The National Register.
London, England, 1823-04-07 00:00:00


EARIIIQUAKEV IN 811114.
" SUEDLA, NEAR ANTIOIR, Nov. 29, Mil].
" Sines the 18th of last month, few drys have passed without
one, and ofteo der. ral shoes of an earthquake, bat generally
with much dinsinislied violence. With the exception of au
intermisainn now and then of • few days, earthquakes have
been felt here fur nearly four months. A remarkable circum-
stance in this phenomena is, that the slightest shocks have
hese always simultaneously felt at Antioch and Aleppo, as
well as the principal shock which threw down those cities.—
The distmme is about 60 miles ; the focus or ventral point must
therefore be at en inconceivable depth in the bowels of the
globe, to affect equally two places far from each other. As
-soon as the exces4ve bests of September bad abated, I was
preparing to return to Aleppo, whoa my journey was postponed
by the apprehension then entertained of the rAolorassuroirs being
added to the dreadful calamity of the earthquakes ; that eon-
: semis disorder having suecessively passed from town to town,
from Persia to Urfa, &city in Mesepotemia, three days' joirney
from Aleppo. "I'e-day I have been informed that hopes can
no linger be entertainel of its non existenoe at Aleppo; that
the Austrian, Neapolitan, Danish, and Swedish agents, have
apsitted the city with their families rad numerous dependents,
to go into the neighbouring Pacbalin of Damascus and Saida ;
and that the Prensits .and B,,ani,h Consols, with all the other
Europeans, bare eat oil all communication wills the people, as
a time

in . „col plague."
" DEC. 31.—When I wrote on the 29th of la-1 month the
thelont almerisia bad compelled most of the public agents et
Aleppo to gait the environs of that city, and the rest of the
Europeans le s at their dour., as in time of plague ; but it was
hoped the approach of cold weather wetted prevent the progress
of the disease. I have now the idea/are to inform you, that the
hope has been realized, and that the cholera morons is no longer
one of gas evils to which this nuhappy people is exposed ;
although roma are Dot without the apprehension, that, like the
-plague, although now stopped by the cold, it may break out
again with the return of the warm season. On the other band
I ma sorry to say, tbst severe ►bocks of earthgnakes were felt
on the 12th, 22d, and 24th inst., preceded and followed by
shocks of lesser violence, which obliges even those who have
had the means of building more substantial dwelliugs, to bear
the inclemency of this season in temporary huts, with :vas
supported by stakes."

LOSS OP TUE ALERT PACKET.
A letter received in tower states, that the vessel stritelt•
•at. ten ticiock on Wednesday morning, on the West
Mouse Rock. about a rode and a half I he shore;
•she was then drifting .with the tide, at the rate of ten
ktiots an hour; when approaching the rock, the rnen
were put into the boat ;o tow her off, but to no effect—
she struck and-went doWn in about three (loaners of an
hour. In the mean time time of the deck passengers,
and one cabin passenger (a Liverpool wa..-hinaker),
leaped Irons the bowsprit into the bust. 'IIIe captain
leaped overboard, and was lashed to its helm. They
were landed 10 miles nearer to Liverpool than Holy-
head. Out excellent friend Bore, who was in the cabin
when the teasel muck, got on the deck, and was the
only one (except Mr. M•KCNaie, tt ho escaped) whir'
retained his aell-aseseession. lie continued in the packetlJ
-while any hopes remained, throwing out buckets Of!
water, and was seen alierwards attached to a CM! 01'1
eggs, in the water, by a deck tressenger, who was on
the saute crate. He rc•utiued clinging to it for trout
1541141meg, and excla " .ng aloud, ' Oh, G. 41 is there ,
no hope of relief i " At the expiration of a quarter of
an hour he let go I.is hold and sunk to rise nu snereaaa
The man who was oil the crate with him says, he dNI•
not went completely exhausted at. the time. In less
minutes after our dear friend went down, the beat that
rescued M'Ketizie and the two deck passengers, reached
the crate."
No trace has been discoverell of Mr. Hore's body.
The gentlemen who went to Holyhead, travelled above
ten miles along the shore, and left an secure e desert!).
• thou) of his person to every respeatable individual along
the line. If his remains should be washed ashore, a
corhiminication will be immediately made to his friends
in Dublin, to whom it would be some consolation to
recover and pay the last sad duties to his mortal remains.
No bodies were found after the first day. The boats
from Holyhead picked op V 9 bodies, all deck passengers,
except three, gentleman who had a bill in his
pocket, draw!' by Messrs. Ferrier and Pollocks,
and supposed to be Me.•W. Martio's nephew, a lady
who had letters in her pocket, directed Mrs. Reid, at
Mr. Aides retail Nl`Kentay's, and a lady, name anknowii,
with a child at her breast.
It is consolatory to be enabled to state, that Mr.
Dowton was not on board that cruel. That gentleman
railed by the Holyhead packet, on Wednesday.
We can also state, on the best authority, that Mr.
Come, the getilleman who is mentioned in an evening
paper 110 bare left the Hiberman Holel tor Liverpool,
did not sail in ►hat ill-fated vessel, alrhon-h his name
was booked, Nlr.Coote having been prevailed upon to
change Ins route, which he accardingly dirt, and left
the above hotel fur Holyhead. We, therefor!, hasten
to contradict the report of his being one of the unhappy
aufferers, and to relieve the minds of that gentleman's
friends.
Mr. Benson, of .Bachelor's-walk, is another person
who was stated to have sailed in the packet—we are
authorized to say, he hail not. He also, fortunately,
went by the Head.—Dubin Pape►.

