The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-08 00:00:00

POOR'S RATES.

A reduction of the Poor': Rates is likely to he effected by
no means so readily as by the encouragement of industry
• g the labouring classes. l'ersuaded of the truth and int.
portaore of this principle, a number of (;eitilemen have
united together in the metropolis, tOr the purpose of obtaining
information on the best means of furnishing permanent em-
ployment to the industrious poor, without encroaching MI any
existing occupations. We have been favoured by their Se.
cretury, Mr. IL Wilk, with a copy of the inquiries, which they
have already eirenlated through different parts of the coun-
try ; au '1 which, as relating to a question of emisiderahle inter-
est In political economy, we are happy to lay before owe
leaders

I. If such of the poor, as have small families, and are out of work.
or whose low wages are insufficient to maintain them, were supplied
with a small portion of land, nearly rent tree, with the mean, of
erecting a cottage, if necessary, on the same, would it prove a
to industry, be accepted and cultivated, and eventually reader
parochial relief unnecessary
2. For prsons with large families, say six children and upwards,
in similar eirrumstancei, would it be considered likely, Wu cow anti a
sufficient quantity of land, say one and a half or two acres, at a ijW
rent, were supplied, that such would be enables to live without pa—
rochial n‘sistance ? _ _

Wnat effects might such assistance be expected to produce in a
given number of years (say 10 or 15) on the moral condition Lnd
happiness of the poor, especially of the rising race, and the welfary ci
the community at large ?
4. Ifapproved, (and the money necessary to accomplish it could he
raised) your opinion is requested as to die best mode ut carrying the
same into effect?
5. Your opinion is requested on the propriety of large and popolois
places employing land for the occupation of their pour under sun,,il.e
superintendance, (which hits in some ins:ances h,en practised) si:h
a view to enable tliem to subsist without paroclUavl
6. Any other infornmtion on the sinject of furnishing employm, nt
to our industrious poor, nut prejudicial to exiaiuglocciipations, will lie
esteemed.

Monday a Jury was impannelled before the Depnty High Baiiiff,
at the Guildhall. tiri3tiiiiiister, toecsess the damages claimed by Mr.
Slade, the Proprietor of the Argyle-monis, as compensation for Le
loss of those rooms. part of u Welt are to he rei,loved, in order to ;or-
conthme the line of the new street. Mr. Sergeant Best stated the
claims of his client against the Comm ssioaers, under three heat7s;
first for the value of the freelto:d property, which would he proved
to be worth 10501. a year. which at 17 yeanb' purchbe, wou:d
next three ycars' profits of the rooms, con.
sequence neo' 9.
fithe3inisli4s.of Ids businecs, consequent upon a removal :
average profits of the rooms amounted to 2,.1'x4. a Year, which for
v-orit wig+ 1,500. The third head of the claim was fur a loss
0f2,5n01. upon the sale of wardrobes, &c. After a long invertigaticn
of the arse, in which the interests of the Commissioners were •up-
ported by the Attorney-General, Mr. Gurney, and Mr.Shcplienl,
jun. the .lury returned a verdict of 22.7301.

Last week,' a hare, pursued eloaely by the hounds, at Nor:hailer-
ton, lumped ilirJugh a window, breaking ft aquar:• of I
alighted upon a table wiiere the family sat at dinnor. rear rapt's
life wax; eared by the master i.f the hone, for I,e sct her at :fun, in
hie garden, after the tio.inds bad been drawn off

LONDON:

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1818.

Wr have received the Paris Papers of Welnesday
last, from which the following arc extracts :
'• PARIS, Nov. 4.—On the Ist inst, his Prussian
Nlajosty went to the Palace, to tale leave of the King,
as also of the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family,
and intended to have set off on the 2d instant,
but for the indisposition which confined him to his
apartments during the whole of that day. ilis Majes-
ty however commenced his route, yesterday, ut eleven
o'clock.

On the 2l it the Duke d'Angouleme passed
through the town of La-l'ertc-sous-Jouare Although
the passage of this Prince was not announced, the Na-
tional Guard got under arms, and his Royal Highness
was received by the Municipal Corps, amidst the accla-
mations of all the inhabitants. Baron Lagny, the
Mayor, had the honour to congratulate his Royal High-
ness, who kindly sawed him of his remembrance of
the reception given to tho Royal Family, by Monsieur
and Madame Reynard de Isle, his parents, at the period
of their unhappy return fl•orn Varenns, on the Q4th of
June, 1791. The Prince deigned to inquire into the
condition of the poor in this commune, and gave 500 fr.
to the .lttyor, to be distributed amongst them. He

resurned his rout;, amidst renewed eYelansatious et.

