The National Register.
London, England, 1817-08-25 00:00:00

TO CORRESPON DENTS.

if T. R. will favour us with the name •f the book from
which his extract is made, we shill be better able to
judge as to the propriety of inserting it.
A. H. on Vaccination shall appear in our next. The
building in Bond Street called the Parthenon was so
named because Pictures were exhibited there, and the
Proprietor who so named it might certainly justify
himself by the example of Athens, whose Gallery of
Poeraits received the same denomination, although
as n•ilike the Parthenon of Athens as that of London.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON :

MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1817.

WE have seldom passed a week more barren of fo-
-reign news than the last ; nor have we had any event
of domestic interest. if, indeed, we except Mr. Oven's
*SCCOTIa meeting, which was alms! as entertaining as a
'Bull-bait. There we did find some novelty. We found
a gentleman seconding resolutions, which he profess-
ed not to understand; we found a retailer of ardent
spirits giving lectures on morality and sobriety ! We
/boast Major Cartwright making a short speech, and
Gale Jones opposing Mr. Waithinan ! And we had
hoped that we had seen an end of discussions on Mr.
Owen's Plan. By the following laconic letter, how-
-ever, inserted in the Evening Papas of yesterday, it
appears, that the subject is not yet dropped.
sir,-1 wish it to be known, that in a few days the means
shalt be developed by which tic plan I have proposed will be
cs.teusively carried into ekeention.
1 am, sir, your obliged,

ROBERT OWEN.

45, Chatiotte-street, Portland•plae^_, Ang.:23

The accountslectived from all parts of the country,
aga.! in describing a rapid improvement in every
brattal of our manufactures and commerce. A letter
from Liverpool, data August 21, says—" At our two
market • days,gooas have been amazingly,

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in request, particularly on Tlesday when they
bore a lively advance, obviousl; the elli!et of an eagt.r
demand. To the above statenent we may add, that
the demand flit Cotton in theNlanchester market has
been very brisk during the las fortnight, the sales in
that period amounting to not ess than tgi3OCO bags.—
The demand fin. Colonial produce bus also considerably
increased at an improvement it price C: all articles of
that description."
The Yarmouth Iferahlsays--" As a proof that con.
merec is reviving, there are more ships on the stocks
at this time in our port than have been recollected for
these .20 years.••

Brussels Journals to the -‘2-24 inst. were received at a
late hour last uuiLt. The thllowing extract of a letter
from Cambray, dated Aug. 19, is the only article wor-
thy of notice : _ _

"It is now no li.nger doubtful that the army of Occupation
will be redneed WIC hi-Ousting of 'Autumn. It is
even thought that it may be atirun•d with certainty, that all
the arrangements relato.c to the subject have been agreed
upon iu co:nnion I.eissecu the four great Allied Powers at
Me request of the Fiend' Government. The state of peace
and tranquility w huh prevails at this moment Mall Frence,
where the public spirit daily improves, calls tOr a measure so
wise and so politic. The visit of the King of Prussia to I'a•
ris, where the Doke of Wellington also is,gives rise to various
conjectures; but as the true reasons are wholly unknown, it
would be useless and even imprudent to relate the reports on
the subject ; 'minerals fin-toughs -continue to be given in the
English artily, the subalterns ;:nd privates daily embark at
Calais , the few returns scarcely snake a fourth part of those
who go away, all those circumstances prove the harmony and
good understanding that-subsist between France and England
and how firmly it is believed that peace and order are esta-
blished on a solid basis."

A New York Paper received on Saturday contains an
extract of a letter, from St. Thomas's, dated the 2nd
• July, by which it appears that the Royalists arc gain-
ing ground, iu the Carracas and Venezuela. It states
that General Morillo, had taken possession of the island
of Margarita, and that the insurgents had retired to
the province of Guayana. This letter makes no men-
tion of a battle, having been fimght ; but from the fid-
luwing article, under date Madrid, Aug. 7, inserted in
the French papers of Wednesday last, it would appear
that the Insurgents have sustained a defeat. " The
army by sea and land, under the orders of Generals
Morillo and Herrile, have sent to his Majesty a mag-
nificent golden chalice, enriched with diamonds and
pearls, which was taken on the field of battle, with
other things appropriated -to divine service. An Offi-
cer has arrived from Carthagena, entrusted with this
mission."

A Ilamburgh Mail was received in town on Saturday.
We doubt whether either the Swedish men or women
will adhere to the following regulations of the good
people of Calmar,