The National Register.
London, England, 1815-08-27 00:00:00

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• In the reign of James the Second, Sir Daniel Fleming
erns elected Momber for Cockermouth, • after ,a keenlj•
conteqed dispute which cost him
.2,20. A like contest
there in the year 17692 cost each party np4ards of
I'solooo.

Accounts from Germany intimate that the new Constitu-
tions which have been framed for different states in that
country occasion great struggles. In Wurtemberg, the
('ro" n Pr ince, a young man Of great abilities, has taken part
against the king, Win; oppot-is the wishes of his people Kith
pilaf perseverance. In Hanover, the nobility insist upon
in:triunity front all taxes. At Frankfort, the Senate con.'
cealed the privileges allowed .to the people by the Congress.
r 1 he noh!emen of Holstein I;ad a 'representative (Count
Moltke) at Vienna, wirbout the knowledge of the King.
The consequence has been, that his Majesty has been oh-
rged to accede to their wishes. As for Hamburg!), the
tuwn and the neighbouring country ale in a reviving state.
11 the fortifications" he demolished, and no more war taxes
levied for some years, its future prosperity is certain. At
present the war taxes in that town are so high, that many
snerchants talk of settling- its Altona. However, the Ham-
burgh-srs have much reason to be.satisfied•with the-decistons•
olthe•Congress. • • . .
Seri,,us apprehensions are entertained in France of a
scarcity of forage, occasioned by the extraordinary consump-
tion by. the Allied armies. The Royal Agricultural Society
l'as, in consequence, been called upon by the Minister of
the Interior for their adviec, and they have accordingly
r.ade a Report, in which they recommend various substi-
tutes of quick grosctb, which may be planteskin the interval
between this and the next harvest, the produce of which may
supply the deficiency in the usual species of food for cattle.
LAGO DI Como.—The residence of the Princess of Wales
neon the shore of this beautiful lake will render it some-
what an object of curiosity. It is between the Alps and Ap-
repines. Comum, or as the Italians call it, Como, from
Nvhich the lake takes its name, is a city upon one of its bays,
so'cnnsiderable as to have a cathedral of white marble, and a
pdpufation of nearly 30,000 souls. Its chief distinction in
ancient history, is that of having had Pliny the younger
for one of its citizens, and its patron. In his time, it ap. ,
Mears to have been more populous than now; but modern
travellers say, that it contains at present ten churches.
MA:2SIIAL BARCLAY DL TOLLY.----A respectable Corres-
pondent informs us, that the account which has appeared in
the papers of the genealogy of Marshal Barclay de Tolly is
very erroneous. The Marshal, whom our Correspondent has II
the honour personally to know, is descended from thelamily•
of Barclay of Tolly, or Towie, in Aberdeenshire, but is not
the representative of that ancient family, as will soon be
she's' by a public deed and record. The family of Towle is
the original chief of that name. The family of Barclay, of
Mattress and title in Kincardineshire, is a branch from that
stock.

The Rhenish Mercury, the only Journal on the Continent
that ventured to discuss freely the political topics of the day,
has, we are told, been suppressed—a striking proof of the
re4ard entertained by the allied Sovereigns for . the liberty of
the pies.
At the late Northumberland Assizes, in the cage of Grey r. the
Duke of ICruriliumberland, in which a verdict was Nand for the
ilfstice Bailey laid it down, that • the Lord of the
Manor belonged to the mines iii the cmpylioid estates in that
manor, bnt then that Lord could only work wider ground; lie
could not break the surface without the consent of the copyholdvr,
lades: lit could prove his right by custom.