oaukl six on what terms they were about to legislate.
--(lfeur!)
Alf. Your,: would not enter at large into the detail of his senti-
ments, but would reduce the subject. on the present occasion, to a
narrow amps. The Catholic Question had now arrived at a crisis,
and the blouse was bound to decide upon it one way or another.—
( Um, hear!) They were now called upon cri Jurors to pronounce
a verdict, and as a Juror he was ready to give one ; but it was a special
one, and possibly of a description which would phase nobody. Hav-
ing dwelt on Tarim/ topics at considerable length, he mulcted on the
many anomalies that existed in the present system. such as the ad-
missibility of Irish Catholics to offices from which English Catholics
were excluded. and the total exemption of Scotch Catholi.!s tram any
disabilities whetever.—..()/ear,) 'Chest' points, he thought, required
investiinstion, and a Coinnilisee alone could adjust them.

Sir 11. PAR/4,11.1. said. that the Hon. Miinbzr. (Mr. Foster), had
appeared nuiterLdly mistakan in the mode of nominating Bishop: in
Ireland. 1k had said that every Bishop appointed a coadjutor. who
was uniformly appointed to succeed his patroo. No such practice,
however, prevailed in Ireland. fur a coadjutor wa: never appointed
but when the Bishop laboured under infirmities which incapacitated
him from fulfilling his duties. There were only three coadjutors at
present in Ireland, which alone would prove tile inaccuracy of the
lion. Gendemats's statement. It would. however, lie a material
point to ascertain the actual practice of nominating Bishops. It was
this; when a vacancy minted, the Bishops of the Province AISSeM.
bled and chose three persons, whose names they transmitted to the
Pope, who, as a matter of course, though not as a matter of right,
uniformly instituted the person whose name was first on the list.
The Pope has a perfect right to refuse any of those moms!, and may
even appoint a foreihmer; but if the Pope refuse to consecrate the
person appointed by the Irish Clergy, the person so refined institu-
tion becomes to every purpose except one, thatof giving orders, an
efficieot Bishop.
It was. however, sow suggestedathat the Pope should hied himself
to the Government not to institute any other person than him norm •
ted by the Irish Clergy, and thus domestic nomimiticn would af-
ford a perfect security to the Prote-cant establishment. This circum-
stance likewise gave a new feature to the principle, and took aw.-y
that ground of objection urged by the lion. Nlesnber (Nlr. Foster)
that it contained nothing new. The Clergy were willing to gram
further security of a personal nature that could be desired.
They would bind themselves by oath not to elect any person but such
as was known to be a peaceable and loyal subject, and would engage
to preserve the established religion of the country. The oath pro-
posed by the Bishops to be inserted in the body of any Bill that
win be brought in, would be to this effect :
"i, A B. swear that I will not select any person who I do not. in
my conscience, believe to be a loyal and faithful subject of his Ma•
jest'', and of a good and peaceable demeanour; and that I will not
attempt, either by, open force or secret fraud, to subvert the Consti-
tution as established is Church and State. or to alter the state of pro-
perty as by law now regulated ; and if I shall he apprised of any
other persons having such intentions, I shall, without delay, give in-
formation respecting it-"
. _

He hoped the House would not lose that opportunity a submitting
the entire matter to the Committee.

Mr. WEBIIF.a. The pres-nt question was one of the utmost im-
portance to tlis country; but, as it regarded Ireland. it involved the
subver-ion of the Church, and, still more the stability of the English
connection.—(lfive, 11,111 !).-.lt was unneces:ary to enter into the
comparative merits of the Veto and domestic nomination. The
form a., as it implied the nterference of a foreign Power, would ain-
traeene the existing laws for repressing the Papal power; and the
latter was still wore for it erected an independent corporate esta-
blishment, unconnected with the legislature, and in•lependent of the
Government of the country.
The Hon nle n n cimcludel r lone nn !limbic-in speech
by %arm: the if th b o • demanded to s n e a to , he
was satisfied th t it world 'lot only c cue a Catholic asce-de.iey
in Ite;and, but sha e the Protestant sac ndency i•i Eng! Ind to
:ts VC,* basis (if 0-)
Mr W Et.t. o in a long vecch pressed an anti .us with that
the House wood eon e t to go 11310 the Comm nee.
Mr. B 4 Inuits considered the Object mop Ned inconsistent
wi h the sat ty ot the moue, a., introducing the autlioril of a
toreito nation into the man itement of th • Church, And (yelling
to those ac snottier temporal and spiritual head the
most important uffizes of the State.