The body of the late Earl of St. Vincent was privately in-.
trued, precisely at four o'clock, on Wednesday afternoon,
Match Vitti, in the family vault at Stone. The following is an
esset copy of the in►cription kin Em,:ish) upon the superb
.eulhn, which is covered with scarlet velvet
:
•JOHN, lk:A111. OF ST. VINCENT.
• Viscount St. Vincent, Baron Jervis,
Of Meaford,
In the County of Stafford,
Cue of His Majesty's liononrable Privy Council.
A ND
AdDaral of the Fleet, General of tl,e Muisea,
&c. &c.
[Died March 15, 1822.
lu the 59th ye :r of his age.


TILE NATIONAL REGISTER

ISO U TU. IV AR IC S RSSIONS.

TtinitsDAY, APRIL 3.—Tisis morning at ten o'clock, the
General 'barter Sessions albs Peace for the lona and borough
orSoutliwark, were held before the It •corder and Aideriaaa J.
J. Smith, at the town-hall, at St. Margaret's-hill.
James Booth, aged 19, was in.linted for stealing a boa,
value ss. the property of Francis King.
The prosecutor is a cheesennmger in Tooley-street. On a
day mentioned, the ham was hanging by a string ■t .be dour,
when the prisoner, who was passing, removed it trom the
string, and ran away. lie was pursued by an ollicer, and in
his career Inc dropped it, and was taken into custody.
The Jur, found hint guilty, sad tine Recorder sent him to
three month's hard labour at lsriston

J EA LOUSY .—Nary !drown stood iudioted for assaulting Mary,
the wife of John Smart.
The prosecutria lives in Griffiths-rents. Bermondsey-►treet ;
on the I eith of November, between nine arid ten o'clock in the
morning, the prisoner Caine to her house end beat her shout time
bead in a dreadful manner, gave her a black eye, nod tore her
bonnet fermi her head. The prisoner's husband encouraged her
in the assault. Witness and the prisoner had had souls words
a few days before the assault took place.
The prisoner is her defence, said, I beiprosecutrix was jealous
without occasion, arid that she called her very ill names, which
ems the cause of her assaulting her.
The Recorder addresmtl We sinry ; and the prisoner was
tumid guilty, and ordered to pay • line of one s! Ming and be
discharged.
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Elizabeth Miller stood indicted for stealing a silver spoon.
value 2*. the property of Ann Sophia Butler.
Several witnesses gave the primmer ■ good character. She
was a draas•waksr, and ep to this occasion she was particularly
honest.