A I..mg live the King ! the Duke tt'Angoulerne! and
\h., Bourbons !•

" The suit for calumny, between General C.inucl,
Colonel Fabvier, nod d. Seuneville,. will come on
the Criminal Court, on Saturday, the 7th inst agreeably
to postponement in the month of July last.
" During the elenions in the Department of. be
Gard, one of the bulletins of the second seetion presented
the names of J471!.2t1, Calvin, and Luther. The Vice-
President having read them over, the Secretary rose,
and said:---' Me. Pre lent, I !:-.ove that the bulletin
be declared nuU, these Gentlemen nut being upon the
list of eligible electors.' •

." Extract of a letter from Geneva, datel the
ult The pnristr.tis assume in England an lei'
not very consol.atery to th friends cf pox:. TIE
not .as yet forin a politica'. party, at isms ,;ensibl
but with their number, which increases daily,
ia an alarrzing proportion. It is
(ponce of their doctrine of absolute prtdestiimii‘;,.
have Imre a Professor, named Mahan, who paid,
is said, by the English Puritans) is the echo
sect. He frankly teaches that the human ram;
vincibly predestinated to lie, steal, violate
Authorities have suppressed the school, where
stilled into youth these 'fine maxims, instead of instruct-
ing theta in Latin; and this man mars that
persecuted .! Happily this dangerous fanaticism
partisans in any class of society. The people deride
and are not desirous of following • the doctrines
wretches, whom they reasonably regard as evil-r
people.' "
French Fonds Nov. s.—Five per Cents. 68,
Bank Stock, t 56f.

The monicd interests in the City coratiite in
agitation respecting the present state of France,
demand fur specie, and the great depres►ion
Funds; they are also making preparation in case
tensive calls being made upon them by theircorrespon,
ents at Paris. A letter, dated Paris, Wednesda?
o'clock, sent by express to Calais, to overtake the
states that the Minister of Finance had come .
determination of as,,isting the Bank, which had im-
proved public cre,lit is the' Funds; the continuation of
the account was one half less than it had previously
been; the writer of the letter mentions that the price
of the Five per Cents. was at the date of his writing
68f. 50c. for money. The demand for specie conti-
nued."

The followiag is an extract of a letter from Calais,
doted Nov. 6, which we received yesterday:—

" CALAIS, Nov. 6.—The embarkation nonfinite/I in
the most successful manner ; the arrangements made
respecting it, do the greatest honour to the officers.
Order and precision prevail in every quarter, and an
astonishing activity : sometimes transports coming into
the harbour, have immediately received their troops, and
put to sea again the same tide.—The Royal Artilles!.
is now embarked, and will sail this morning. The
Cavalry Corps are to commence embarking to-morrow'
so that it is generally belived the whole of the array
will be off in the coarse of next week. No accident
whatever has happened."

The ship Devon, which sailed from Valparaiso, in
the beginning of July, has reached an ontport. and
brings accounts front thence, dated the 4th of that
month. The Insurgent Army was considerable, in
consequence of reinforcements from Buenos Ayres, and
a number of recruits raised in the country. There
had, however, been no new action, as Osorio kept him-
self inclosed in Concepcion de Chili. EcTerting mili-
tary operations we have had later accounts through
Buenos Ayres, but they contained no intelligence as to
the proceeding of the Royalists' squadron, which firr
some time had blockade I Valparaiso. It aprears that
these ships had captured a British vessel, Lund from
London to the South Seas, called the Inspector, Captain
Dincinrom ; but falling in subsequently with a number
of Insurgent privateers, the Inspector was recaptured
by them, after a severe action, and carried into Val-
paraiso.

Letters dated early in S.Ttember, from Porto Bello,
state, that in that neighbourhood a considerable party of
Insurgents had appeared. •In conscpcnee, the Au-
thorities at Porto Belle were usinz their utmost endea--

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yours to put the plate in a condition to resist thew,
and they i_ad isaned.ordeni both for the iinprehstuent of
men and mules. liWas currently reported, at the date
of these advices, that war had been declared betwceu
Spain and the United States. anA two or three ships
from the ports of the latter, =ad Len detained on this
ground. Insurgent i:rivitc.4:ts in etvlactabie farce
were cruising on those seal. • ,4

A ge—Pplasacut to Tuesday's Gazette was published
in the course otTriday, containinu. despatehe from the
Governor in Coln -at fionib,tv, us likewise front a
number of 00fiers uit4.....elincr commands
throughout. theleon anent of India, tvire,.-amsriling to
these docugisulk have captured several of a Mabratt:t
thiliand a number of smail sectvlsts.
tfMs deseripion of sstvice, however, can havily
`lntuiza,

per.
them.
urpeur
I
the
;
of

are
rke,

heti possessea them, as it was svf to beca
their intention, the trade of the colony to ve beet

An article from Madrid armor:nee, to the world,
what we suppose miAt have been admitted Wias a to-
lerably safe conscience many months ago, that no re-
liance is to be placed by Spain, in her South American
contest, upon any bat Spanish soldiers. The expedi-
tiim, it is said, even glanced to one lueif of the force at
which it was originally estimated, will scarcely be ready
for sell before two months.
It appears from' the American Papers., that notiee had
been given to Sritith vessels in
.the American ports,
that such of them as were hound to.pprts in the British
dominions, from which American bottiiiirs-sre,eNeladrd,
must depart on the Seth of Septemlx,r, othentii,e they
would become subject to the provisions of the Naviga-
tion Act.