Lord Caset a. AOll said, he should trouble the /louse
113 short a time as possible upon a question on wht h n e asset
wients that had not been hea d hefore • uld be used. There
was no declatatioei m whech he coincide d more heartily th n
that of an II nourable Friend, that notheng soul' be more im-
ports t to Parliament than its eleavrranee from su-h a repetition,
and if the qnestion could • r released from its rnstual age seion
with safers to the tee, th et measuer should be embraced which
appeared most likely to cause a . desirable an event. •I he House
shoaid lore. to the degree of countenance given by Statearn •n
at former pereods to the Claims of he Homan Crho icy, and ob
wive the taint( advance merle in their favour by Statesmen
later days. They should c •nsieler whas hNh Heaney of Paths
ment had done, and whether the pr..ot of confidence en lo
airy of the Cat oleos, mateiter ed by them, was not a secuet •
thy no danger could re,u.t from coerces. on. If the see of Rome
hail the pone rr it formerly possessed, of couvu lying the European
Powers, and was capable of making an inresad upe.n the security
of the sure *ending Sates there might t,e some principle on
which objections could be raised, but they ion longer teeter
feted by the poeicy. The questim; of "engem was wholly aban•
Boned In tie late yolitical art n :emcees t the period of the
testy at .0 estphalia. the rine loom religi est was a lee-pin„ frs
lure in the settiernetet, but at the of Vienna, he declared to the

"crse, not one , word was U. 1.40) about it—iCriee hear,
h nr, h nr)— he Stuns I I unite had areed in he Vtiociple;
and in the Gernyune Co vitutton, su vtta.ly was the measure of
toleration interwoven, that the se%eral 'States that country
achncwledged a p .rfcct quality. then, the principle w
so :tete 1 upon in Germany, why shou d there be any he.itation
w.th terpcei t 9 Ireland. 'this ite d d not irennon a, the basis it.
pu icy, but to Convince 01- 'louse, that supported as it was by
public oploion, the mua effectual also for lain vigour to the

MAY 12.