The Jar, consulted some time and acquitted the prisoner.
Two boyar named Gilbert and Murion, were tried fur stealing
a dm* and a drake, the property ofJ. Webber.
Verdict--" Guilty."—sentence to each—" Conanement and
hard work, and a good hipping."
Butler Odell Munkton, .Esq. was tried upon an indiMment,
charging him with haring assaulted an old woman, his conk
with " a candle and candlestick," in her bed at night.
Anne Woodward, the cook, said, that in September she was
in bed one night with one of Mr. Monkton's sons, • child shoot
• year old. Between one and two in the morning the defen-
dant entered the room, in which Mrs. Moakton also lay, on
account of a still younger babe, which she was nursing. Wit-
ness was asleep, with the NW, boy in her arms, and the de-
fendant awaked her with very bad langtiage, and then threw
the lighted candle awl candlestick at ker. She held bre arm
before the babe to protect it, otherwise be might have killed
his own child. Her and Was cut open. Bite did not know
whether her nosier was drank at the time ; his wife was in the
room at the time, but could net pacify him. although she tried.
The defendant mild, that be owed all this prosecution to his
father-in law, who was enraged to see hint married to his
dadglitcr. Verdici—Guilty.
The Recorder—" Are you willing to recompense the poor
woman for this injury ?"
Defendant—" ff l had done her any, I should not bare lee
the case codiL here."
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Prosecutrix—o. Oh! toy Lord, it is the fourth tine he Las
beats/rue. I forgete him three times."
The Recorder—" Take him away, jailor. Ilia sentence is
imprisonment fur two months. Ido out wonder that his wife's
father should feel fur his child.

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WE.STIIINSTER SESSIONS.

THURSDAY, APRIL 3.—These sessions commenced this
morning before Francis Const, Esq. and a Bench of Magistrates.
The Coin was occepied the whole day io trying usault cues of
no interest whatever.
The LicEnstso ACT.-211r. Taylor moved for leave touter
the appeal against the conviction obtained against Mr.Strioger,
the landlord of the Red Lien, in the Hirentl, which involves an
imortant question, relative to the operation of the licensing
aut. The motion wan granted, and to-morrow wan fixed to hour
and detersuise the matter of the appeal.
FRIDAY, APRIL 4,—LICENSED VICTUALLER'S APPEAL-
-The appeal of Mr. Stringer, the proprietor of the Red Lion
public-house, in the Strand, ropiest the conviction of Mr.
Halls and. Mr. Minehull, the Bow-street magistrate'', upon Cie
information of Johnson, the common informer, for serving
'liquor after the hour specified in the Publican's Act, came tan
before a foil beech of magistrates.
Tim, record of the conviction being .produced, Byers,
as witness under the conviction, prooreded to sub►tantiate tins
case. On his esautinatioo in chief be deposed, that on the
night of Monday the lath or January he went into the lied
Lion public house at ten minutes after twelve, and saw at time
bar bee men and five woven, one of whom was served with a
glass of rum without say hesitation.
Crass-examined by Mr. Taylor,—Don.t yea know the Red
Lion to be a house for the reseptioe of travellers 1 I believe it
is —Have not you seen coaches at the dour, after twelve at
night, to take home people returning front the theatre 7—l have
teen coaches at the 000 r. Were any stage coaches at the
door on the sight in qaestioa, at ten minutes after twelve ? I
saw one stage croon at the door. Can you S.tear that the
people who received the refreshment did out intend to go by
that ouch ; I can't tell whether or nut.

At this moment it was discovered by one of the magistrates
that there was a technical objection to conviclimii es the Vomid
that Here was a misnomer as to the parish. The adamant so
being able to prove in what parish the house was situated, the
objection was considered fatal, and the conviction quashed.
Nary Hammond was indicted fur stealing a number of house-
hold articlrs, the property of • poor woman who was confinid
to her bed by illness, and whom the prisoner visited under the
pretence ofalrording assistance. She was detected in com-
mitting the 'bell, and on the prosectstrix endeavouring to get
back her properly, the prisoner atruek her a violent blow in th•
face.—The case was clearly proved.
The Chairman (F. Coast, Esti.) in pasainz judgment, said, the
case was one clan aggravated nature, and the sentence of the
Court therefore was--" that she should be imprisoned six ca-
lendar mouths, and kept to hard labour.

AUTHENTIC—We lately informed the public that
the army surgeons had been applied to with a view
to ascertain the number of those who are ready for
service :—the application has produced the resigna-
tion du great many of the medical attendants of
the army, and we understand that the %%comics arc
mutediutely to be filled up by perAnis who mutt be
ready to take the field with their regiments at the
:honest notice.

