The National Register.
London, England, 1817-10-20 00:00:00

THE' NATIONAL REGISTER.

A rumour which had pro ceded daring the week of
the murder of the Dey of Algiers, is confirmed by the
French Papers received yesterday :
" For more than a month past (says the article), a
fermentation has been remarked to prevail among the
militia. Rumours of as slanging nature with respect
to the person of Omar Paaha wcro circulated. Com-
plete tranquillity seemed, however, by intervals, to suc-
ceed to transitory disorders ; gad Omar though
told that a plot was hatching against hint, refused to
credit the information.
" Ott the Al of the month, early in the morning, 600
Turkisk soldiers marched tumultuously towards the
Palace of the Regency. The Day was there surrounded
by all his Ministers except the Grand Vekilardgi, who
was at his post in the Marine Department. The Dey
immediately put his guards under arms, and sent an
order to the Vitkilaragi to assemble some troops and come
to his assistance. This order arrived when there was not
time to execute it. The palace guard. of (k) men was
too weak to resist the insurgents, who accordingly passed
the first gates without any difficulty. In vain did
the Miristers and a great number of their own officers
present themselves, to ask what were the matters of which
they had to complain, and to promise them satisfaction.
Their answer was. that they would not have Omar
Paella for their chief: The Dey ordered that they
should be allowed to entur, upon which the most fu-
rious among them rushed into the interior of the pa-
lace, not without fears of an ambuscade. o:nar tran-
quilly awaited their approach i❑ the hope that he
should he able to appease them. They refused, how-
ever, to listen to hin►. The Prince at last drew his
sabre, and endeavoured to defend himself. but, over-
powered by numbers, be was dragged out of his pa-
lace into the court-yard, where the mutineers strangled
hint. - -

.....
"At the sane time other Turkish soldiers spread them
selves through the town in great numbers. They
proclaimed Ali- Hodja Dev, and eurri2d him in triumph
to the palace of the Regency, which he ente: ed a fcw
moments after the death of his predee.:ssor."

In addition to all the other absurd reports that have
received currency during the week, it is now asserted,
that Spain has bought the Russian fleet, which is sup-
, posed by this time to have passed the Sound on its
way, as it is said, to the port of Cadiz; and, that not
even a conjecture may be formed without conveying
its sufficient quantum of alarm, it is shrewdly insinu-
ated that, as Spain ha 3 no money to give in return for
ships, she must have consented to give something else
as an equivalent. And, what can this equivalent be
but an island in the Melitcreane:m, or a settlement in
South America? Already do the alarmists see our
influence waning in the South of Europe, or the
Russian Eagles glutting themselves with the gold of
Mexico and Peru ! Will these childish fears never
I have an end ?

The Paris Papers of Weilnesklay last, received on Fri-
day, inform us positively, that the Porte has signified
its determination to comply with th. demands of Russia,

respecting the decapitation of Czerney George. The
Pacha of Belgrade, it appears, is exonerated from all
suspicion of having connived at the circumstance ; but
the Kncse,or Servian Chief, who caused Czerney George
to be beheaded, is to be delivered up to Russia, to pro-
ceed with him us that Power may think fit. flow he
can have offended Russia, in such a way as to make him
amenable to her tribunals, is a problem which it would
be difficult to explain upon any of the admitted prin-
ciples of public law.
We hare intelligence from Madrid, through these
Papers, as late as the 2(1 instant. No further news had
been received, or at least promulgated, respecting the
affairs of South America ; but the rumonr of a war be-
tween Portugal and Spain is again alluded to, in con-
nexion• with the approach of Spanish troops towards
the frontiers of the former Kingds-nn. The cause of
this has been attributed to the necessity of relieving
certain regiments, who were already stationed in those
quarters ; we believe, alsc, it may he partly ascribed to
the desire of obstructing the activity of smugglers.—
These, at least, are motives no less satisfactory and rea-
sonable, than the conjecture of any hostile feeling, pre-
vailing between the two countries.