Stile was the adoption u 4 this p Levi The Noble Lord, in
speaking of the lower Claws of the peoile, stated. that the P. pe
could tie believed, do ii.dh•n6 mire p palm in Spain ahatigive
to is tamale the I nrprisittiiii. t he obsett thoug•lt at
one period, that the e could be a 1,111 l'Acillatral of the Catholic
religion , and the rioter of the Pope could exiiic;ulshed ; but
all that WAllt of charity that eza•ted :o such eaten:, %%IS Sit
additional roof of the ncetc.ity of t• e nit sum It was n••t t.")
plr.ise the roman Catholic, but to put the Stile upuu a firm
tiittittlai.ott.th.it he wonlil Wilts th • acquiescence of l'hidantene
conlidcnt as lie was, that 'he e could toe no solid than/tattoo for
Ise.," anal se,•ori yin Ireland with:int a proceeMn; that would
place the C Mei udon foams' with tio•o.• of the K•tatilis'.e.l
seogten. He did not think that a few Roman Cath.l.o. is
that I louse, and a few in the II attic of Peers, could c env any
danger to the Censtitnti in by which all Were protested ; on •he
contrary he Wet, Cl.tlViaeCtl, that an far from exciting a sin, it to
be apprehended, they would do all a.i then power towart!s con•
edition. It was the inisfoittine ut Ir.-land to It.ve :a great mss:
oi people whom it was impossible to lead. Those who wet,:
qu hied to lead mem were &frail to air aid the a ,tempt, bur if
th •re was a common participation of ryhts and priv leers, the
difh utry would no looter be to be encountered. tits him con.
tics-oil was, that nothing effectual could be done towards tran-
quillicaa: behind until a hey hail the Catholic. a n Lats. th,tm
- until they were with them side by side to fi:ht
the battle of the Constitution. as they had al eady fought the
battle of the country an the field (/‘ ar he ii) -Ile fel' it his
bounden duty on this, as on the homer ot.casion, to make his
earnest anal sulanu appeal in th ir favour. Until some ni• a-
awe of the kind was adtipt••d, they c old never hope to repose
in o stand berme the ry sof Eu•ope in the high and
distinguished character to which they were entitled.
Mr. Palm ewe. --s.ed great reluctance an presuming to differ
from his Noble friend who had preced.d him. He WAS SLI/•
prieedl to find. that, up to the ;maxi of the debate, tin one had
stated the course that was to be pursued .n the Committee.
Theywere cail• d upon tocont • to a final and satisfactory arrange.
.nt ; but what hope had they that the obi •c• to which they
were invited was practicable -tin the .6th uf May,
1812, they were caned upon to piedge thent-ely s to consul .r
the subject Now, en the Uth of May, they were asked to *c-
c to a motion rim par to that which hail been male in is -3.
and which had produced fnotllll, that, so tar trout a ranting in-
volved the question in great einbairassinents. The measure
then proposed watt to gisc the Catholics certain privi ages,
but required at the same time an assurance, that the episcopal
functions shuald be filled by persons of a peaceable iomaviour
' and pr•,vided that the appointments should be submi ied to abort
of investigation. Ills \ o'ile Friend hat declared that those securi-
ties would still b • lICCCiSilfy• He would ask his Noble Friend,
whether he thought a possible t hat any Ines ore, grou•ided on the
principle of such securities, could be satisfactory t i that class in
I eland whom he intended its benefit? Hie %Glair Friend
Cl to tl sus it w ; bait he would beg leave to oppose to his au.
thorny dui of to: Roman Catholic Prelates themselves Thep
iad declared d stinctly that they coed not submii to arts,, a War Km
iti he pies. tit mode ol appoint ng :relates. without incurring the
guilt of schism Wth respect to the esamination of dueuments„
he would r cr r • 11. use to one ihe auihority of which his No.
bit: F. tend a a i el,Dr Poynter had stated, that it could not eve.
be made the b14,j,:a111 iscuesion.
if t e Ca.hanis.s were soh:. IC. if they possessed the feelings
and pas.lon. of o het men, they must nisi) to see their teligion
the Listalolished ielig on of the cou •try. Oa the whole, he sin-
cerely hoped that the House would weigh tre practical ad.
vantages of the Goseriim, nt, as it stood. it :ain't the vistonaiy
theoret,e I benefits expected from that which was to tic.•-•
a .)

