The National Register.
London, England, 1817-11-03 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LONDON:

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1817.

THE Caledonia recently arrived at Greenock, has
brought Calcutta Papers to the 29th of May. The Go-
vernment Gazette of that date confidently anticipates a
war between Russia and Persia. The article upon
which this belief is founded is dated Bushire, April 12th.
It states that " The Russians have of late been doing
all they can to conciliate the Persian Nobility, strictly,
however, upon the principle of peace to the cottage
and war to the castle they by no means include the
King, or any branch of the Royal Family within the
circle of their benevolence, and in spite of a splendid
embassy conducted by General Gennaloff, and now
past Erevan on its route to Tehran, I judge from oilier

sure aighns and tokens, that any thing but peace reign
in the breasts of most of those who may conduct the
negociations on tither side."
The same article goes on to state, that some French
Officers bad arrived at the Persian capital, and many
more Vl ere expected, the King having determined to
give them commands in his army.

Advices have reached town from the Brazils, to the
Id August, from which, if correct, Vac important in-

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telligence is derived, that the Brazilian Government
had sent off orders for the evacuation of Moute-Vidao
by the:Portug,uese troops. It would seem therefore, ei-
ther that the difficulties of keeping posse,sion of the
place, or the remonatrauces of the Allied Powers, have
had the effect of compelling the Portuguese Govern-
ment to this act.

The Paris papers of Monday last, announce the
death of the celebrated Polish General Kosciusko,
who died at Solcurc on the 15th instant. An article
from Lausanne, published in the Mond cur, speaks in
the highest terms of this Patriotic General, justly ob-
serving, that to his name is attached all the sublimity
that can arise front inflexible virtue, patriotism, and
true glory. Eugene Beauharnois has assumed the ti-
tles of Duke de Lcuchtemberg, Prince of E;Astad.—
These papers quote private letters front Madrid of• the
13th instant, which are silent as to any otli•nsive move-
ments upon the part of Spain against Port,tgaL

French papers received yesterday contain the follow-
ing further particulars relative to the murder of Wier
Pasha, Dey of Algiers:—
" The following arc fresh details regarding the as-
sassination of the Dey of Algiers, Omar Paella, the
authencity of which we guarantee :—The chiefof the
conspiracy had framed it with such art, that its existence
was not even suspected. The Dey, surprised in his
palace by the revolted soldiery, was strangled, and his
body carried to a small cementry, called Onelli Dalour,
in the neighbourhood of the palace. He was there
interred without pomp, but likewise without insult.
The enemies even of Omar Paella admit, that he com-
bined in his character justice and humanity, with
courage. The only reproach directed against him by a
people devoted to sulx•rstition and fatality, is, that he
was bar► under an unlucky star ; and to this circum-
stance they ascribe the calamities of the last war, the
bombardment and the plague—scourges which in a
short space of time united to overwhelm Algiers : this
supposition was the sole motive of his assassination.
I lis successor, Ali Pacha, is a man in the flower of
Eli: of a very agreeable exterior, and a prepossessing.
address. He is said likewise to be very well informed.
Ile has manifested the most friendly intentions towards
all nations, with whom he announces his desire of
living in good understanding. As a proof of his 14-
vourable dispositions, he has of his own accord ordered
the restitution of a Hamburgh vessel, with its cargo
and crew, though the whole had been declared good
prize. Jews who had purchased the cargo were ob-
liged to restore it. Subsequently to this act of Justice,
a report was spread that the restitution had displeased
the soldiery to such a degree, as to make them murder
the Dey, and elect a successor. This report requires
confirmation."

A Lisbon mail to the .2.lst of last month arrived last
night, the contents are not important, as will be seen
by the following extracts :
" LISBON, OCT. 18.—On the 15th of this month
was decided the trial instituted in consequence of the
conspiracy happily discovered in the mouth of May
last; by the sentence two were declared not guilty,
one ordered to be banished from the united kingdoms of
Portugal, Algarve, and Brazil, with the threat of being
sent to one of the Presidius (fortresses) of Africa for
life, in case of contravention ; three condemned to he
transported to Angola, Mozambique ; and twelve sen-
tenced to be punished with death. This sentence beim;
executed on the 18th of this month, the greatest order
and tranquillity imaginable prevailed. In the counte-
nances of all the citizens was seen on that day,—as
well as on those in which, after the pa-sing of the sen-
tence, the guilty received according to the usual custom,
the succours of religion,—the clear expression of the
horror which, in the midst of a nation distinguished
for its unshaken sentiments of loyalty to the Sovereign,
is justly inspired by the abominable crime of a handful
of individuals, who, deaf to the voice and dictates of
both divine and human laws, endeavoured to plunge us
into the horrors of anarchy. The sentence is printing,
which applied the provisions of the laws to the facts
proved by the clearest evidence.

The rumours which have been circulating for some
time respecting the probable annexation of the Flo-
rida., to the United States, seem to be rapidly assaming
a more decisive character. An article in the Vational
Register, of the f. th of September (a paper printed at
Washington), after intimating its belief that in less than
six months, those territories will be under the Govern-
ment of the United States, proceeds to state, as a con-
jecture, that a treaty between Spain and America,
respecting their cession, will be submitted to Congress,
early in the next Session. A similar opinion prevails
in the Floridas themselves. The Mobile Gazette, (July
9.(ith) says, " we have good cause fur believing_ that the
country will be in possasioo of the United States La-
tin Christmas neat".

7'llE DRAMA.

PRURV.LANE.

rov. s.

The Falls of ahk, a new meld-drame, was performed
here on Wednesday night, utter the Hypocrite. The
music is by Mr. T. Cooke, or, rather, is a selection of
Scotch airs, adapted by way of accompaniuttont to the
different situations of the piece. Some of these situa-
tions are striking enough, and are rendered more so by
the excellent acting of Miss Kelly, Knight, and Mr.
H. Johnston. Wallach represents with much troth
and feeling, the chracter of L'a young soldier, sen-
tenced to be shot for the supposed murder of a young
Scottish chieftain, who is at last finind concealed in a
cave of banditti. Miss Kelly is the sister of Wallach,
and sweetheart of Penley, and performs her part with
pathos which is almost too harrowing to the feelings.—
Her sufferings and gesticulations are lingered out to
beep time with the music : and the same •clangers
and the same escapes occur too repeatedly to produce
much effect. She fhlls flat on the ground not less than
five or six times, which is four or five too often. Knight
played the old unhappy father of Edrvard and Ellen—
one of whom he sees dishonoured, and the other about
to be lel to execution fbr avenging that dishonour—
with that sort of natural pathos in which he stands un-
fvalled. Mr. H. Johnston did ample justice to Donald,
the hearty, honest, Highland bagpiper ; and gave to
the character that mixture of romantic spirit and
quaint humour, of which it is susceptible, and in which
his great excellence consists. One or two of the scenes
were beautiful; but the whole was too tediously spun
out, and hardly answered the expectations ut first ex-
cited. It was, however, given out for repetition with
much applause.