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LONDON FANIIIONS raft APRIL.
MORNING OREM—High dress of Cyprus crape, of a pale
laveuder colour, fastened bellied ; from the throat, nine narrow
hands of gins as .Maple., bound with satin of the same colour,
descend to the waist, confining the reversed ',lading that forms
the front of the body ; from the sh•tuldur, on C3C.I side, is a
triple wave of satin piping, wit'i small satin leaves with cordial
edges : the lung sleeve easy ; neat cuff, with wave tiiintiiing
and leaves : the upper sleeve is rather long and very full, with
bands to correspond with the fitit: broad pros de Naples
band, hound with satin, round the waist, fastened behind with
a steel buckle: three rowauf tninnret gins de Naples, bound
with satin, decorate thebotturn of the dress, whirls is finished
with a satin roulesu. Square collar of worked muslin, and
worked muslin rates. hound cap of sprigged bobbinet, and a
single bonier of& itiok talk lace, set oat with equal Writs all
round, zed trimmed with shaded gauze ribbon of azure and rose
colour. Canhemire shawl, and jonquil-coloured gloves.
Event NG DRESs.—Dres. of white figured grog de Naples;
frock front, without ormuntnt, hut rather full, and fir:slied with
a twisted roulesu of ethereal b is and whit • satin: epaulette of
'white satin vanOlos, bound with blue: the lower half of the
sleeve is surrounded with a lozenge trimming of white satin
hound with Like ; tae bottom of the skirt has lice doable roe- •
Teens of blue arid white satin, planed at equal diatancea, mad
finished with a white satin milieu', long rah of bine and • •
whit. gauze ribbon: Siellian scarf. The hal• parted in front,
with full curls on imob side 4 s Vonaisika, marked by two rows
of pearl and a gold comb; • full plume of blee feathers, falling
tastefully towards the front, and shading the raft aide of the
faze. Necklace, ear-rings, and bracelets, of pearl. Lon
white kid gloves, white satin shoes.
G DEFESOL—We have obtained the following par- •
ticulars of an action wit!, the pirates, elf Meekest, in which
they were gallantly defeated by the brigs Arena, Cerro
Blinn, of this port ; Baseinin, Captain Can, of W (ar- '•
rived at Newpurt); and Nepfstrie. Captain Barton, of Bristol.
These Testes sailed from Maniere on the Id inst. in compariv
—four boors after sailing they were chased and come up with
(about eight miles from Matanzas) by a piratical schooner,
mountiog one large goo on a pivot, and supposed to he manned
with seventy or eighty ides. The pirate bailed the captains of
the brigs and ordered them to surrender, otherwise no quarter
should be given them. The captains answered, that they es-
pected none, and should defend their vessels to Site lost. The
pirate immediately commenced the action by discharging his
large gun, and liking three cheers, which was promptly re-
turned by the brigs; and after an action of one boar and a half,
they obliged the pirate to haul off, damaged ooriderably.
Judging from the confusion they were in, there most have bean • 1
a great number of the pirates killed or wounded. flay came
op with siateen sweeps, and used stereo only when they hauled •
oft. The brigs were so near the piratical schooner, that the
Captains saw people on board whom they had traded with at
Nisminwis. The Benduie parted company with the other brig
eller getting through the Passage. The Aeons was Woad to
this port, and the Naptime to Trieste.--Virginiss Paper.

Two Preach artists, MM. Houton and Daguerre, have is-
,vented a new method of ealsitsitiag scenes of paintiag, differ-
in,: from the panorama, in that two separate objects are exhi-
'sited at the same time. it is called the Dimwits. and the ides
is borrowed from the paw-warns. The -scene is the interior of
some greed building. or the view of a beautiful valley, which
the observes semi from only awe point of view. The spectator
mounts a staircase, lighted by a single lamp, to render contrast
more striking ; he then Cetera a handsome room, and 'before hid.
is a window looking into the interior of a Astra"; tha: at pre-
sent exhibiting is the °lmpel of the Trinity, at Canterbury ; the
room then turns on a pivot, wed the spectator is surprised at
seeing before ham the valley ot• Surges, in Swituerland. The
picture is placed at a lissd distance from the spectator, and is
lighted from the sides as well as from above, while it is to one••
trived that the eve of the spectator shall be kept ape; the ,
tare, rand pass over the space Letween without notice, By this
means the illusion is almost perfeot, mid the looker-on, vas
scarcely imagine himself otherwise than-looking at nature from
a window. The management of the light displays great jedg-*
went, and upon that the deception in a great measure depends.
Erase Marg.—The recent detection of false dice resembles
e circumstance which happened many years ago at a frames
gambling-house, in the chief region of gambling, the parish
of St. James's.—A nobleman, when looked lost•s considerable
sum, suspecting some fraud, declined playing any longer, took
the dine. and placed him in his pocket. The gang were all in
alarm, fearing that this detection would plot an cud to their
depredations. After a consultation for collie time, it was re-
solved to offer his lordship's attalot de ehrtiorfork 3001. if he would
enter his master's room, remove the fa:a, dine, sod atfluoilsie
good ones. Thu brit suoceeded, and the house preserved its
sharacser.
The swampy situation of the Penitentiary at Milltmak, reit •
den the Odor particularly obnoxious to the human eoustitensit,
and no doubt tmeasiotie mach of the mortality of the prison,
which was very improperly *Looted in a swamp. The green
stigoant water that surrounds the building is estremely pn-
wholsrowina, amid if the place was properly irrigated, and a
steam-engine erected to throw the wile, into the Themes; it
would tend greatly to the salubrity of the plate.
A mao named Humphries, of Llanfair, in North Wales, paid
►is addresses to a female, who lived beyond Conway. They
agreed to meet at a fair in that town. In his way ►ither, he
fell down one of the precipices of Penmaen Mawr ; she was
everted in the Conway ferry-host, and was the only person that
-escaped out of more than fourscore. They were afterwards •
united, and lived teeny years in the parish of Idanfair ; in the
-church-yard of which the inhabitants point out their graves.
MATCH TO DO FIFTY MILES IS FIVE hlouas.—•Thin
match was undertaken Ns hVedueaday morning, over a piece
-of ground of ten miles, at listen& near Epping, for 100 cove-
•reigns. Mr. Jellery, a dealer, undertook to ri,ie a rob horse,
11 hands and a hali high, and to carry twelve stone, in the said
lime.•--The horse to be his property, and which was bought Me
the purpose. It was performed as follows;
11UlLe anpo. see.