Mr. Ca • mist' sAd, he felt it the more necessary to say semis.
thine. ail r t e speech ot consunirn t- shinty which they had
just hens I nom his ft.g.-t on. Fete d The moult, h wetter,
o • his statement, amo • ted to no more than this, *ha by the
question he Ilius • was i laced in a sta c of infinite d ffi.ul y
,h—lt was (rile ilia they could take no step, , i her for-
ward ot backwarl, that would b perte tly sand ttu.y. tic
ed that, even if me .su e was int reduced •.lid adopted,
there mould still rrmainsese, lat 'moths in *h. Iw. But the
qu whin 14 as, whether, by gout . far .hey ecull remove any of
.he exist eg incos returnees without dsng r to toe titans h-
ment ? If tie .hough( that the sl.g .test htzard of that nature
could ics' It, he world agree that the ought to pause r h re
Wet now were. rat esthan tisk •ut.h a (14in cm; out (wing in its
concience co v nerd, t at die, nigh go wa h sate.y to thr Pra-
te: t of the m:asure now proposed, he did not h shale t
that they •ilight to go further. Ile was not :fete 101 hy the Gin-
teni;,liattm ot any unceetainty in the result hum voting lot this
omm t•ee —(Hoer, h ar, racezif wok cri s f••
' fur I o !
M- 'l•HaTl'Ast then rose'') reply—" 'ir, wi h respect to the
difficulty that is su,iposel to awe from eimig
•lepared into
the C •mmit Cc, I shall only t. s IV . can c 471111411 d
your owls securities—you ea" command she secw ny of asce-
tic uominat on. I positively deny slim shy UMW ot he Catholics
us such at to prevent them from submi; ins. What is for the
god of the Catho..c, is for the go d idf the whole It is sour
duty so say • the counts, and not to accommodice a. y la, icu
I-r set of men. An Hon. Genii m•n, who, s segre , wa. slot
more attei tied to, obit iv, it course of tits ',inch, that this
was a Pro es AM Col/S. U'loll.—..e may b.p ise he Cons,i,u
,run if he wid, hut wig, ales ii was I. a h lic—that is, it was
founded by La•holin.— %In 'lie gre t laws to who h th people
ewe it cis Ihe i w re ,he wink of Catho,es. Ai she shoe of
the It volutma our ancesa.rs cossten,ed th• ms•ives wsih making
a I) el si a. son of Itigoi, b-edose they c tsiul nut go he tiler than
e (-a holies had gssis••. Tie Bill sit BLit's was& I) claratory
I as ; it was declaratory of the pr.* urges ohtaiord by our Ca-
tholic ancestors. If we look 111 MC CAI /Ilk. religion, as COM
sleeted with the Pope, it Is II at once tar conceded, that that
cis eunistance will nun jastiry the oh. 41...nee of a silkier' toa
foreign pow• [—and ther,•tore, the Vt a it., devised so meet
that evil, and so previous it• Ile t I .n, she dasi4et coases.
Actin, he proffer you domestic n ..... inahon. Both the V. re
and dottiest ic ilatot oat 101 l are laid at Boor feci—sn that the sorgti-
mein founded on she necessity of checking fuireign Inds mime
is put an end to. For, if you have taut t:.at check now, It is
• own fault—and t-nti reject an ample security for your
establishment in t hureli rind S ate, in order to continue roar
'monopoly of pow.r. 'I h.. r hare - of moist atrocity in the
rarholic ri•tigion has been corndle ely met, by he un-
aissw table de larat nut oft he Cashol e Pre'a•es, who sat that
n..t the d •erritic of she Catholic r I gloss. to sup! ott or
obey any t.te'gn temporal putter, a it sits, s• It you skis, to
Lori ak th wth h r•ti •a• snit a pan of their s reed In 1701,
they s-at 11, that it was ucc wars or 111, a cur ty f h country
t g•ve them a share of polissoal pow, F. "ha. l'all ass. tar rave
'.li mhe !mail g• of h.. ding ;art, ed pro, CI and put arms in
be r hands. ntl. mis arritued, that si WAS con, rary so the
les of the Cnie.tillltii.ll so lei Roman C os ess
an, civil or Military N.w wII read a i extract from
h • Act pa4,:d in 1791, wh rh r bus th s assertion. he Sta-
tute says, ' lie it enacted that n sha I a id may be lawriul for
l'ap4ta, or persons professing di:. Popish, tor autitall Gs ik01.4

MAY it.

R • I.g on, to hull, .ze,cif ri y, c;‘, .t.ry
otit •ei, or 1:lac lof Irest anti root unit r hi,t Mat y.

('tear, hertr,) —tientleniess comes's', Vat, t it Ir
asoitss• ius p.dllical powre, itexathe it is al;;8 .it. 0!.
of Is • Coss.last/toss—asssl herr it st litw ex see- I 11.11 s.
them to Ilse put riot ion th at power. Now 1 w ~s• 1.• kis its
how s, it crostr.lrt to lie ill Mei pies of the 1.,1151i1111.5111 1.0 a
nil! pr r> .114 sit 'WI iv httation to the essjo.t merit of civil or us•-
bury ortires

The Honourable nentionan went at a great length In his reply to the •.'art-
Otbi limits urged agiimt the witaluro he hail proposed, in whieo he disphyml
lii3 UMW ability, and we cannot but lament that our limits will not permit
a more full detail of that and oth.n. ale :pairehes or the most iiiterestiug De-
bate.

The galkry was then chard for a Mr', ion, when there appeared—
Ayes 231-4oee 213—Majority 24—..

