The National Register.
London, England, 1809-02-12 00:00:00

FEB. 14•

.lect of abuses, in whateyer department they 1113 V exist, or
even said to exist, is become the subject of Parliamen-
tary inquiry, whether the facts be substantiated or not ;
whether the charges originate in the vengeance of a &cal d-
ed mistress ; or the whole business be the result of private
inalce, or the !ow inttigues of a few obscure individuak—
we still consider it of the highest importance and of indis-
pensible necessity, to institute frequent inquiries of this na-
ture. Abases do exist in every government and the great-
est vigilance can scarce prevent their accumulation. The
individual, therefore, who has the coura:,e to conic
forward and expose them, whatever be his motives, is
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dabted to the thanks of the ; as he serves to keep
alive that suspicious jealousy of men clothed. ‘vith power,
who, unfortunately,. have too st r-,A;;; a bias and too much
interest, to convert it to their own list and that (3$ their

dependents, to the grat detriment of the commtukity. We

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repeat it again that the man who attacks malversations, of sing the abwve -Bill with the amendments which had bee
any kind, is entitled to the thanks and protection of the
public ; and however mortifying an inquiry of this nature
may be to the illustrious personage whose conduct is the
object of it, as he must be convinced however, that these
charges cannot affect him, he should consider himself in-
debted to Mr. 'WARDLE, for Navin;Lebrought them
made by the House of Representatives, and on Mondany
the Government would take measures for carrying it into
. immediate effect.
" 'The Non-Intercourse Act is the next subject of Cane
gressional consideration.
" The returns of the Electoral Votes for the Preeident
fairly be- 'and Vice-President were completed,. and stand as follows.; el
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fore the public. For the iIItUstOENT.—J. Madison, 1.22 ; C. Pinckney', 45.;
G. Clinton, 6.
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V ter:-I'u us 1 orvT.—G. Clinton, 113 ; Rufus King, 48 ;J.
Hatnburgh and Altona Papers have been received to Longden, 9 ; Madison, 3; Munroe. 1. ..
the 2SIli ult. They contain some further particulars re- "Of course Messrs. Madison and Clinton were elected."
httive to the late insurrection in Constantinople ; but are . Intelligence is said to have arrived of the relinquishment
not sufficiently explicit, so as to enable us to form even a of the Expedition against Martinique. The previous in-
conjecture relative to the present state of the Ottoman . formation of the succours thrown into the !shunt had .4'
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Capital, We are informed that MusTaenA IlAtietterArt is prepared us for this account. .
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eertainly dead ; but not the slightest intellie•ence is com-
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manic:lied, whether the party he organised is still in
possession of power, or his projects of reform are
pursued by the Divan. On these material points they
guard the most impenetrable silence. As the Vienna 11
Gazette never fails to take a particular notice of the oc-
etirrences in the Ottoman Empire; and as the late events , etiNnSirsetaanrceecs.oncerned to state that Martinique has been re-
licyed, and that under very singular and mortif3ine cit-
e,
Three French frigates, viz. the Juno. the Venus, and the . tu-
hitrioe, sailed in company from Cherbour, on the 13th of Xi,-
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yember, with troop; and provisions on board. On the 31 or
Drceimber,
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.lat. 4.2.. the Amphitrite, having previously. sepa-
rti from het ((instals, fill in with the Lord ('ran-town amid
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!• must have produced a considerable change in the measures
Lydia,, of and from Liverpool, hound to St. K itt's and St.
and policy of the Porte, we have reason to be surprised that Croix. The Lydia vas immediately ca potted, as was the
the German Papers, under the controul of France, are not Crans.oun, after making a spirited resistance. The former
more explicit on this subject. was burnt ; and her crew,' with some other prisoner-,, were
The intelligence cif the continuance of the American put on hoard an American brig, and' sent to Lnetand
Embargo had caused a very strong sensation iu the North The Nmpititrite mounts 44 guns, and tsad on boart (200 troops • ,
of Germany, where
beef,. for the succour and reinforcement of the garrison of Mar- i ,
scarcity of Colonial produce. Sonic military movements,
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. on the part of the French. are likewise mentioned ; and the
1 til'Auri"e.i.ter from Barbnioec, dated the 2.lth of December, after
l' carps of General De pistol., stationed in Ilanan, is to be statirg the above affair in a similar ntaituer, proceeds: '' Two
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attglitelltCd to 30,000. men. Some troops which had passed brigs and two i,clonniers. which also arrived from France bound
$ the Rhine were counter-ordered, and resumed their former to Rtatinique, have escaped eur cruizers, though there are 41_,..
station near Frankfurt. What gives some weight to these wards of a dozen round that island since it was put in a state (or
, . movements, is the mysterious manner in which a journey of blockade. As General V illaryt is so much reniforced, I fear it
' the Archduke CILARLFS to Berlin is alluded to. 'the . will cost us many a weary day's work, ::mid many valuable lives,
' certain circumstances, alluded to in the Hanikureh Papers, to get possession of Fort Ilourbnn." •
6 In consequence of the above supplies of troops and provi-,
which will decide the Archduke's journey, arc pro- ;ions, it is repotted that the L xpedition against .tiartinique is,
bably the return of the. King and Queen of PaessrA for the present, relinquished.
from Petersburg, accompanied by the Emperor Aerx.i.e-
A Short Diaidgme on a Long Subject between a Gentleman,
DER.. There is no man now existing more capable of . and his Friseur.—Friseur. lam sorry, Sir, to tell You, that vomit
conciliating the different States, and collecting their afferent hair has now so much decayed, that it is nut of my payer rai
energieein one common point, than CHAIR vs of Austria.— i dress you full in front.--Grnt. You are right, Thomas; 1 have
llis popularity, his public and private virtues, his military l tried innume, able specifics for the grow th of I air; hut I find ms j
exploits, reniler him peculiarly qualified to play the part l alteration for the better. Can ynu tell me of a remedy really .!
of mediator and deliverer in the present distracted state of '1 etli`'"c" "" '''-'•rli'''''• I ca", sir, and (4"' that h"s "e'en f"ile'd
of surres : it, is highly popular, and hay a Ito.lial Sourtion; t ..
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11 the Cantivent. His organizatieu of the Austrian armies on i
tl mean the Macaisar Ni!---so natneil hecan4e it i., extracted from.
x more effecti.ve and formidable footinn• than they ever had T a ii„ in the island or maea,,,nr, in the E,,,t itlilie:,. it I, a
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been, since the establi.;:iment of the monarchy, will give 11 tit:lie! and uniivancit preparation, anti it iS in tile tiloiits.t rt'
some weight, to his negotiations. and patriotic eKertions. : leate—G.er. I cordially thank V ou. Who are the pr. to pri.,
Our present olp;erY ations will, perhaps, explain an article . ie ors ? t'reeer. IIoN% land and Son, corner of Kirbv-,tieet,
i;i one or Ow last Freuch Bull:Lite:. It is therein dal ea, that 1. Hatton-Gard n : tee it is :lige ,:elfl by titer appeieleioei a.; move.
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lie:- imperial lica..i-qua.rters e era to le; reitteNed, ;eat. that ti minfet Lee fa al,e- e,;:7 t, 5% as, ~:i. ,ou urey•
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