Find ten miles In 6.) 12
Second ditto AS 8
'lined ditto
Fourth ditto 59 10
Fifth ditto 1 20 90

4 66 0
The horse did tlin match with moth ease, 591 i wtu aold ea
the ground for twenty six sovereigua.
On Wednesday lest the landlady &the Brown Rear pohlie-
hoes., at St. Albans, who oame to town to pay lier distiller
1301.(nr liyao.s. in gniog :thing Neargatenitrart, lied her innket
rut by acme villain, who is suppooeil to be aware of the wa-
rily she lied, and robbed of all her money.

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COURSE 01? EXI
Amsterdam, 12 &C.F.
Ditto, staled, It 3
Rotterdam, 19
Antwerp, It 9
98.1.
Alton*, S 8 2.
loaria,Sdayesiglit, 25 80
Ditto, 26 10
Boardeanx, 20 10
Frankfort ontbe Maine,U9
ketersburgh, rf U.
Vienna, El. Flo. 10 40
Trieste, El. Flo. 10 40
Madrid, 361—Cadiz, 364
Rolboa,36i—llareelona,34,

lANGE, APRIL 4.

LONDON. MONDAY. APRIL Z.
-IP-

F. 110.11 SATURDAY' VIGILT'S
t the Courtin Brighton, timid of April, Mat present, the
King% Most Excellent Majesty in Council,—..
His Nlaiesty in Council was this day pleased to appoint the
High• lion. Charles Grunt, Pratitlent of the Committee of Cour,
tit appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade
told foreign plantations, in the absence of the Bight Hun. Wm.
ittaskissum ot of file President of the said Committee for the
time king.
HITItIiA LI., APRIL 4.
The King has been pleased to direct letters indent to be passed,
muter tide Gran Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, granting to CA Sir H. Hardirige, K.C.B. the °thee
etClerk.uf the Ordnance of the said United Kingdom.

CROWN OFFICE. Aistia S.
BICH BER returned to serve in this present PARLIAMENT.
Borough of Lymington.,...Walter Boyd. Esq. or Plaist' ow
'.edge. in the minty of Kent. in the room of £4 Harry Burford
Neale. Bart. who has aiecerted the Chiltern Hundreds. •

