The National Register.
London, England, 1815-01-01 00:00:00

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A sera in our colonial policy hai commenced,-as will
be seen by the following accounts from Malta:—
Friday we had mails from Malta and Gibraltar, bringing
letters ftosn the former to the Bth ult. and from the latter to
the ISt-b instant. The advices from the island, lead us to
expect a very material and beneficial change ip British com-
merce to the Mediterranean. The representations of Gene-
ral Maitland, the present Governor, have been listened to
attention they deserve. and the following are the
principal regulations by which Malta is to be erected into a
snag valuable trading establishment
‘.* 1. Excepting soap, steel, German linens, and glass, all
commodities are to he considered as the produce of the coon-
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try, and the exporters are to have the privileges attached to
such a contingency.
"3. A direct trade is to he allowed to the East and West
Indies, and to all the other dependencies of the Crown of the
United Kingdom."
Proposals, it is said, are to be made to acquire the same
.concessions for the trade at Gibraltar.
We have some letters from llamburgh, by which we learn
that the. professions of theaussian Government to evacuate*
thateity have not been fully carried into execution, and the
citizens are very appreliewive that they will be burdened with
a Russian garrison fora considerable time longer.
•Fkiday evening sve received Paris papers to the /7th inst.
TiO intelligence from Vientur, which is of the 15th, state the
ipismgen. on the. part of the Emperor Alexander, of decla-.
ring Thorn and Cracow fee cities of Poland; and also the
destos on 'Finkel', 141tich appear to be looked to as a fertile
source of indemni•ies, that may serve to reconcile the jarring
interests of the different powers whose pretensions create so
many Obstacles at Vienna. Tbis projc-t seems to be a topic
of much conversation at Vienna. The reported marriage be-
tween the Hereditary Prince of Wit ternl,erg and a Russian
P:rincees, is likewise alluded to. The plan for dividing der-
many, into seven circles, k said to have been rejected. and
A)ustria, it is rumoured, has proposed a new division, to con-
sist only of five circles.
Thursday, Paris papers of the 9.6 th inst. were received :
the'report of the proceedings of the Chamber of Deputies
fonds the principal features in these papers. Witnesses have
*then as it were lion the dead, to reveal the crimes of Bona-
parte, nod expo-e those scenes in .which the murders of a.
Touissaint, a Pichegru, and a Wright, were perpetrated.—
The Committee of Petitions made their report on the :4th
inst. in which are noticed the cases of 19 old state prisoners,
who hid suiferea.a mointted confinement of various lengths,
from tbn to -fifteen -ears.- Among these victims are, Field
Marshal Grisolles, and several old officers. It appears that
theeight state prisems; or bastilles, erected by Buonaparte,
weretotable to, cotttain imniense number of prisoners of
fltis description, and that the surplus we.: distributed among
the coption prisons, where their sufferinp were agglavattd,
surd Alic„sum of four francs, about Ss. 4d. a-day, allowed by
the:Srite'fOr their' maintenance, which-was withheld by' the
di;viffibr", end eniverta-to his own use. In these frighthil
iliititeans trial and acqUittal were of no avail—the innocent
Illreterteonfounded. with the guilty, and subjected to torture

kileirtaishments hitherto reserved fur the most enormous
irighttlals.:- Of this cruel and inhuman treatment, Field Mar-
shar tirisolles furniihea in his perion a deplorable example.
lie was arrested in the year 12, as a Vendean, tried, and tina-
litigiously acquitted—hut an acquittal did not set him free.
.Hc was conducted to the Temple, wh?re he languished for
three years, and from thencc.to Bier-ter, where his sufferines
'were still more dicadfla. Ctimcs•of the most atrocious nature
• newt:lets and pui onings. he adds. wens practiced in this prison.

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Letters from Vienna state, that these have been repeated
conferences between the Sovereigns there, on the subject of
the invasion of Turkey, not merely for the expulsion of the
Turks (iron Europe, and the partition of the territory,• but
also for the moulsion of the petty tyrants from the southern
coasts of the Mediterranean, so as to pot an end to the piracy
andslavery in which they traffic. The language at Vienna
is, that of all acts of injustice this will be regarded as the
least unjust, front the violence and barbarity which they
constantly practise against the Christian wrtild; and from
the advantages that will flow from the deliverance of the
fairest part of the inhabited globe.—Two marriages are in
contemplation—that of the Atebduke Charles 4,f A ustria
with the Archduchess C .therine of Russia, and that of the
Hereditary Prince of \Virtemberg with the Duchess of ()I-

denherg.
Thuisday a mail arrived from namburgh. bringing paper-4
to the 24th ult. The account s from Vienna, in these papers, are.
remarkablr for speaking more decidedly than the Hamburg,'
Journals have hitherto done, of the existing differences which
impede the prowess of the negociations at Vienna. A letter
from that city, dated the I.sth, which is inserted in a very
conspicuous manner in the ilamblirgh Currespondenlep,
speaks in a way which implies that the state of thy egocia-
/ions was understood to have become less favourable than it
had recently been, notwithstanding they had been resumed
alter a considerable interruption. The Bonen hail List,
another German paper, of the qsd, states also, on thrau
thonty of letters from Vienna, that differences had ai
between the powers wsembled in that City. It is stated .at
tie Emperor of Austria has appointed a Cominntee to El -
sider of the means of rendering the abode of the Sore
at Vienna more agreeable, from which it seems that an .
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finite prolongation of their residence is anticipated. b .riat
and Wirtemberg arc supposed to be much dissatisfieu with.
the proposed political arrangeinents; and the Sovereigns of
those countries, it is said, are determined to leave Vienna
without waiting for the closing of the Congress.
The Milan accounts prove decidedly the discontented
state of the Italian troops in the service of Austria, io conse-
quence of their being ordered into the Ausrrian territories ;
and the dissatisfaction.also of the Italian people, it appearing
that the soldiers had deserted in great lumbers, and that tike;
inhabitants, where the deserters had taken refuge, refused Lot
deliver them up. _

The Amphinn frigate, Captain Stewart, arrived, at ['Kis,:
mouth, on Wednesday, from Bermuda, in twenty-five dap:
he brings no news. Four frigates and a brig were left lying
there. The main body of the ships were away on a sere
expedition, presumed :o be New Orleans, whither also thu
troops under General Keane had gone. The Raftlcr arrived_
at the same time from Ilalifax, which she tektite Id ult.
One cause ml the very great Sale oCciekets and Shares in
the present Lottery is, the uncommon success the Public ha 4
in the last ; the whole of the, Capital l'ri;ei being sold.; anal,
among the many instances which ktivesome to our knowledge,
to very industrious and.deseriing persons, who, without such
aid to their exertions in life, miglichave laboured in vain the
remainder of their 'days.
The COMMERCIAL HALL \VINE COMP ANY respectfully
invite their numerous Customers, the Nobility, Gentry, and
Buyers of Wines.: and Spirits•in general to •their Concerns in
SKIN VER ST RE and OXFORD STREET. In
Skinner Street they will have the Opportunity of viewing
and tasting the LARGEST STOCK of the FINEST WINES ijt
the Kingdom; in SnOwhill and Oxford Street, Fampies
only are kept. For Particulars of the Company's .trticics
and Prices, sue the Advortisemech last P4ge.

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