It appears that the Algorines have not deliberately
violated the flag of Russia. The fidlowing official
letter from the Russian Consul will put to rest all idea
of hostilities between them, and at the same time in-
creases the probability of the Russian squadron being
&stilted for Cadiz :
Russian Consulate Office, 2n, Great Winchester-street, 07t. IG.
R •-i 1111 V C the honour of at...planning you, for the information
of Lloyd's, and the mercantile world in general, that a letter from
the Swedish Consul General, Monaieurde Ankerloo. at Albite:, hew

NIT !O

ing date the 17th of A T:llst, 1817, has been tram,mitted to me re-
gi.rdirm the Russian brig Industry, Capt. Schuninan, that was cap-
tur,xl last July by an Alger:tie corsair, near Cape five of
the crew of which had arrived at Algiers. W rate of the re-
mainder, and the brig itself, the public has air .y been c:quaintod
t)rough the medium or the newspapers.
I feel 1,-r;at pleasure to add, that the Regency of ALcitrs, did not
recognise this capture, but gave imni Ilio.te orders for toe release of
the pnrmers, and that the mane should be done with the r g
crew, as well as the brig itself on her art iva I ; the Dey of Al,„if rs hav-
ing di:dared. that no hostilities should be exerci,ed against his Impe-
rial Majesty's flit:!; and that the brig Industry lied been detained by
his ermssie through ini•-understanding, the corsair having taken her
for a Pruwjan ingesd via liusshin vessel.
I trust this info:illation will reinove all doubt that has hitherto CK-
istu:l rei,aniim; the reaper paid by the Algerines towards the llusoLn
ea,: end reur.in. etc..
(Signed) ADE DU3ATCHEI'SIiV, Russian Consul-General.
To Mr. John Barnett. jun:

The letters which reached town on Friday, by the
mail from Lisbon, fully confirm the statement relative
to sentence of death having been passed on several of
the conspirators recently tried at Lisbon. We now
learn, that no fewer than 18 of them are destined to
suffer death, with General Friere at the heal of them ;
and their execution was take place in the first week
of the present month. No amanita of these trials hav-
ing been published at Lisbon, the people became cla.
mourous on the subject ; and to remove their suspicions,
the Government. has intimated its intentions to pro-
mulgate the proceedings, but not until the prisouera
have undergone the sentence of the law.
The money market has remained pretty steady at the
close of the Week. The slight flying rumours of dif-
ferences between Spain and Portugal, and between
Itusria and 'l'urkey, eked out by a few trifling circum-
stances, sash us the Cabinet Councils which have been
hell for the purpose of getting rid of the vacation bri-
and the firkin:*' up two or three transports of
400 tons each by the Navy Board, have for some days
past rather tended to keep down the Stocks than other.
wise. It must be added too, that- in colonial produce
there has not been so much doing of late, and the
prices are somewhat lower than they have been. Sc.
vernl ships are looked for from the ‘Vest, which pro-
bably suspends purchases for the present. All thrae
circumstances together, however, cannot be consider, d
as capable of checking, in any material degree, the tel
dency to a slow and gradual rise which the Funds must
derive from the constant accumulation of capital.
In addition to the improved state of the Ilevenue for
last quarter, as an evidence of returning prosperity, we
are happy in Lein g able to state a less equivocal
proof. By a gentleman just returned from a commercial
tour throngli the northarn parts of the kingdom, we are
informed,. that at Glasgow, Liverpool, Birmingham,.
Sheffield, Nottingham, and other commercial manufac-
turing towns in the North, scarcely a single artisan is
now unemployed. At Manchester, in particular, such
has been the demand firr goods, that hardly a bale, com-
paratively speaking, remains untold in the warehouses.
At Birmingham also the demand for fire-arms (sup.
posed to be for South America) has of late been exces-
sive; and every where reviving commerce is bringing
its usual attendants, happiness and contentment.
The new Exchequer Bills, at 2d per day, hare reach-
ed a premium of 21s. already.
" Extract of a letter from the Cape of Good Hope :
" Letters have been • received from Graham's-town,
from which it is apparent that the good Mills from the
late regulations for the protection of colonial property
on the frontiers begin to manifest themselves. It
seems that on the 28th of last month (April) some of
Habana's people penetrated into the colony, and suc-
ceeded in surprising 19 head of cattle belonging to some
Hottentots. Information was immediately conveyed
to Graham's-Town of the depredation, when Major
Frazer, without loss of 'time, dispatched Lieut. Henry-
;
Vereker, of the 83d regiment, with 100 men, in pur-
suit of the fugitives. They were easily traced, and it
appears had returned into the Caffre land by Trum.
peter's Drift. Habana is one of the Caffre chiefs, who
did not attend the conference with his Excellency the
Governor on the Kat river. Lieutenant Vereker pur-
sued the stolen cattle by the traces to his first kraals,
and then demanded restitution. The Caffres hesitated
in making it, he therefore seized an equal number of
Caffre cattle to• that stolen, and acquainted the chief
with the knurl that his object was only to take back
what had been previously purloined ; he would wait
there till the next morning, to give time to consider the
necessity and propriety of restitution. Upon day dawn-
ing it was found, that, instead of giving up the swirly
cattle, the Caffres were preparing to assail his party,
and to re-take the 19 oxen he had possessed himself o.!
Lieutenant Vereker, in consequence, commenced his
march homeward with the herd he had taken, and
was not annoyed by the Caffres, until he came to the
head of the little Kut river, when, supposing the situaa
tion favourable to their object, they mar, hed upon his
party from the surrounding hills in great numbers,
making horrible shouts and throwing their assagays at
our men. Lieutenant Vereker, having thrilled his
party, commenced firing, with suck effect, that lateen
Citifies were killed, and many more wounded ; the re•
mainder innnediately dispersed, and the party returned
to Grahanas-town ; when. the 19 head of cattle were
distributed among the Hottentots whose cattle had been
stolen. The temperate and firm conduct of Lieutenant
Vereker on this occasion is entitled to great praise."

