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London, England, 1818-10-05 00:00:00

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MONDAY, °GTO.

it 5, 1818.

FROM THE DUTCH. PAPERS.

GIIPNT, SEPT. 27.—Letters from-Germany affirm,
that Her Majesty Maria Louisa has prev•iiled on her
august father to support the proposals which are to be
made at Aix-la-Chapelle, to remove Napoleon to a cli-
mate more suited to his health, and where he may fol-
low his usual habits. It is added. that Count Las Casa'
has drawn up a memorial to this effect, End that be
has written on the subject to the Duke of Richelista ;
it is possible that this Minister, who is sllowsd to
have elevated views, may see that it is politic to deprive
liummparte or the interest attached to great misfortunes.
Napoleon, in fctter3 and resigned in the midst of suf-
Lrings, excites admiration and pity. Happy, and wish-
out apparent restraint, he would not be less greet, but
less dangerous, in the s:!nse of the void. All
the journals, both national nni which are
written without passion and meanness, have expressed
these same sentiments of justice and generosity which
nature has implanted in souls that are not depraved by
hatred and self interest.—Ghent Journal, Sept. 27.
The Brig an Mercury, which does honour to our.
literature, expresses itself thus

" Several English journals have repeated what one
of them had announced on the subject of the sufferings
and privations to which Napoleon is reduced, by the
useless and cruel rigours of the Governor of St. Helena
—a recital which tends to confirm a work lately pub-
lished, the authenticity of whiah nothing authorises us
to suspect. If it be true, that a cold and petty tyranny
thus oppresses a defenceless captive, to whom is at least
doe that regard which no generous mind can withhold
from fallen greatness ; if those, whom a noble devoted-
ness attached to his person, have, contrary to their
been separated from him ; if, finally, the man ap-
pointed to watch over his. health, and whose character
and talents obtained his confidence, has been rudely
withdrawn by a refinement of barbarity worthy of the
Governor of the. Bastilo, the maledictions of humanity
are due to Kin who takes pleasure in this l,txury of
vengeance, and the administration that tcilerates it
ought to share in the opprobrium.
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he commercial genius of England continues to
excite our admiration. It is no longer confined to oak-
hark, flax, or rags for paper, and other articles of that
sort. It is not merely the productions of Ceres that the
aspiring pomp of the speculators of Great Britain daily
carry off from us. The interest they take in the articles
which are the growth of our soil extendscven to onions.
and apples. This has furnished to some journals a sub-
ject for pleasantries more or less gay. But let us beware
of that total levity which mightlead us to smile at our
inisf,rtunes I However fertile the soil of Belgium may
be, it is nut inexhaustible, and our gratitude for the
beneits which England has conferred upon us ought
not to be carried so far as to starve ourselves for her
profit.

" It is not, however, without some. hositation. that
we hazard this remark. A speech lately pronounced
in one of our public ceremonies, in a town which par-
ticularly feels the extent ofour relations with our friends
over the water, has induced ur to entertain con3iderable
scruples on this subject. By that speech we arc taught,
anumg other usefol truths, " that it does not become
u 5 to exannue to what extent the raw materials for our
in:lnaba:tun:s may or ought to be preserved, to mtirinur
against the indirect taxes, or to criticise the measures
adopted by the Government." But why does nut this
become 1:5 P Precisely " because as we receive kings
from God, and Ministers and Governors from the hands
of Kings," (a descending progression which the orator
might have carried much thrtherd " they must know
what is most advantageous for their people : our duty
is to obey and be content." The Quotidiestne said
nearly the same thing in 1815, but less frankly and
plainly. Unfortunately, hake suj orationes.—
These sage reflections arrive about 100 years too late,
and are instances of some good seed thrown away.TM.
SEPTEMDER 28.—0 n the very opening of the Caw,
gross at Aix4a-Chapelle, as well as every *here • else,
there is nothing to be heard but On din--(It is said).
his said that the Congress of Vienna, having been
merely employed in endeavouring to satisfy the appe.
the of six or eight guests, that of Aix-la-Chapeile will
taLe upon itself the entertaining of persons who were
nit admitted to the former feast.

