The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-16 00:00:00

TIM NATIONAL REGISTER.

We are also informed, that the delays which have
hitherto occurred in the locating of settlers will in fa-
tore be avoided, his Excellency being determined to
give the most earnest attention to the emigrants, who
are from the district, having their land as contiguous
to each other as pos%ible. Arrangements will also be
made for directing them on their route, so that many
of the hardshiqs which these poor people tutfer on
lant:ing will be avoided.
" The trial between the North 'Mist Company and
Lord Selkirk excites much interest in Camuln ; the
hostility between the partisans of each is carried to the
nTeatest extreme.
" A letter from Detroit, Sept. 18, sage, Lord Sel-
kirk was :wrested by the Sheriff at the suit of the
North West Company on Sunday last, in an action of
tresspass. His Lordship intends to contest the legality
of the arrest as being on the Lord's day."

We have received the Paris rapers of Wednesday.
The French Funds remained nearly stv t;onary fluctu-
ating only between 69e. and 691. I oe. They left off at
the latter price, which was the closing price of Motulay.

Extract of a private letter from Aix-la-Chapelle,
dated Nov. 6—" Mr. Baring is expected here from
Paris, to be present at the conc:usion of the new con-
vention, for the payment of the 165 millions, which
France will pay by virtue of the Treaty of ,the 9th of
October, 18:8. by arrangements enteral into with the
firms of Hope and Cu. and Baring and brothers. By
this Convention the periods of payment will be pro-
longed three months. M. Lalmcliere, one of the
principals in the house of Hope and Co. will remain in
Paris."
Hamburgh and Flanders Mails have arrived They
contain little besides accounts of the mutual visits paid
by the Empress Dowager of Russia, and the Royal Fa-
mily of the Netherlands ; the arrivals at, and depar-
tares from Brussels, of distinguished persons; and the
progress which Sir T. Lawrence is making in painting
the portraits of the Sovereigns and their principal Mi-
nisters at Aix-la-Chapelle, for each of which, it is as-
serted, the artist receives 500 guineas from our Prince
Regent. It is said, that all the Princes in Germany
will be assembled in Aix-la-Chapelle by the 19th inst.
If they do, they will be a tolerable addition to the
temporary population of that city. It is reported, that
the grand Duke Michael is aboutto marry a Princess of
the House of Brandenburgh. M. 11alchus, the Ex-
Finance Minister at Wirtemberg, was disniissed from
wrong addition, in making the amount of the Crown
Revenue four millions instead of three. This arith-
metical blunder, it seems, was discovered by a Lynx-
eyed Clerk; but it does not appear that he has been
rewarded for his vigilance,
The private letters from Paris, dated Monday, re-
port the closing price of the French funds on that day
at 69. 10, and that the market was far from being con-
sidered in an improving state. A great sensation had
been produced by the failure of one of the principal
speculators, who was much relied on, and considered
of high respectability, but had proved unable to fulfil
his engagements. The assistance afforded the holders
of the relates, it appears, had not proved so effectual as
was expected ; compulsory sales were still very numer-
ous and produced a corresponding effect on the market.

Private letters from Paris mention, that the price of
the funds on Tuesday fluctuated from 6g. 15. to 69.
50.: but that a confident expectation exists in the
French money-market that the price will gradually
rise. It is still allowed on all sides that the cause of
the depression is not political. Among the various cir-
cumstances that have affected the rate of the French
stock may be mentioned the failure of a great House in
Holland ; the principal of which had been speculating
very largely, and had, among other pecuniary transac-
tions, purchased no more than four million of rentes ;
these renter he had distributed as collateral securities
with his bills among ten different banking-houses in
Paris, to which, on the bankruptcy of the drawer,
the various holders of the bills looked for payment. At
this moment the French Bank having refused to
discount, the bankers were forced to sell the
whole of the four million of renter, to meet the
demands of the different creditors. It is easy to see
that so extensive an operation must have considerably
affected the market; though, at the same time, there
is no feature in the transaction calculated to roduce
any permanent alarm for the credit of the French
funds.
Letters from Cadiz, dated the 29th ultimo, state,
that the convoy for the Havannah and Vera Cruz, con.
rusting of 13 sail, left that port under the escort of the
Sabine frigate on the 19th ult. The crew of the mer.
chant frigate the Castilia, which was captured by an
Insurgent privateer, off Cape St. Mary, has been sent on
shore 20 leagues from Cadiz.—She left Lima with
660,000 piastres, and a cargo valued at much more,
chiefly is cocoa.