The National Register.
London, England, 1819-08-01 00:00:00

DESPATCHES OF GEN. MAC'GREGOR.

,Maior Recant. of tie corps of artillery of General Macgregor.
arrived in tewn on Thursday, with letters from the Commander.
in Chief, dated St. Andre, May cA, in which it is tutted that
Gen. Macgregor took with Lim from St. Andre (the depot), to
Porto Bello, two complete troops of the !Amerce., dc Marrreni,
all veteran soldiers, from the 9th, toth, and 16th British I.ancers,
perfectly well armed and equippe.d, aed mounted at l'orto Bello.
The General, conceiving it to he impossible for him to be attacked
from any other qua ter than from the high road f Panama, sent
Lis outposts and picqueta in that ditwtion, under the command of
Majakeldwin,of the I .01CCIE. This officer sad his men were cut of
from the town and made prienners,at about 3 m ilea' di.tance from
Porto Bello. The enemy came down to that tow n unperceived.
through the woods 1%1.0 flank it clesely on each sine. The two
companies of Lancers would have been sofEcient to overthrow
the Spaniards that surpriv d the town, had they an opportunity
of chLieing on the large wide square and in the streets. A con-
siderable qoantity of specie was found at Porto Bello. Five
thousand doubloons it, geld were discovered in the cemetery a few
days prec ioua to the recapture. Macgregor owes the preservation
of I:is life to the bravery and presence of mind of ore of his Aides
de Camp, Cornet Ce!clough, of Belfast. This young man slept
in the next room to Ger. Macgregor, and uponliearing the rush
of man r..:encl • g the stairs s,:ized a brace of pistols and his sabre.
and met the assailants at the stair heed, just before the door of
Macgregor's room. With the two pistols he hod the good luck
to kill a Spanish Colonel and a Captain, and he thrust his sabre
through tl:c body of a third. All nest three rolling down stairs
impeded the advance of the test. Macgregor in the mean time
lerpad out at the window. Cedc!ough received a hall through the
left land, bad time to follow Macgregor, and got safe on board
the sloop of Mar. It was Cornet Semple. of the Lancers, (son of
Lord Semple), who volunteered ter swim off to Macgregor's stitp.
from the fort, with the message from Col. Hater. HelllOft nobly
swam bask with the answer, and, after all. retuned to the ship.
and is now safe and a cll at St. Andre. Major Berate left Pero
Bello on the day weeding the re-capture, in charge of aquantity
of artilkvy and stores for the fortifications that arc err cling at St.
Andre. Mati,regor had about 1,600 men when Major Bezant
left him. The Prince and the Henry, with 1190 men each, from
Ireland; the Tarantula, from London' with 150 veteran cavalry
and horse artillery ; a large ship. of 65n tors, with 430 men,
from Iteland ; the Samuel, from London, entirely laden with
arms and ammunition; and another vessel from Ihiblio with
250 men, and the Lively Ann, from Loatlon, with 48 veteran
officers, and 110 picked soldiers, are all expected with iul.atience
at St. Andre; besides, 1,000 men from New York, laal about
700 men Iron, Jamaica. When the whole is collected, it will be
a considerable force; and, in discount of a month, the army wad
limit at Santa Fe di Bogota. which is a short distance from Car.
caws:ma the capital of New Granada.".

AUGUST 1.

COMMOW NALL. Monday, July 26.

ELECTION OF A SHERIFF, &c.
A Common Hall was held. this day, for the Election of
a iheriti to serve wall Mr. Parkins, already elected, for
•the ensiling year.
At one o'cl. ek, his Lordship. accompanied by several
Aldermen and the usual City Officers, appear. J upon the
Hustings, amidst strong marks of diaupproliation.
The purpose for ...Idyll the Meeting was called having
been stated by Mr. Wooiltliorre, the 'Town Clerk, in the
absence of the Recorder, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen
retired.