It is set& that Castlereagh will react to the Congress
a Mil of Indemnity passed by the lintibh Yarhawent,
and foamed ott the model of the ProclamatiOn of Quin-
ties at the Isthmien games of Corinth, and whicia will

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cause to be repeated throughout Eumpe these wonlr,
which admiration, and joy heretofore dictated to assem-
bled Greece :—" There is than on the earth one nation
which, at its own expense and tirl, exposes itself to all
the fatigues of war, to secure to ethers the inestimable.
benefitsof liberty, without being instigated thereto by
the interests of neighbourhood, or by to ties which
unite people of the same continent ; whirl crosses seas
to banish despotism from every part of the world, and-
to establish every where rho reign of joatice and the
laws ! The mere Sties of such a plan manifests the.
elevation abet- sentiments, and its execution proves her
couraige and her greatness."

- It is said, however, that this bill is only a laerat
r verie, that Castlereagh has no mission except to
strengthcn the Dictatorship of England, already too
well off with her commerce to think of preferring this
vain Roasan glory to it. His object above all is to ex-
cite a fear of even the very shadow of France, and to..
proceed until that country be so reduced as to become
an object of pity ; success in this object promising him
the empire of Europe.
it is sad, that the English East India Company,
having succeden in accomplishing in Asia what neither
Alexander nor Timur were ever able to execute, has now
projected the conquest of the empire of the Birmans,
in order to prepare a woad to that of China, where she
is already lighting up the flame of revolutions.

IE it said, that England, full of admiration of the
Government and conduct of her India Company, is.
preparing, in imitation of it, o European Company,
which having its factories scattered through all maritime
and manufitetering towns, antra general system of ccn-
tralization uniting all the springs of the operations fro:a
north to south of London, and thus subjecting the wholt>
industry of the continent of Great Britain, the profits of
which would be sufficient to maintain this state cf de-
pendence. It is even believed that Castlereagh, and
Baring, the banker, are in petio destined to have scats
among the Directors of this 'European company.

Information has been receivedfrom :Madrid of a sud-
den tuni total change in the Spanish Ministry, and the
exile of its leading members ; M. Pizzarru having been
banished to Valencia, M. Garrey to Saragossa, and M.
Figarott to Andalusia. The causes of this event are
unknown, but conjecture ascribes it to the predilection
shown by the fallen Ministers towards America, and
their decided prektrenee of Russian interests. Th.;
time new Ministers, who are to succeed, those dis-
placed, are the Marquis de Cassairujo, as Prime
Minister ; Counsellor of State. Himas, as Minister
of Finances ; the Lieutenant General Cienetos, as
Minister of Marine. The three disgraced Ministers
arc said to have been arrested and taken out of their
beds, without knowing at first how they were to be
disposed ot: Of the character of the new Ministers, it
is said they are men likely to recommend and pursue,
so far as their power is commensurate with their will,
a high and despotic course.
" Manam, 16.—This metropolis was sur.
prised on the morning of yesterday,. to find, that during
the preceding night there had been .a sudden change of
three lending !Ministers :—M. M. Piatunos Garrey, and
the Secretary of Marine ; and that their Excellencies
bad been all sent out of the capital at an hour's notice.
The Marquis of Castelineo; who married an American
Lady, is Prime Minister, ad extern's; and the portfohot
of the two others are also held pro Import,.
" M. Pizarro was supposed to have held great influ-
ence over the King, who consigned him to such sudden
diagra;:c. Ile bas left Madrid witir much money, anti
they say his lady has Malty diamonds
" Conjecture, amktbore especially scandal, that rawer
fails to attenkpotier into exile, ascribe many causes
for his..doweall :—Au overweening predilection tin-
Ametiefil—the. corrupt cession of the Floridas—a
tided preference fbr Russian interests, &e. However,.
this is certain,
that his last festive appearance was at, ttio
Russian Ambassador's, en the tlav of St. Alexander,
when he and his Lady were much earreAetl, and ap.
parcntly without any apprehension that their sun would
so stalderilly set.
" The King has appeared at the usual drive on thia.
I'rado, and at Madrid no wonder lasts twelve how's,' '• •
We understand that the appointment of a Ftlt•crrr
to Sir Evan Nt pean in the government of Bombay is in
agitation at the India Ilouse. Sir J. Malcolm, Gestert,l
Q.4.C1;1"
Mourn, and Mr. Elphinstone, have been iicommend.tt •
to the Court of Directors, for theta to chaise as:.-.4

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JAMAICA PAPERS.