OCT. O.

STATE TRIALS.

DEII3Y WEnnusnAlr, OCT. 15.

Two of the judges name I illy Special Commission, the
thief Baron Rickards and %II Abbott, entered this
t own yesterasy evening, and amediately proeceded to their
ladge,..•, .1 the County•trall. At 1.2 o'elork third iy,
thy other Int) .•s, 4r. Justice Dallas. and Mr..lastice
Holroyd, ail-teed. The High Sheriff, in a ,tale-earri:l4e fold
four, attended a.great number of
.;avelin men on tout, end
Itt!cotopianied by the Mayor, ands large body of thc comity
gruirlemen nu ho:subirek, len the town about II o'clock, foe
the purpose of meeting the Judges. As soon as 'hey incr. the
Judges alighted from their travelling carriages, and emceed
the Sheriff's coach ; and the whole procession dill' marched
into the town preceded by the usual mmnil of ,rthupris. he
procession stopped at the Judges' lodgings, u here their lord.
ships remained an hour together ; and at one o'clock pre-
cisely went4o hear divine service at the parish church of
All Saint,. . _ .

At halellast two their Lordships entered the Court. The
Attorney-General, the Nolieitor General, Serjeant
Mr. Clarke, Set jeant Copley, Mr. Gurney, Mr. Richae ikon,
Mr. Italguy, Mr. Slieplis rd, and Mr. Reynolds, took their
scats as counsel for the' prosecution. Mr. Cross and Mr.
Denman sat on the left of the .:,•rk, as counsel for the pri-
soners. The Grand Jury were then rolled user :

Lord George Cavendish William Gill, Esq.
lion. George Vernon Edward Cook, Esq.
Hon. Henry Cavendish Jahn ltadtbril, Y,::.
Sir Robert IVi'mot Bart. Francis Mundy, ksq.
Sir Matthew Blackiston,itart. Charles Hurt. El.
Sir Henry Fitzliab..rt, Bart. Winfield Halton, Esq.
Sir W. Chambers Ba.rshaw, Bart. Bates Heskett, Esq.
Sir CharlesCobille, knight.' John Crompton. Esq.
Edward Hastings, Esq. Richard Bateman, Esq.
Richard Arkwright, Esq. Samuel Frith, RNLI.
John Ashton N lowly, Esr,.
.:%lannitduke Aliddleton Middle-
Filwanl Miller Mundy, EN. ton Esq.
S lwanl Sacheverell Sitwell, Esq. Aston Ashton Shuttlewerth, EN.
Bates Ilershell, Esq. and
Francis Hurts Esq. Josiah Jebb, Esq..