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON :

MONDAY, MAY It), 1817*

TIIE foreign news of the week, had it possessed
more than usual interest, would be merged in the im-
portant decision which has taken place respecting what
are called the Callous Claims. Even the late arrest of
Madame Saint Jean d'Angely, and the connection
which it is reported to have had with the projects for
the liberation of Buonapartc by the French Refitgees of
the United States, sinks into mere insignificance when
compared with what is passing here.
Paris rapers to the 9th reached town last night,
and those of Friday were received this morning. The
King appears to be so far recovered, as not only to un-
dergo all the duties of his exalted rank, but also to re-
cline and enjoy his rides. Accounts from Madrid
state, that Generals Lacy and Milano are to be tried
by a Council of War, at Barcelona. The French
Funds have advanced to 75 f. and 13 c. Letters from
Mayence, of the Ist of May, represent the number of
persons who have passed that city, in order to emi-
grate to other lands, during the month of April, to
amount to no less than ;3,31't individuals.
It is confirmed, that the Pope is dangerously ill.

From the French journals, which have been re&civcd
to the 9th inst. it is diflittilt to extract any matter
worthy of observation. It appears, by quotations from
German papers, that a degree of importance, somewhat
ridiculous, has been attached to the knot of miserable
creatures recently desi4.oated us the Peschtlian " Sect."
T;t.ir founder is now declared a lunatic. His tidlowers,
exaggerated by fraud or fill•; into tens of thousands,
have iwv;.r, in tact, amounted to more than a few hun-
dred wretch;:s of the lowest order ; who were dispersed
and put down without the shadow of resistance, by
half a company of armed men.

The differences between the King of Wurtemberg and
a part of the legislative body of his kingdom have been
latterly attended by some indecent and tumultuous pro-
ceedings in the Hall of the States, so as to have extorted
from his Majesty two official messages of a more pe-
remptory nature than any communications wlu.li he had
hitherto addressed to them. The substantial ground of
quarrel between the King and the States, is r'the desire
of his Majesty to consider the old and new members of
the monarchy, as parts of the same body, and as subject
to the same laws ; while the Deputies for old Wm.-
temberg express the strongest reluctance to incorporate
themselves with the provinces newly added to the king-
dom.

The distress in the French provinces is tremendous.
Bread is every where seven sole and in many
nine (l..I) and in some ten and eleven sols a pound.
The peasants live on lie:lA and roots ; and France will
be fortunate if serious epidemic distempers are not the
consequence of the present misery.

A letter from a Serjeant of the 91st regiment to his
Father in Glasgow, dated Valenciennes 13th April,
1817, after expressing a desire to remit his Father some
money, says, " I tun sorry to intinm von, that the is or
in France are not better off than in Britain ; thAti:ands
are starving fur want of tiaxl, a l r fof bre.al th4t we
could have bought for one pinny oa our arrival in this
country, we now pay at the rate of one shilling fir, and
it is not of so good a quality ; other provisions is pro-
portion, so that, if God does not provide for them, many
thousands will starve."

It is asserted, that Spain will not attempt to molest
the Portuguese whilst the Mediation is going on

Not less than 4.20.000 stand of arms have been
shipped off for Portugal. The last letters from Lisbon
state, that the King of Portugal had late!:. drawn on
the Ite.r,ency, from flat Brazils, for the sum cif 60,000/.
ivhich .they r,..fused to pay. As a proof of the turn of
public feeling in Portugal, we are assured that, when
the King was twoolalmA at Lisbon, the Staff Ofneers
alone cried Long Live the King." 'Lie populace
and the army were alike unmoved ; but s:atte indivi-
duals were observed to say, " If the King will have
our voices, let him come amongst us and hear them."
A general alarm still prevails throughout Portugal
that. the old kingdom is to be left defenceless at the
'mercy of a neighbouring Government.

YR.

Puottaparte is, according to the Cour;er, los acces-
itible than ever, and grown fat and ill-temporol, owing,
it may }r• presumed, to the confinement to which he is
auhierted, and an impatience of that restraint which
mist e...idently he grating to his feelings.
Sweden is stated to b upon the eve of a revolution ;
an ! I:craw-idle is busied in supping the power of the

The Vow York papers state the arrival there of a
vessel from Nlararetta, with intelligence that Ge-
neral Bolivar had, on the !Mil of February last, with
less than 1000 men, cmnpletely defeated the army of
the Royalists, consisting of 3000, of whom 1000 were
woun:e(l, anal taken prisoners. Bolivar, in u
latter to Admiral Brown, is said to have assured him,
that he should, by the 20th of April, be iu pass.,ssion
of Cumana.