KINGSTON, Ara. 3.

With regret and horror we have to add one mere to the
dreadful catalogue, of barbaroes and cruel murders which
have heen lately committed in this island, a crime which for-
merly very seldom fell to onr lot to record. On Monday
cveiling, the 20111 ult. about five o'clock, the body of J.
31'I woil, Esq. of Lerlestlown Plaiefttiol3, ie Mallelliolleal,Wail
funnel on the road, nut far from his own residence, finite life•
less,weltering in his blood, with his skull dreadfully fractured
in several plates, and having other marks of !mirage and fe-
•rociotts violence recently indict:el, and %Inch are supposed,
by the contused appearance of the weninds, to have been
given by a hoc: one fracture of the interior portion of the
occipital hone was so very exiensis e as to have permitted the
escape of a considerable part of the brain. On the day fel-
lowing an Initisiti-•1 scat taken on view-ef the body, by
D. fetters , Esq. a Magistrate of that perish, (the Coroner
being confined by an indisposition) and a respectable Jury,
when a stiiet investigation was very properly instituted, but
from .which nothing, we are sorry to say, transpired that
could teal .lo the discovery of the party guilty of this most;
tnhnnt.ut mottle,- ; the Jury tiaviitg, after a deliberate and
patient exatuinaliou returned a verdict of" Wil-
•ful Murder, by a person of spersous unknown." No act of
31r. Mtl-eotl, could have civet Alw of provocation for
'this most atrocious molder. lie 1,43 exceedingly tutu to,
being an invalid, add in the l'Gth year of age, the greateat
mart of which lie has tesided in the island ;he s a widower,
but two daughters survive to lament their father% tbeedful
fat..
Since the elrove we feel meets gratification in romintini•'
eating to the Public, tbet the our triers of Mr. Nl'Leurl have
been apprehended. The circitnistemes which led to their
apprehension-are as follow :
Mr. Rose, the nephew of Mr. siutpecting that the
Negroes on the plantation were concerned, took oneof them
(alinuelet entom room, and atter miestioning tier minutely
on the -•nhjeet,--stie •.at length •coefeiried that talc slaves, one
the property of Mr. O. Minot, of Portland, and the other be_
longing to Rose Garden estate, hail perpetrated the minder,
and vvele at the time secreted its the Negro-hoaxes. On re-
ceiving this hiformation Mr. Rose sent to revere' of the neigh-.
boars requesting their assistance,. and in the aftemoosi rode
test its quest of the miscreants. 011 their way to Ectlestlown
at night, one of the servants who followed heard a I itstling its
the bushes, and observed that some person must certainly be
secreted among theta. On repairing to the spot they dis-
covered a Negro %mined ‘Villiaiii, belonging to Ecclestlawit,
who had been a notorious rataaseete, %slits a lance iii his liana,
ntakieg tiff. In the attempt to escape lie fell mid was secured;
when Le made a great noise, but was immediately gagged.
A careful seat ell %.111 now 'utile, and they -discovered a lint
in Which they found Mr. themes Neer() asleep, and the one
Belonging to Rose Garden smoking his pipe. The former on
awaking thehitter for his cutlass, hut they were bode
s..cured before any weapon could be treed. ac-
knowledeed that he bad employed the Negroes alieve 'nen_
tinned to 1111/rdei. his 'mister, and that they waited for the up.
portueiry. On their meeting Mr. M•Leod,it appeats tit:door
of thoin gave tee uuloritinate ei.ntleinan a blow on the lore.
bead, when he exclaimed, it !" .'ritia wax fug uw ad by
another on the back of the heall,u Inch brought him treats his
Liorse to the ground. "Vitcv then coatemplated using theii
cutlasses, but told tile et:milers:us net to chop him, as
lice While people, Oil seeing the chops, would conclude that he
lt.ul4,eets nuirdemd but advised Mein to take large stones
nail mash his bead well, which they aceurdinaly did. The
body was then renewed ton neighbouring guile", and William
stationed himself on the road side, to lance Mr. Rase as lie
passed by. A fall confession of alit lie circumstances of the
reorder was made, and Mr. Minors Negro, a very powerful
and dietetic fellow, declared that hail he beenewake, and pee
seeseti.of the entless when they cattle to the Itot,he would have
killed all the party. lu consequence tit the coofession, oilier
Negiel'a are supposed to lie concerned, and-sonw have beets
sectieed. Estanneetions were going on when our isfartumit
left that qteater. Mr. Minutes Negro, on his way to gaol,
dropped du'.rn and 110011 alter expired, and it is supposed that
he had pti.soned himself to escape the fate which awaited
Lim. Mr. Rose is entitled to the greatest praise lot. his per-
sevesatace in discovering die-murderers, and afterwards us.
eisliasg to secure the miscreants.