Mr. Baron Richards said; it was matter nf great satisfaction
to see so numerous, and re+pectable an attendance of Grand
Jurors; out there stns nothing to be submitted to them at
present. They Should he in their places; and it' any thing
eiould occur to be laid before them, nutiee would be given to
item ; and he hail no doubt they would attend upon reeeiv.
ing such notice.
The proclamation against vice and, immorality being read,
the Chief Baron, turning towards the reporters whom he saw
in Coati, said, " Gentlemen, the Court expects that nothing
of the proceedings which are to begin to-morrow shall be
published till the whole shall be finished: I give this notice
now, and shall repeat it to-morrow, that gemieman may lie
aware, that if, after this followilig notice, any of the pro.
ceedings which shall begin to_morrow lie published, the
Coot I. have all :agreed it shall be taken notice of in the proper
gay.
The Chief Baron, then torning to the :attorney-General,
asked him if he had any communication to make to the Court
concerning the mode in which lie ineatit to proceed
The Attorney-General said, that it might not be convenient
t bring all the prisoners into court for trial at the same time :
Vies. ntigh be taken in numbers of eight, tell, or twelve, to
be arraigned and to plead : lie was now aware of the plans
which his learned friends, the counsel for the prisoners
sorant to recommend ; nor did he ask a premature disclosure
of them. Such a number might be brought as suited the
convenience of the Court. He then asked Mr. Cross it he
ha I objei null to stacii a lu•lde.
Mr. Cross said he had none: they might he arraigned
singly, altogether, or in separate tiortions; it was a matter
of indifference to him, or as it alketed the rights and inter-
ests of the prisoners.
The fullowiug prisoners were then brought op and ar-
raigned a second time fur high treason, for the purpose of
being placed upon their trial to-morrow morning.—Thoome
Bacon, labourer; Jeremiah Brandreth, luhurnr ; George
Wrightman, stone-in non ; Joseph Ludlam, labourer; Isaac
Tarner the elder, and Isaac Ludlam the younger, labourers :
Samuel Ludlam, and William Ludlam, labourers ; Samuel
Hunt farmer; and Robert Turner, lisholiter, all late of the
parish of ouutliwingtielil in the county of Derb).

THURSDAY, OCT. 10.
r The Court met precisely at 9 o'clock. The doors were
opened at the hour, .n4l till rush of the crowd, who had 're-
♦•tously as,eallned in the yard in front of the way so
great. that it took fall a quarter of on hour to establish order
and silence. Mr. Header now took his seat with the Counsel
we mentioned yesterday for the Crown. The lit-t of Jurors.
consisting of the number of 300, were called over; 268
answered to their names. Of the other 31, most were °v-
ented for age or infirmity ; 10 were fined to'. This occupied
the Court till hale past 10.
The Attorney tienerul.—My intention is to proceed to try
the prisoner Jeremiah Brandreth first.
The Chief Baron.—Bring up Jeremiah Brasidreth.

liJetetniati Brandreth, otherwi,e called John Coke, other-
wise th.• Nottingham Captain, was then placed at the liar.
He appears to be a young man, of 2n. So far as his face
could by discerned throng,' the large bushy black beard that
c,\v,.„„t the toner pie; of it, anti the curled black hair that
completely concealed his forehead, hest cued a good looking
man. He was dressed in a sailor's blue jacket, and a black
waistcoat, miteh the worse for wear.
Twenty five jurors were peremptorily challenged for the
Prisoner, anti Once for the Crown. One of the Jurors had
been called into the i.ox, and the officer had read the oath to
him. when the coons., nu both sides objected to hnn ; un
which, a dispute arose between the Attorne)-tieneral and the
conusel for the prisoners, they contending, that the challenge
must he considered to lie on the part of the Crown, since the
Juror had net been challenged by the prisoner before the WWI
V:l4 be,',llll to be put. After some discussion, the Attorney
General agreed to take diechallenge for list' Crown.
The following Jury were Own lint lulu the box : -
WilliJ in It,' ilks, of *Chin cli.l,roughton, farmer ; John Stret-
ton of the SJllle, farmer ; John 'lrenipest, of noriev, met. ;
Samuel Wi:der, of Dwell farmer; Thoinas Ascher of
Hatton, farmer i Hobert Caton, of Ostistoti. 41111 Tinirvasion,
farmer ; Sherwin, of Rodsiey, fin slwr ; Thomas
,o 1 the saute, farmer; Harry Yates of Lappeelim,
farmer ; John Oakdmr, of Yearely,tariner ; Sohn Ad,eit, of
the same, farmer. . . .

This preliminary business occupied the Court till halt' pa
tu the. The indictment against the p r, Jereinia
Bi an& rib May then read by the civil of the Arraigns, and
the pleadings opened by Mr. Baletty.
The Lord Chief Baron iutiniatt.d that he Wished to repeat