BANKRUPTS.
R. Coot and W. Haigh, Leeds, dyers. Solicitors, Messrs.
Few, and Cr.. Henrietta Street, Coven! Garden.
.1. Barker, Crane Court, Fleet Street, b.slUe factor. Sol. Mr.
Duncombe, Lyon's Bin.
S. Dickinson, Great Driffield,. Yorkshire,. money scrivener.
60. Mr. Chilton, Chancery I.rne.
1. L. Alderson, Norwich..plumber. SoL Mr. Tilbury, Fal—
con Street, Ahlerrgate.
B. Hill. Bath. furniture broker. Sols. Messrs. Nethersole
and Co. Essex. Street, Strand. •
DIVIDENDS.
April' 2.1 t S. Bourne, Leek, Staffordshire. ironmonger-30. J.
Pommontli; coal mivehant—.3o. R. N. Atkins, Port-
bell grocer-26. W. T. Shei win, Paternoster Row, bookseller-
-106, 11. J. Powell, Uxbridge.. builder—e 6, B. Trotighion, sen.,
end J. TmUghiern, Wood Street, silknum-29, .1. Ciimberlege.
thorge Yard. Lombard Street, merchant-2G. C. Morgan,
Birhopsgate Street. mercliant—M 0. Mills, Warwick, wine
mere...ant—W. J. Enock. Birmingham, brushmaker-26, W.
Ranersden, Leeds, victualler-29. b. Ilestitine. Kingston upon
!lull, merchant—May 3, B. Martindale and E. Hitch, St. James's
Street, wine merchants-7, J. Butcher, Alphamstune, F.sses.
maltster.
CERTIFICATES to be granted April 26.
J. Fajita, Upwkll, Norfolk, farmer—G. B. Whailty, Basing.
hall Street. woollen draper—J. Bury; Manchester, anti .1. Bury,
Pendlehill, Lancashire, calico.printers—J. Warwick. New Ba.
singhall Street., wine merchant—A. Burnam:lrina,. Gravesend.
Lent. hardwareman—J.Bowman. Salford. Lancashire, dyer—
M. Noble, Battersea, Surrey. engineer.

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3bl--6ibralisr,lo4
Leglaurn,4o4,--Genoi, 444
Malta,4s—Vestice ID
Nul 1e5,38/ —Lisbon, ,1
Oporto, it l4—lighia,so
ItioJaneil , -14

Palermo, 114
Dublin, 9! per cent.
Curb, 1,1 per cent.
Foreign gOldinbara,3l. lir.
6J. per uz.
New Doubleonv, Sl. 186.0.1.
New Duller,., 4a. 9d.
Silver in frara.atandard
• 1 Ud.

PILICE ON STOCKS.
Hank Stork. (111111113111 0.
3 per Cent. Red. shot 11841.3 per Cent. 74i
3 per Cent.Consols 73e Intim Bonds 34
3! ?et. Cent. I India Stock
4 per Cent. slant Exchequer hill. 104. prem.
Neer Fours, 914 totiA. tor Ac. 71}
191. Lottery 1 iekets £32 Itls.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

The French Gover►►mcnt appears aftaid of
striking the first blow in their aggrefisive War
against Spain and Liberty—and we should not be
surprised to sec them, after attempting to bully the
Spaniards otit.of their right, slink away under some
contemptible subterfuge—but
n They have gone so far
That sLould they grade no more,
ILeturning wire as bad al to go o'er"—

the fact is, that they Hired(ly meet the execrations
of all good men, and if they now recede, the it
of cowardice (an almost constant charac-
teristic of a bulb•) will attach to them, and excite
the contempt of every one.—At home,. during the
recess of Parliament, we have nothing of importance
to notice—cur manufactories are flourishing, and
the improvement in.the markets has suspended the
agricultural grumblings.

Letters dated the 21st ult, were received }cater-
do from St. Sebastian. All hope of avoiding war
kid long ceased, and the inhabitants of this place
NCR! preparing to meet it with firmness. This
being the nearest fin-titled town to Bayonne, there
was reason to expect that one of .the earliest opera-
tions of the French would be to make themwelves
masters of it, and preparations were therefore making
mu sustain a siege, All the women and children had
been removed to Paymges, a small village in the
neighbourhood, on the sea coast. Business was for
the moat part suspended in St Sebastian, most. of

TITS NATISNAL REOTSTEIt

the merchants and their clerks having, entered' their
names as volunteers to join the force embodied for 1
the defence of the provitrce of Biscay against the
Freinch. Many had se out for the difrerent stations
at which detachments of troops were placed. The 1
military force in Biscay was estimated altogether at
about 114000 men. Generally speaking, there ex-
isted-in the province a very high constitutional spi-
rit, but not without some exceptions, as a few young
meurof family, alarmed at the rigour of the military
service that awaited them,• had attached themselves
to the Army of the Faith or Royalist party. The
number of these degenerate persons was,, however,
wholly insignificant ; nor was their cowardly pur-
pose likely to be attained, as the aruwed intention
of the French Generals was to place them in the
van, and expose them to the burnt of the first attack
upon their own countrymen.