The Washington Gasette cf the •sOth of Septemtcr
says, it is informed, from good nuttnicitf, that the G►-
vernment has deuirtnirted to seal a:► expedition to ex-
plore the head-waters of the accompanied by
scientific characters.

By a letter from St. Helena, of the 13th of .Septem.
her, the naval force there consisted as follows :
Conqueror, 74, Admiral Fliunpia, Ciptain Wadi ;
Tees, Dotterel, Podargos, Rcdpole. Favourite, Mus-
qnito, and Ractsm; the two latter were to sail .fir
England very soon. .1 he I,.!tter states .:—" Napoleon is
never to be seen, and the respectability of sonic cf
attendants is much on the decline, Bertrand particularly.
A house is 'begun for the e,-(l,:wort Emperor, close to
Longwood, and the anxiety of the (lovernor to have it
completed induces him to ride daily to the spot, and in
less than a year I think ha will have no WINO to com-
plain of his dwelling."
Recent intelligence from Constantinople points to
the probability of sonic violent disturbances in that ill-
regulatNl capital. Thu necessity of ye-organizing the
torps of Janissaries has been apparent for many years;
but the difficulties and dangers attendant on such a
reform have been already fatal to move than one Go.
vernmert ; and it is conjectured, may involve the reign-
Sultan in the same c.itunities which have WC&
len his most enlightened predecessors.
The intelligence from Ceylon continues 'o Tivearthe
same gloomy aspect; no hopes are entertained of a
speedy restoration 4* tranquillity, as. disafreetod
naiives, owing to the peculiar face-of theattlintry, still
contrived to elute every attempt to bring thew to.ac.
t ion.

Mr. Serjeant Vaughan nna Mr. Gamlen are arnfi.
dently spoken of iu Westminster Hall, u ,the new
puisnc Judges.

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net' iiile called the stor ine, of AYH: fortified city cf Chandzi
they do in the Nagpore ryi I Lieutenant-W*llcl J. W.
ibly so I Adams ;an cxp t whit atgallant °fiber represent.•
to have.exhibit in th Atighest lustre, the spied end
-, eriTues energy of the 'tisk trOpil. We had on the: i>oari•,,•,.
conic- Captais Clnlrles rth a three other officers roulade!.
pi. We We cannot find is the upP:ement.lo the Gazette, any
Lid, as it allusion to the Tried. erreeder oMe Peishwu.
of that Letters
front- ava ' , of b, the September Mae:,
that an lingiiskiresselfisid recently entered that port,
' are il!" wlesee cargo, *Dug othor warlike stores, contained
c. 'flit i(j,000 stanil 04.artne; then were itntnediutely seized
a he ie. by the Spanish*uthfititiqee-itho refused either to pure
nstruct- chase them or td restos.. thin, or even to suffer them
it iic i,, to in: disposed inOrlie island. It does not appear
whether the v• el aindtb-utilt-ttrt üba, or merely put
finds no into Havann:t or so* temporary ectommodation.—
elide it, A great stric ess pretails generalle in ontlirciter the
•,-,
rises .. • OW- relative tn the . ction of' the duties on goods;
-minded a smuggiiO4, twin to the increased vigilauce of
le
present Powernor, ad bacon!, almost impracticable.
81 2 .: Traincree Wasi far front beintin .a flourishing state, or
alley to roans) the Isbpes of re culat.ors. •
d,, .. • .:The Sierra I.cone Gazelle of the 181 k. of July gives
asaccottgt of fovernor btracalphy's hoeing taken pas-
n stud' stssion ofkhe Isles de losiss in the naive of the King of
ice, the Great tiritaiti; and „private legs Aform us, that he
I of the has estibli,hed a rtalement at lie foot:th of the Sher.
aof ex- borough river„,and,taLAl the Plantain Islas under the
vspond-
protection of his Government : ate isles de Loss are
situated about 10 leagues ncirthveircl of Sierra Leone,
(13Y one the Plantains about 20 leagues seath-west ' • so that by
he mail, this attention to occupying these pnbsts, tehas secured
to the the trade of Sierra Leone : whereaf, if the Americans