The following instance of wanton depravity, degrading to
the perpetrators, and injurious to the character el English-
men, we have received from respectable authority boat's
crew, from a Greenland ship belonging to this port, lauded on
Four Island Pointlast June, where a *inter house war, lot It
for the residence of a Danish family ; its inhabitants at the
time were some distance from the place, and the seamen
plandered the house of all it contained : brought away a bum
nearly full of seal oil, two spars, a gnu, a crab and eapstere,
and a .quantity of wood ; and finished the depredation by
burniug the building. The bodies of several Esquimanst,
which had been buried there, were dug up ; among them was
a carpenter, who died on board one of the ships in Davis's
Straits, • and was buried on the island, sth June, 1816, and
whose body was so perfect as to be itleittified by the Captain
and crew of the ship he belonged tJ, and who bad the hotly
• again decently interred. The coffin W 43 broken to pieces,
and the shirt torn otf with brutal depravity I--Hall Ad-
red iser.
Among the papers laid before Parliament last •Session, is a
• correspondence between Earl Bathurst and Lieut.-Governor
Bentinck, touching the treatment ofa female slave on a plan-
tation at fierbice, named America.—lt appears that this poor
creature had been flogged by order of a woman of colour,
wife of the manager of a plantation, for some alleged im-
pertinence, and the following is the desciiption given by Go-
vernor Bentinek of the hellish torture inflicted on her ;
"Only conceive for a moment (says the Governur) two strong
men with heavy cart-whips corded, flogging a poor unfortn-
natepregisard woman, laid flat on her belly, stretched on the
• ground naked, with her hands and feet tied to stakes, re •
eeiving upwards of 150 lashes, with one driver on one side,
and the other on the other, every stroke cutting deep and
fetching blood; after which the was take u, and both he► fret
wade fast in the stocks for a fortnight or more, lying with her
wounds upon a flat fora► of hard wood, in a state of preg-
nancy, and mine of her friends peimitted to give.her any
thing to eat. •To put her into the stocks was necessary, to
prevent her from cumin:: to the fiscal to complain!'
On Saturday last an explosion of gas took place in one of the coal-
pits at the Buttery Colliery, near Dudley, of which eight men were
the victims, including the foreman, a most respectable man sod vs-
hiable servant. Five of •h' siaiters had familits; and this un-
•-thrtunate catastitophe cold not :rave punned hal they wad the
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THE 'NATIONAL REGISTER

ASSOCIATION IN THE NETHERLANDS

FOR EMPLOYING THE POOR.

Preliminary Report made to his Royal Highness
Prince Frederick of the Netliedands,• from the General
Committee of an extensive Association fumed in the
Netherlands for employing the industrious pour.