THE,REFENUE:

Abstract of the Net Prorw—iice of the Revenue of Great
Britain in the Years and Quarters ended the sth
of April, 18:22, and the sth of April, 1823;
~ showing the Increase and Decrea.seott each head
thereof:

Years ended sth April,
Increase. Decrease.
182-2. 182.3.
Customs...— X 9,555,711 9.406.642 71,931
Excise 26,695,643 25446 1,148,701
Stamps.— 6,227,518 6,200,000 • 27,258
Post-office 1,228,000 1.369.000 Sl,OOl
Teem 7,501.708 6,874,855 643.853
Miacellaneo 320,4h5 426,578 106,095
X 51,385,843; X 49,824,057 £258,026 1,819,812
Deduct Increase
Deer ease on the Year

ended sth April,

1822.

Customs
Excise
Stamps. ..
Post-office
Taxes
Misc.elluneo.

3,386,
I,SYY,i

510.000
416
63.6v1

:t0,9413,;

1823.

4:2,1 CYJ,4OB

1,573,1

8(4
76,7!

lxio.6os,ii

Increase ...

Decrease on the Quarter.

Extract of a letter dated Rio Janeiro, Jan.
"The decree pf, this Government. foe fitting out
privateers to cruise against the Portuguese flag, is of.
course a declaration of war. Letters of marque
were some months ago sent to North America, but
with instructions that they should not be issued till
the 80th of December. There is little doubt, there-
fore, that by this tine a swarm of privateers have
sailed from the United States. To-day an order has
been sent down to the Custom-house, that all red
wines shall in future pay 12 milrees per cent. duty,
which is the same rate paid .by the Portuguese on
poi-, wines, and .24 milieus fur white wines. For-
merly all timeign wines paid six milreas duty: and
the order further adds, that all articles manufactured
in Portugal shall pay 24 per cent,' ad &alarm,
which is the same as paid by all foreigners with the
exception of. the English. As yet no alteration has
taken place in the 15 per cent. paid by the English;
but should Englund refuse to recognise the Empe-
ror, there is no doubt but we shall be obliged to pay
the tame duties as other 'foreigners."
Extract of a letter from flume, dated March 10 :
1 have been here shove two months, and never saw such
weather in England as we have had here darin,; that time ; we
have occasionally a fine day, and then the sun is hot beyond
hearing; about lour o'clock-the dew, or what is commonly
called the yellow fog, falls sufficient to make all the streets
quits wet mid uncbmfortable ; without great care, it is sure to
give cold. and ielammstion. We hare had six or days
constant rain, then a line day, then constant rain again for a
week or more. Most of the English have been very unhealthy,
and a number have died ; among 114 number we have to regret
the lute Mr. Portman, M.P.. for Dersetishire, who never had •
day's illness in his lies till he arrived in Home. Most of the
linglish, if not actually unwell, appear front ten to twenty
years older than when they arrived in ibis eternal city ," and
I am very much afraid that moat of the young ladies will repent
hating made an excursion this side the Alps; as it does not
add any thing to their natural- beauty ; b.. , on the contrary,
that healthy, line English complexion is, in the. course of a
very few month's, turned into the Italian cream-colour, with
sulphuric tint, and no small share of wrinkles, &c. &c. The
climate of Italy most have changed very much in the course of
the lost twenty years, and certainly not fur the better. Now,
whenever any one is taken ill there, and is fortunate enough to
he convalescent, the English medical nice, one and all, re•
commend immediate returning to England. You have no idea
of the number of English residents in Italy that were sneaked
with the liver complaint last simmer. I inn acquainted with
one family of six persons, three of which were obliged to leave
for England last autumn by reason of that complaint. Wc
have also here very often the Sirocco, or south emit wiud,
which brings in its train from Africa all sorts of disease, and
requires from strangers the greatest care as to clothing, elm-
aim and living."