Alderman IVaitliman then eame'forward,and expressed
a hope, although his name was among those who had been
,put in nomination for the office of Shot iff, that lie might
not be chosen It %until he impossible for him to do his
duty as their representative iu Pailiament, and act as
•Sheriff at the saow time, with either satisfaction to him
self or Itenrilt to them.— (Applan.e.)

Mr. Altlernhto Itothwell mad. it similar appeal to the
intlolgettee of the Livrty—as Jid
Mr. Pavel!, vn the rat of Mr. Key, likewise on the
list, on the groom! of his private attai.s requiring his sole
attention. Mr. Key was oilling to serve, however, on any
future occasion. - .

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The Town thstit'llten teed over the names ed. the per-
sous, upon one of whom the choice of the Livery %VOA to
fell. Thrsr were, Aldermen Wairthinsn, A Ideruien Huth-'
well, Henry Merlin, Est,. and W C. Key., Esq.
The sense of the :sleeting WWI Mot tekeu as In the•elne-
tion of Aldermen IVeithrosii, ho: rot • sistgle laud was
held np ; his appeal, there lose, wasp tceessfu!.
Upon Aldermen Rah well being proposd,
Mr. H atteisipie..l to 'None iurae•rd to address lase
'Livacy. 1 his was resisted by Mr. Wnodthorpe, who said he
should not interrupt the pruessedings. Tta tinsel'sr riddles-
tug the Liver) bad gene by; add if .he did nut relire,the
Marshals should be called to enforce Oyler.

Mr. llunt.-1 drlllll.l3t, 84 a right, in 4IP

Heir a Rood deal of altereattna followed, to which Mr.
Runt appealed to the Sheriffs. in-the there were alter-
nate erie-- nl " hear hint," and Mmes.

Mr. HUnt.--i wish to otklrem. the Livery to the que‘t inn of
the election of Attlertnan Ruth well, :Lod I again &main! avu
Liveryman, toL•e Iteur.)
After some further attempt to reakt Mr. Hunt's ethortv, hr
.prevaited, and the SlteriM admitted that he was entitled to
Le hrarri.

Mr. hunt said, I am about to address van, and Instate to
yommy 111 , 1 000 of hat sort of a man you ought to elect for
yout-Cherilf„and what sort of man you ought 11411 W fleet
'lt is rice duty to elect such a 1)1311 as Alderman Cotlisell.
Yon have heard whit he has said on the pri sent occasion,
and no doubt you will allow him the same sort of indiii:yore
hich you grunted to the worthy Alderman alt I was put up
before him. If this andMipation be correct, then you a ill
have to look further. You oa,;h: to On t a man aho nil.
nut be wavering to this or that party, hut who will conseieo.
*Musty d.liiirge his duty to nis fellow eitisers and ,the
Livery of Loudon.—( Hear, and cries of" Such in )neraelf.'")
A roan who will not be the tool of a corrupt sad venal ad-
ministration. You will nut elect u east who will, for tor
sake of grattf)ing his own vanity. by An attempt-to obtain
some empty title, rut the ritilt-cf, setting this great city in
dames ! (Hear, madmen.) You will not elect a man who
%sill sot take the advice of Ids Fellow 4ldt reams Mr. Hunt,
after having ridiculed the " t readfnl Plot" in the City,
evpatinted upon the conduct of the Lord Mayor, without
:semen to care touch viliether.his Lordship was pleased or
MA. _ . _ _

