The National Register.
London, England, 1815-09-17 00:00:00

TII E NATIONAL REGISTER.

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602

150.000
2!)0,000
200,0t.0

}'T Lisbians

Plisstai s
I:liglish, II inoretions, kc. under the command
ut the I)nl<t ut ‘Ve.kilgio
.variat.s, Wurtcuaberl.lltrz,

80 000
110,000

A letter from Brussels states, that preparations are now
making with great activity for the inauguration of the king
of the Netherlands, which will take place towards the end of
this month in the Place Royale, conformably to the ancient
usages of the country, that is to say, in the open air. The
Statcs (;e•neral will be convoked to an extra meeting of
the I St h of September.
The force of the allied troops now in
Trance is ;:aid to be as follows

the territory of

fn alt - 890,000
If we add the Staff Officers and persons belonging to the
retinue of the Sovereigns, the suitcs of the Generals and
Officers, &c. Ste. the number of the allies in France will

amount to near 1,000,000.
Six persons were se►►tenced at Lyons, on tl►e SOth ult. to
imprisonment in irons, some for wes►ing the tri coloured
cockade since it was prohibited, and others fur seditious

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The Pruss?ans lose no opportunity of making money , they
Lace advertised for sale the wooden palisadoes erected by
Buonaparte round Paris for the defence of that capital.
The Lancasteiian system of education is becoming ge-
neral in France five schools are now organising in the ca-

Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Commissioners have been 1
appointed to attend Buonapatte at St. Helena.
A private letter horn Pat is, dated Sept. 11, states, that the
effutts to bring about the dismission of- Fondle, have alto-
gether failed, the King Vaving positively desired him to re-
main in office ; and this, it is added, at particular instance
of an English pet sonage of high consideration. It is further
that the. pubic funds, which fell when his disniission
was talked 01, have risen, now it is known he remains in
ofaEx.
etract of a letter from Paris, September 11 :'•l6 We are
'rely anxious here tespecting the South ; at Avignon, and in
the environs of Nismes tranquillity is far from being re-esta-
LFsheil thedis, bailees appear, on the contrary,to, continue,
a::d fur sevet al days it has been difficult to obtain news from
thence. At Bordeaux also disturbances are threatened, and
.;etims appear to be marked out, merely because they are
Pro.testants.
Some fears arc entertained respecting the new Chamber.
Vrcm the number of persons of exalted opinions it contains, it
it is Supposed one of its fit st acts will be to overthrow the
pre,ent Ministry. Much appiehension exists that we are ap-
proachiug a et isis,"
Sixty-one sail of the Warrior's convoy from Jamaica, are
still unaccounted far.
Upwards of sixty ships of different hurthens'are at this
time cleating out at Liverpool, with goods and passengers,
for the United States of America.
The Barossa fi igate arrived on Ntondav, at Portsmouth,
with a convoy of 74,) sail from the West Indies, after a pas-
sage of six weeks. They enjoyed an uninterrupted series of
good weather. Not a ship is missing.
The Kingsmill, East Indianian, is arrived at Liverpool.
This is the first ship that has roomed flow India since the
participa'ion of the nut-ports in. that trade. !ler cargo con-
sists of cotton, sugars. indigo, piece goods, and spices. She
has been ab,ent abut ftfteeu months, and it is understood
made a prospcn.us voyage.

SEPT. lr.

Parliament is certainly to meet about the middle of No-
vember, for the dispatch of public business.
MR. PEEL AND COUNSELLOR O'CONNELL—We gave
the chief points in the dispute between these two gentlemen,
in last week's paper. It now appears that Sir C. Saxton hay.
ing published the purport of Mr. Lidwill's communication,
that Mr. O'Connell would not call out Mr. Peel, without de-
tailing any of the reasoning on either side that occurred is
the conversation which ensued, Mr. O'Connell and Mr.
Lidwill published what may be called a counter statement,
in which they observed that Mr. Peel and Sir C. Saxton
seemed to have preferred a paper war, to the kind of discus-
sion which Messrs. O'Connell and Lidwill had expected and
were prepared for.—This observation produced a direct hos-
tile message from Mr. Peel to Mr. O'Connell, and another
from Sir C. Saxton to Mr. Lidwill ; but on the same even-
ingsthe Messages were delivered, Mrs. O'Connell, who had
by some means been apprised of the transaction, appealed
to the Magistrates, and Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Lidwell were
placed under arrest, and bound over not to meet their ad-
versaries. In consequence the four disputants have pro-
ceeded to the Continent, accompanied by their seconds, to
decide the affair.

WALKING MATCO.---The hero of the pedestrian exploit
at Blackheath is an old man, v4ho has been in the habit of
carrying pamphlets about for many years ; and he boasts,
that during the period while he amused himself with the
distribution of literature, he has seldom walked less than 40
miles per diem. Thursday was the fourth of his exhibition,
and at nine o'clock In the evening he had five miles to per-
form—which, after taking refreshment, he completed at a
quarter before eleven. W ilson is a man about five feet six
inches and a half—his walk, like that of the celebrated Powel..,
is shuffling; but he covers an immense space in a very shor t
period. lie has hitherto been fighting under very great
disadvantages, the heat of the weather—the dust of the road
—and the pressure of the connoisseurs, have inconvenienced
him very much. Betting is against him• It was, at Green-
wich, Thursday evening, four to two. • Should he succeed
in the enterprise, we understand be is engaged to go 100
miles in 21• hours. The pedestrian's dress is a straw hat,
very broad in the brim—a light covering of nankeen on the
body, and nankeen trowsets and gaiters. With respect to
the ground, he has provided, that, should heavy rain come
on, he shall be allowed to walk on the green-sward instead of
the gravelled road. Wilson was 'doing on on Friday morn-
ing. Ile is engaged to go 50 miles a day for 20 days.
RIFLE SHOOTING.—At a trial of skill on Sunday morn-
ing last, at Chalk Farm, among some amateurs of the rifle,
there was witnessed some excellent shooting at the shoulder
from 150 yards, and from the shoulder and rest at 200
yards; after which Mr. Foreman, ci devant Captain in the
Duke of Cumberland's Sharp-shooters, hit six successive
shots from 250 yards, five of them,from the rest, and one
i from the shoulder, all of them near the centre, and the
last, the shoulder shot, in the bull's eye, at a target two
feet in diameter and a nine inch bull's eye. Although this
effopt has never been beaten, it may be considered as no far-
ther worthy of being recorded than to show the excellence
to which rifle shooting has been brought in this country.
Ve are of opinion that but few such specimens could be
found among our trans-Atlantic friend,, whose boasted supe-
glorify in the use of this weapon has been so often and loudly

vaunted.
We agree cordially with the writer of the foregoing
article, and recommend to Government a due notice of th►c
Gentleman's skill.

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