The Joureml des Debests after quoting the conver
lutation between Mr. Canning and Lord John Russel'
on the :sth of March, proceeds thus:—" The four
Allied Sovereigns (of Austria, England, Prus►ia,
and Russia), then have declared in the most formal
manner, their resolution to to:•.e requisite measures..
. against any revolution whatsoever which could me-
nace tku legitimate order established in France, of
' which the dynasty of the 13Jurbons is the basis. As
Frantic has acceded to this grand alliance, the gua-
rantees have become reciprocal. The five Powers.'
are invariably leagued against every attempt to re.
volutionize thu states of any one amongst them. The.
obligation of this mutual guarantee against revolts-
tions has never been contested„ and England agrees.
in its principles as frankly as guy of the other allied
courts. The question of what was to be done with .
:.:spec► to Spain was foreign to these stipulations, as
Spsin.is nut. one of the allied powers. Englund was
in. a situation to take a different view of this parti-
cular question from the other powers, - without,.
however, giving.the right to any persomto conclude
from her.couduct that she withdraws from the obli-
gations contracted with 'her allies to oppose all revo-
lutionary attempts made against any oae of them.—
Although neuter in relation to the Spanish revolu-
tion, England. still continues a party to the defen-
sive alliance against revolutionists in Franee.—Such
is the sense of the treaty recapitulated by Mr. Can-
ning ; such is assuredly the intention with which be
refused to enter into the reasonings broached ty
Loaf John Russell; for in all his speeches and
actions Ms. Calming has given proof that he is one
of those who entertain the utmost abhorrence to the
revolutionary spirit, because he is•one of those who
know it best. We may add, that this application
has no object but to save the Revolutionists them.
selves from the pernicious illusions mhich.they may,.
have cherished, by entertaining doubts of the obli-
gations of the five Powers to pre►erve each other
against revolution. livery Frenchman worthy of.
that neme, is well. aware that the repose of France
is now altogether independent of all foreign gue.- -
ramze. A nation, of which an overwhelming- ma-
jority is collected around the altar and legitimacy,
can feel no necessity for any means but her own..
to maintain her laws, her intentions, her Throne, .
and' her Kings."

The Freeholders of the county of Suffolk assem-
bled at Stowmarket or Friday lust, to consider of a
petition to the House of Commons, praying for a
reform in that Honourable House. The High She-
riff, Henry Usborne, Esq. took the cbaie soon after
one o'clock, and having opened the business of the
day, laid before the meeting two letters, the one
from the Doke of Norfblk, the other from the Duke
of Grafton, apologising.for their absence. Sir Henry
Bunbury, in a sensible and c • titutional speech, .
proposed a petition, in which the necessity for Par-
liamentary reform was ably asserted. Sir W. Parker
seconded the, petition. Mr. Gooch (one of the
county. Members) expressed his conviction that the
reform proposed would not benefit the people. Mr..
James Macdonald, in ass animated speech, replied to
Mr. Gooch. Sir W. Rowley (Os ether county
Member) concurred in the..sentiments set forth.in- •
the petition, whirl► was carried almost unanimously;
there being but three hands held up again:*
The meeting was both numerous and respectable ;
the rain fell in torrents while the business was in
progress, but the love of Parliamentary reform
seemed to have absorbed every other feeling; and,
spite of the storm, not a freeholder quitted his post.

Dutch .)lt►urhnls to the 30th ult. have arrived, one
of which contains an extract from the Prussian
Stale Gazelle, dated Berlin, the 11th ult., 1% hich
says —" There is no foundation for tha reports pub-
lished
in the Brussels papers, that considerable naro.
gazines are, tbrming at Treves for a Prussian Arntr
of Observation. The contractors for the supply of the
troops have, however, made the usual purchases, and.
this has given rise to the report."

OXFORD CIRCUIT..-7GLOCESTER, APRIL 4—• A.
question has ansen amongst the barristers of this circuit,
which has excited tin inconsiderable degree M bustle.—
It appears that Mr. Curwerid, who fur upwards of Yu.
years had gone the Home Circuit, having come into the
possession of a considerable estate in the county of Wor-
cester, which has of course given him an extensive con- •
nexion in that 411 d the adjoining counties, resolved upon
changing his route ; .and acting upon that resolution, at
the last Worcester Assizes he made his appearance, .
and held several briefs. This gave umbrage to his
brethren of the long robe; and after a conference
amongst themselves, the majority agreed upon " send.
ing him to Coventry," which was accordingly done
and on the, following morning, when Mr. Garwood
made Isis appearance in court, he was surprised to
find that the barristers present refused to speak or as.
socials %v iih him. Mr. C unroof], however, insisted.
upon his tight to change his circuit once, and proceeded
accordingly. 'this was controverted by the members of
the bar ; and the matter remains to be settled by the
hiKher powers iu the metropolis ; and should tnat deci-
sion be against Nit. Curwoorl, acid he sill persevere., it
is undc.rs:nticl that the WI have resolved not to hold a.
brid with hits.

Increase. Decrease.
9,529
200,519
8,492
10,
119,132
13,178
---
32.707 328,163
32,707
£295,436

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