The National Register.
London, England, 1812-04-19 00:00:00

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it was therefcre suppsed they meant to offer to surrender,wed to
proposing; as a condition,. that they should be allowed
carry away this property. The general conviction, how-
ever, is, that the place must soon fall,. if not by capitula-
tion, by assault. A letter from an Office that the trenches,
dated the 2d inst. we understand, states, the parallels
had been pushed by te esiegingen received of any army almost to thmove-
e co 7.
vered way. No acco the bcsieging army almost to th co-.
vered way. No accountS have be
ment on the part of A'L
•

COMMON COUNCIL. .
The Common Council met on Friday, to take into con-
sideration the pretended necessity. of addressingf the the
PRINCE Ruccsr, and recommending -the removal o
present Ministers. The discussion was a little more tern-
pertte than the former, as the motion was made by Mr.
OliN, instead of Ir. WAITIINIAN, who reserved all his
fury to bring up the tear. The Address contained an as. ,
snrance of loyalty to the PRINCE REGENT, and " depre-
cated the severities the people endured from the present
oppressive mode of collecting .the taxes, the nut.iber of
foreign mercenaries introduced unto the kingdom, the re-
stricthins upon the liberty of the press and lot eign com-
merce. It stated the hardships which the people in all
parts cf the country endured from our foreign and do-
niestic policy, and concluded by beseeching the PRINCE
REGENT to dismiss from his Councils men, who, by their
conduct, had proved themselves unworthy of the confi-
dence of the country, and to call to his Royal Highness's
Councils men of known talents and tried integrity, who
would support a Reform in Parliament."
The most sensible speech was that of Mr. BitowN, and
as it expresses the opinion of every man who has not
thrown off the yoke of reason and modesty, though tri-
umphantly displays the impropriety of that conduct in
politicians, which only tends to excite, instead of quelling,
popular discontents. We shall give a few extracts from
its contents which cannot fail to prove useful, and which
cannot be too strongly impressed on the misguided dis-
turbers of the public peace.
Mr. BROWN said, 66 it was quite impossible for any
man possessing feelings of humanity, not to commisserate ,
the distressed situation of the working classes of people
but, in the midst of the war in. which we were engaged,
struggling for our very existence, it was lamentable to j
see men throw the blame of 'all our evils upon Goverii-
ment.—(Hear, hear ! ) He thought they might employ
their time much better in calling the attention of the un-
informed to the advantages we still enjoyed over other
nations. He thought it the height of folly to talk of a
Reform in Parliament, in the present situation of the .
country ; it was no better than a man whose house was
surrounded by robbers, burying himself in the concerns
of his family. He respected some men who were friends
to Reform, because their own public and private conduct
was praiseworthy ; but he was sorry to soy, he knei.v
many Reformists whose public and private conduct but
ill corresponded. Some took delight in damping the
spirit of the people, multiplying our disasters, and ptais-
ing the conduct of the Lord nemy
WELLI ; and
NGTON, a certa
andin Rdid not
eformer
compared SUCIIET to
omit to give the former the preference."
The Address, however, was carried by a small majo-
rity of six, and ordered to be presented to the PRINCE
REGENT by the whole Court, so as to insure its beingness
re-
ceived on the Throne, and to compel his Royal High
to hear it read aloud, and to return an answer. Such is
the " conciliating" and 46 respectful" conduct which the
Ciy Politicians adopt at this moment of increased diffi-
culties, as an example to the whole nation.

APRIL 19

The continuation of the easterly and northerly winds,
prevents vessels at sea from getting into por t. The
Committee at Lloyds, conceiving that many merchant
ships may be beating about the chops of the Channel,
short of provisions, have made application to the Lords of
the Admiralty, to render vessels. circumstanced, the
necessary assistance. The following is the reply from the
Admiralty :