Ahiennnn Rathwell rims then chosen Sber:lT, and the Lord
Mayor returned to the tivoings, from ahnrhihr and the
Aldermen had rented, and ant— the Town Clerk had stated
upon whom the election had fallen, ordered that the Hall
should he dissolved. _

hi r. Stepbers abahiaanotnentstepped forward and offeceil
to the Lord Mayor n paper, expressive of the thanks of the
Livery to A Motown Wood and Wnithmen. His Lordship
roft:-ed to take it, and agam •poke to the proper oticer to
put a psriod to the nett in;. The officer did 14, he had been
ordered, amd 'the Loll Mayor attended by all the Aldermen,
except Alderman Waitliman, stud offices of his himise...hold
Yet iicd. Ilk Lordship Ww hooted h.
There aso then re general cry for Alderman Waithinaiszto
take the Chair, vacated by the Lord ;Slay or. The worst y
Alderman vvelit up to the chair, took ufi. hi.g.,.n, fad set
in the choir as a l.lVef,1111:111.
Mr. Whithman, a hit sag loudly npplrmaital. said, that if
be had known that it was the wish of the Laser) assembled
upon a Lite occasion tlart he should take the ohmic after the
dissolution of the owe, he a-erg:may-should have clone so.
He should rather decline it in either accnsinn, but having
h vit called upon by the Livery he had in alternatise.—
( Applause )-11e probably held opirions different from those
of the persons who bad called him to the chair, but on such
an rnemsion that was ,a flatter of fill illlppriaure. He ob-
jected to 'urge meetings, of eke people wider mach circum-
stances as thaw on a Inch that at Smithfield had beam held ;
but It hat we, the people to go, wre•enteol All they were
front assenthliueas a Common 14x11 to de c laretheirsenitiments.
Ile begged to be .cons.deced merely as the .organ of the
fleeting before lino.
Mr. Stroh. a- then came forward. The Lord Mr ”i,r had
not been, he said, ever elected by his teillow•citizeus, and
was milking less than the tool of Attortionamtiou, whose
NiCa• aria. dare., ed to a Baronetcy, or some other adsass-
tags, with which the pudic had mobile,: to do. The meeting
sea e.e havoc*. ofshlye contrast a hick the conduct of Aldermen
M and Waitisuion presaliteal to that of the Utter ;11
l ate, a ho was throb!• forioidialle person in the e:se, of the
peaceable iiihabsilllll/411)11 the VIA inst. from their tipple-
hensions of 0.-violent eof his ill-judged seal. Mr. Stephens
then eensureddos Lordeaip for every particular act of his
o a that day, and asked better every OW of his fellow-
citizens did. not upon hearing of the conspiracy to
" horn the City said fourth., the quiet people." ( Laughter
and applause ) It was is warrider that the Livery were now
in ilmi hall, and that rise!, were not at that " bourne fiom
whence uo traveller return.."—(Laughter,)—'tie lordship
vans bound to conic forward for the preservation of his ovi n
a hararter, and lumina. his informant upon oath. It aria
1., hr hoped that the Chief Magistrate outdo wit hesitate
upon a siihiect if such vital importonce to himself. Mr. S.
concluded a it h snowing the thanks of the meeting to the above
named A Written.
Mr. Woolirr seconded the motion.

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Mr. ravel!, afire having reprobated the conduct of the
Lord Mayer to the Livrry, said he believed his Lot &hip must
hove been the dope of some whose object it MII4 to defeat
acfo:ga. tic thought the wretiug W au ausiae and

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litie one, but he declared that the conduct of it taus web
at to remove all suspicion of bad mock e.
The thanks of the onettiogotere thou given to Aldermen
Wood and Waithniun.
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Mr. Waithman raid, he had acted merely from a sense cf
pnhlic duty. He was surprised at the weakness of the Lord
Mayor. in believing so silly a story as that of a conspiracy
to set tire and minder; and I litre was 'Another surprising
thing, that his Lordship Worm Sl.) or 40 men to take an
individual out of a crowd of 110$XKl. Way not this a
strange way of secu ri nettle peace of ibe tit (Mr. W.)
washed his hands out of WC* things, hut he had cot the polite
and eletant air of the Lord Mayor, who a ns remarkable for
hk mildness and humanity. Should not Isis Lordship have
',tiered the hall itirtead of having refused it, in 'wrier to pre-
vent tbe City from heirg btown up? Mr. W. concluded a
speech, a hic h wits much applauded, by expressing his sincere
thanks to the 'fleeting.