The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-11 00:00:00

THE ls.TATirllsiAT4, gyr;ifiE

vered out to the Guards, and they wete kept in readiness the
whole night, as if some movement had been expected, but
all remained perfectly quiet.
A manifesto was issued by Christophe in October last,
which recites all the atrocities of which the Ytench were
guilty in attempting ,e) regain posa4sion of St. Domingo;
and, of er assertiniz the claims of the present reople i
to natutal and civilized lihe-ty, declares the unalterable de-
termination of -the Goveinment attd united peop'e of the
country to maintain their rights end independence against
all attexpts on the part of Fran, e. or any ots,et Itteior power,
to oppress or enslave them.---christophe's itreparations for
defence have been ineessa•it, and his _troops ate numetous
and well disciplined. At the Cape there are about Jiooo in-
fantry, and 151,0 cavalry, with a very good pat k of aitillery.
The whole of the regular militaty establishment is calculated
at 22,000, and the militia is calcula ed at 33 000. Fort
'kitty, or the c:tadel of Christophe, is a stupendous wolk,
and appears .mpregnable: it is secured by its extraordinary
elevation ft ..m .inv sudden attack : its fortification% are con-
structed with great skill ; and it is amply provided with
water within, and with provisions and ammunition for 6000
men for •two %ears. The failure of Leriet c will be a bagatelle
to the losses and miseries the French must endure, ,in now
endea‘t.uring to regain itos.esion of St. Domingo. The po-
pulation is to a man united against them.
The Get man Papets say that Buonaparte is to be removed
from Elba to the Island of St. Helena

The following is an extract of a letter, given in the Jou,-
nal des Debats of the 26th ult. :—" Since the end of the
mot th of Septeonber, the };seater part of the Imiklingf.. car-
rying for enlat giog the residence of Buonaparte, have
been stopped. This is not the only circuenst ;nce which in-
ducts us to believe tlmt the stay of this foi- famed s ei sonage
not he Jong. Many chests, containing costly valuables,
have not been opened. The intercourse of corn lets between
.Vienna and this town is very frequent. We hear fit-nu
Milan and Leghorn that the divorce of Maria Louisa is the
subject; and when one teflects on the important conse-
quences which such a measure would have on the future
politics of Europe, it is probable that the attention of the
AlFed Powers is much occupied by it. But is it resolved
and prepared ? That is atrother question. Sixty Polish
lancers. sent from this place to Pat ma, to attend upon the
firchdut Ness, are returned, because, it is said, the Parmtsan
Government are not willing that Napoleon should shew ex-
rerim ly a perfect good humour or an entiie forgetfulness of.
the p.t,t, os a pet feet tranquillity as to the future; hut you
now how well he can dissiwula e. The same courtly eti-
quette is observed at the hale chateau of Porto Fer-
rojo.as were in the Palace of the Thuilleries: We are at a
loss to know the object of the continual presence of tw.
English ships of war cruizing About the isle ; howevet. they
suffer our Governments to pass and repass to and from Genoa
and Leghorn. The flag of &ha is one of the most respected
by the Barbary Prove s, the natural A liies of. Buonanatte.
Our port is much resorted to t)y foreign vessels Every
thing is very dear. and the interchange of commodities great.
The French King, Louis XVIII. has stated the debts in-
curred by him and other branchc of • his family, in foreign
countries, ut So millions 0f franet:,, the interest of which he
first emages to pay out of his Civil List, and the principal to
be afterwards incorporated in the French funds. Ile has also
benevolently ordered the sum of 180.000 francs to be distri-
buted monthly out ,:f the fonds of the Civil List. among such
of his faithful subjects a di I not abandon him. and whom the
calamities of the Revolution have Leh without fortune.

• MISCELLAA i6S.

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The following is the Monthly Report of the King's Flea
issued on Suuday last.
• Wteosoa t Arrt.L, DEC. 3.—}li s 111,jesty has been uniformly
composed through the lost mouth. but viithuut soy alteration in the
state of his disorder."

The Prince Regent very nearly experienced a serious
accident on Monday last, whilst vp Middle-street,
fl ighton ; from so•ne unknown cause his horse suddenly
bee:itne unruly, and plunged with great violence ; had his
Koval Highness loen a less excellent ridef, lie :Dust have
beet' thrown from his seat, at the imminent hazard of his
life.

The Duke arid Duchess of Cumberland are expected in
rugland in about a month. Horses arc purchasing for their
Royal Highnesses. Other preparations are making for them,
d we unders'and his Royal Highness's house at Kew is
repairing and preparing for their reception.
The Duchess el Wellington has excited the admitation.
ancienvy of the French itegaMes since her arrival in Pails,
by the taste and beauty of her d:esses ; one evening at the
Opera her Grace wore an unique tippet, made of the feathers
of the humming bird, which was brought by the Duke from
India; the eyes of the whole house were immediate!,direct-
ed to the box, and at the conclusion of the performance her
Grace could sca:cely pass the lobby, from the crowd collect-
ed by female cut iosity.
Numerous meetings are about to be held in different
parts of this country, to petition Parliament on the subject
of the Property The Commissioners almost univer-
sally corn eive themselves hotted to take the. rent as their cri-
terion. This is under the peseta circumstances of the
times especialy) a most injurious and oppres.ivettile Of pro-
ceedi.ig ; and it has become ti matter of very general com-
realm, we are glad to find that a cot espouding proceeding
has been as generally resolved upon on the subject.
Au ingenous Saxon, named hceeig, has invented a ma-
chine, by which a great ievoluion is likely to be effected
ru that part of the art of printing which relates to taking
impleoiiiins from the forms or types. The object of the
invention is increased expedition ; and to such perfection
has it already been brought that the Times newspaper, which
is now printed with the mac blue, is worked off at the rate of
I 100 per hour. Four men and four boys now accomplish
that which used to require eight Men and four boys to
perfotm. Mr. flacon, printer, of Norwich, has likewise a
machine completing by which he calculates to print 1400
sheets per hour ; and a third project of the sort is also said to
be in course of expel intent.

• JOANNA. SounicoTT.-7—Last week, at Crewkerce, two
of the followers& of this cntignated virgin were discovered to
have been negociating %%ill) a poor woman of that place for
One of her twin chi then, which they intended to lomat d to
the mettopolis, time to be announced as the true off,pring
of the Propi,eiess. The fraud being prevented by the disco.
very, the negociwors and the Prophetess 'were paraded about
in uffigy by the populace through the public streets.
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