" Admiralty Office, AprillB.
it St it—ln return to your letter of yesterday's date, I have it in cotn-
mand, from my Ltuds Commissioners of the Admiralty, to acquaint
you, for the information of the ComMittee for NlatlagitiB the Affairs of
Lloyd's, that Admiral Lord Kr.' and Sir Roarit r CALDER, have
been directed to use their best exertions to push out any cruisers that
may. be within their reach, with supplies of water and provisions f .r
the merchant vessels that may be beating a bout M the chops of the
Channel, and in want thereat. " I am, &c
J. W. C. &c.
ROKETt."
64 Mr. J. Bvimett, Jun. (Signed) "
Intelligence 'vas received last Thursday by later s from
Falmouthi.brought by a vessel from Jamaica, of the cap-
ture of the Amethyst, a remarkable large frigate, off the
Island of San Dqmimzo : She carried 40 guns, and hid
on board a clew of 400 men, and 300 troops. The South-
ampton, 32 guns, commanded by Captain Sir J. 1,. 0,
hailed her, requestirg to know to what natiim she be-
longed ; but getting no satisfactory answer, the Southarup.
ton fired a shot, which was returned immediately. Au
action of two hours continuance ensued, at the conclusion
of which the Amethyst struck, with the loss of all her m ist s,
and three huridietl- -and fi!ty men killed and v oulked,
of
whom the greater portion were blacks. The Cornmai.der
of the Amethyst was a Frenchman, who fell in the action.
The Southampton's loss was twelve men killed and wound-
ed. Most letters state that the . former belonged to
CIInISTOPIIE, and was going against PLTION. Captain
Ygo landed the crew and troops at St. Domingo, and
proceeded to Jamaica with his prize.
sAn account of the capture of the ilivoti, of 80 guns, ;n
her passage from Venice to Corfu. has been received from
Vienna. It was mentioned in two successive posts from
Venice to Vienna, and there is little or no doubt of its be-
ing cortect. She was laden with gores, provisions, and .
troops, for Corfu, and was artnee en flute. One of our
frigates, whose name we have not yet heard, laid her on
board in the most gallant style. The action was long and
severe. She had most of her masts carried away, and 400
:nen either killed or wounded.
French Papers to the II th instant came to hand on Wed-
nesday. They remain completely silent respecting the
operations in the Peninsula ; but inform us of the con-
tinued march of French, Bavarian, Wirtembergh, and
Saxon troops towards Poland, while several Austrian
corps have taken the route of Gallicia, for the purpose
probably of acting against Russia on that side. BoNA-
PARTE had not left Paris for the army so late as the 10th
instant. Marshal OUDINOT, at the head of a numerous
body of French troops, entered the Prussian capital on
the 28th ult. It appears that a perfect understanding
subsists between France and Prussia, if the complete
military occupation of the latter by the troops of the
former can be so considered. The French troops were,
soon after their arrival, reviewed by his Prussian Majenstyh e
;
they were ordered to be placed at free quarters upo t
inhabitants, and grand dinners were given to their officers.
The Journal de Paris contains a long article, in which tbe
military force of France is enumerated. The number of
troops now on their march to Poland .is swelled to
er not
less than five hundred thousand ; and the same exagg
tions appear with respect to the naval preparations in .the
different ports, which, though certainly begun, are for
the greater pat t by no means in the forward state repre
tented.

A PM. 19.

MTh COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION.

On Thursday, his Royal Highness the Prince Regent held a Levee at
Carlton House, which was numerously attended. A. great number of!
present. tions took place, among which were the Earl of Fingal, and a
Deputation of Catholic Gentleman, with several Addresses from th(
Catholics of Ireland, praying that they might be restored to their civil
rights.
The Qocea will hold a Drawing Room on the nOth instant, and it is
undt!rstood her VI aj,sty will hold them once a fortnight afterwards.
The Princess of Wales will give a grand dinner to-morrow to a se-
lect party at Kensington.
On Tuesday, her Majesty, accompanied by the Princesses Elizabeth
Nlary, attended by Lady Isabella Thynne, arrived from Windsor,
and a little before two o'clock, went in the Duke of Cambridge's car-
riage to the Duchess of Brunswick's, in Hanover—square, and staid with
her R iyal Highness for about an hour. The Royal Party then pro
ceeded to Carlton House, where the Prince Regent received them at
the grand entrance. At tour o'clock they sat down to dinner, together
with the Princess Charlotte of Wal. s, the Dukes of York. Kent, Cum
berland, and Cambridge, and Mrs. Howe. The Queen and Pt in
cesses prepared to set off for Windsor at a quarter past six o'clock. The
Princess Charlotte of Wales returned to Warwick House.
Tlie Prince Regent has been pleased to signify his pleasure, that all
the old servants of his veneralsi;! Father's household shall continue to
hold their situations tor life.