Private letters from America, mention-that a very
serious misunderstatilint; exists bi±tween the Briti.,lt
Cotninisstoners and the persons employed by the Ame-
rican (;overran nt to run the boundary line between
the United States and British America ; that the de-
mails of the latter respecting territory arc perfectly
inadmissible.

Letters received from the Unitel Sta'es to the Ist
tilt. informs lei, that trade ha considerably revived,
and English cotton goods, wwllens, irons, earthenware,
were all selling at a considerable advance.
The Hamburgh Papers have brought the substance
of an Ukase issued at Petersburgh, on Easter Sunday ;
by which the Emperor Alexander grants peculiar pri-
vileges to Jews who become converts to Christianity.
They are to form a society under the title of " The
Society of Jewish Christians;' are to be established as
colonists, upon lands of the Crown ; to form separate
communities, and to enjoy a temporary exemption from
taxes.

M. Poniatowski, who lately returned from St. Hele-
na, is still in London, where he awaits the receipt of
funds from abroad to continue his ratite to Italy. lie
yesterday waited on Mr. Cooper, of the Alien-office, to
inform him that the person who is now travelling on
the continent under 1-is name, has no other intention
than to act as a spy on the friends of Napole M.
Ponsatowski received from Bu.,naparte, befinv his dc.
par ure, a certificate of his rank as Chef d'Eseadron,
and which contradicts all the statements made in regard
to him in the public journals.
It is a melancholy tact, that Holland, Germany, and
other parts of the Continent, are at this time so glutted
with British manufactures, that they may be purtlrased
in any quantity, at less than the prime cost in this
kingdom.

The Baltic trale hag of late assumed an ektraorditutry
legrce of activity. About 1000 vessels have passed the
Sound sinus the commencement of the season.

•
BuoNAPART .—A Letter from St.. Wenn, dated
Feb. Q. 6, 1817, received one day last week, by a trades-
man of' Lewes, from his sister, who has been some time
on the Island, speaking of the 1 x-Empemr of France,
briefly describes him, nearly in tha folloNing words,
and we have no doubt, with accuracy
I have seen that wonder of the world, Bonaparte—lle is a cor-
pulent man, of the middle stature. i. e. ncie.er tall hor short, of a
sallow complexion, with flabby checks;—lle appears thoug'o
and sullcn •—'ie no one, nor dos he ever overstep the boundary
line which, the order of Government, has been azarkedout fo.
hizza"

CHINA.

The news expected from China is nrrivei ; and of
that nature, toe, which was generally anticipated.
The Embassy has wholly toiled, and the- presents
which were to have been the pledge of amity and in-
tercourse have been returned ; so that we have not
lost all. This decisive intelligence was brought to
England by the ship Prince Regent.
We learn, that on the 12th of March, while prepar-
ing to weight anchor from St. Helena for England,
three large ships came in sight, and these proved to be
the vessels so anxiously expected from China—namely,
the General Hewitt, the Castle Huntley, and the
Cumberland. As soon as they came to anchor, an
()dicer enters the Prince Regent went on board the Ge-
neral Hewitt, in order to obtain the latest intelligence
from China, respectin!, British atlitirs. Ile was these
informed, that the embassy from China had arrived at
Canton from Pekin, on the Ist January, Unlimbered
with all the presents front England which the Emperor
of China had finally refused to accept.—Part of three
valuable curiosities had been sold at Canton; and the
remainder, which it was deemed advisable to retain,
were put on board the General Hewitt, together with
dispatches for England. The three China ships left
Canton on the sth of January, with their accustomed
cargoes on board ; so that, though the cause of the
failure is hitherto unexplained, it still may be hoped
that its effects will be limited, and that our mortifica-
tion will not be increased by the loss of our trade to
China. On the arrival of the Prince I:egent in Eng-
land, Captain Harris wrote to the India-house, giving
all the particulars which he had learned on board the
General I Lewitt ; and which were taken into consider.
tiun a n Thursday last. The arrival of the China ships
may be hourly expected.