The National Register.
London, England, 1821-04-29 00:00:00

FLANDERS AND DUTC lIMAILS.

CORFU, MARCH 13.—The Commissioners formed
by order of the Government of the 17th of January,
condemned to six years' imprisonment Anastacius
Peta (surnamed Cuchi) as an accomplice of Antonio
Martinengo : the Lord Commisssoner has ordered
the execution of the sentence. Sir Thomas Mait-
land then dissolved the commission, and ordered all
the persons arrested to be set at liberty, on condition
of their giving to the government of Zante security
for their good conduct in future. Pietro Logotelli
and Dionesio Platimessi are expected, from this
measure, nut to be permitted to return to Zante till
after the lapse of a year.
FRANKFORT, APRIL 15.—An order, emanating
from the cabinet of Berlin, decides that the French
laws are no longer to be applied in cases of high
treason in the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine.

It is affirmed that the Eitiperor of Russia, who, as
we before mentioned, has expressed to the Grand
Duke of Hesse his satisfaction with the represent-
ative constitution which is now established in his
dominions, has likewise approved of the new constitu-
tion which the Duke of Oldenburgh leas had drawn
up for his dominions. His Serene Highness had
consulted his Imperial Majesty on the basis of the
Constitution.

To give an idea of the manner in which the pre-
sent political situation of Europe, and Germany in
particular, is considered in our diplomatic body, we
quote the copy of a report sent within these few days
by a legation to its court. It is as follows:
Since the Neapolitans had shown a cowardice sur-
passing every thing that their adversaries dared to
hope, things have taken a very remarkable turn.—
The monarchical principle has obtained a victory so
decisive that the events in Piedmont have lost all
their importance, and the fate of Italy is considered
to be decided ; that the liberals of every description
unversally disappear; that people cease to talk of
constitutions; finally, that the only fear now re-
maining is, that the solid advantages that have been
gained, almost without striking a blow, may not
be wisely turned to an account. The moment is
come when it is possible to give with a good grace,
and without being constrained to it, those institu•
tions which the voice of the age demands, and
which may be granted without injuring the royal
power, as the example of Wurtemberg and Batavia
prove.
INSPRUCR, APRIL 9.—Troops still continue to
pass through this city for Italy. On the sth a
division of the Emperor's hussars arrived, and on the
following day a battalion of the regiment of Kaunas.
LAUSANNE, Aram 12.—1 t may be interesting
at this moment to know some particulars of the
members who c.imposed the provisional junta 'at
Turin. Their nanr.s are—Di Banat), son of the
senator of that name, the richest landholder in
Piedmont ; Di Brume, Minister of the Interior of
tile kingdom of Italy, under Buonaparte; l'rince
Cistcrna, of the first families in Piedmont; Gen.
Chardoerlain of Buonaparte ; slacenti,
appointed by Buonaparte Bishop of Vercolli;
D'Ancien', a Savoyard, Colonel of Carabiniars of

the late kingdom of Italy ; Pareto, a Genoese
deputy, from Genoa, at Paris under Buonaparte ;
Cera di Albugrano, Kinister of Finance; of the late
kingdom of Italy ; Serra, ex-Doge of Genoa ; Mo-
rass° of one of the illustrious families of Piedmont ;
the Duke of Valombrom, the richest landholder of

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Cagliari; Nigra, head of "the first banking-house of
Turin ; and Fraviga, head of a mercantile house at
Genoa.
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of God, Yawof i Neitivtirad.. &a emitiming Ohms aleriing
to reports adis ban boa asesivet‘ dives me_ new mid than
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when die alive beds with Atria direst is still pserailad....
rto the treaty etweledled between the Netherlands-mid
Lefeeta rtiniritala ail the nth of March. 1818 ; referring to the law
of the tOth Niewienher, 1813 ; hawing examined the repeals of
our Ministers be P Albite, Ander, Public losesedon,
National Itademiy, cued Cebales, by the advice of mar Privy
Cosmcilt bows dee* *GM
maim et mew We the edemas of and
into diet of tfarinam, free Shone wilowlee the dieset slave
trade with Africa is still penahted, as we ti• by doom iffelow,
and under the same penalties as are dammed against the
importation of prohibited gook there.
Our Minister of Public Instruction, National Industry, and
Colonies, is charged wit'• the execution of this decree, of which
communication is to be made to our Ministers of Foreign Affairs
and Justice, and to the Council of State, and this our resolution
is to be inserted in the official journal.
(Signed)

WILLIAM.

THE EX-XING OF SWIMEN.

We gave in our last the application of Gustavus
Adolphus to obtain letters of naturalisation in Nor.
way. That request was transmitted by the Norwe-
gian Diet to the reigning Monarch for his Untrue.
tions, who gave the following reply :
" His Majesty recognizes the loyalty of the intentions of
the late K ing Gustavus Adolphus, but the act of the kingdom
(rsiehsacle), the compact on which the union of the two
untions is founded, points out the course which the Diet has
to pursue. Policy in accordance with this compact, re
poses on the fundamental principle, taught by mature herself,
never to deviate in any manner from the true meaning and
intention of a convect.'
" The peninsula of Scatsdinavia forms a whole of which
all the parts are united for the defence, the glory, and the
honour of the country. The numerous families and Indivi.
deals wbo constitute this whole feel the pressing ueceseity
of mutual aid and support.
" The security of social order, the guarantee of right of
property, and other efeets which may be acquired by indus-
try; should be assured by the two legitimate authorities, the
government and the legislature. The tranquillity of the
North, the scrupulous observance of the constitution -by
which the two nations are governed, are motives of which
the petitioner himself will, without doubt, acknowledge the
Importance. Mess, as well a. States, are subject us destiny ;
no thing escapes the protecting cure of the Most High ; amid
when nations have compt•ged the organisation of their
government, the duty of individuals is submission.
" His Majesty mores the Diet of Norway of his entire
good wishes.
" Stockholm, Marries 17."

A letter from Sierra Leone, dated Feb. 8, states
the arrival there of Commodore Sir G. R. Collier,
on the Ist of that month, from England, having on
board Lieut.-CoL Burke, Acting-Governor of the
Colony, and several other military and naval officers.
The only captures of slave-traders made by the
squadron during the rainy season, were two by the
Thistle, Lieut. Hagan. Mr. Wrignt, Midshipman
of the Tartar (late acting Lieutenant of the Myr,
midon), died on the 6th of February, and Mr.
M'Carthy, Captain's steward of the Myrmidon„ on
the Bth The Myrmidon, Capt. Leeke, was to sail
on the 10th, and the Tartar on the 11th of Feb.
n cruises down the coast.

Extract of a letter from a young gentleman, a
midshipman in his Majesty's ship Tees, to his father
at Borrowatonness, Scotland, dated Port Louis, Isle
of France, Nov. 5, 1820:—" I was recently ordered
into an open boat belonging to the Henrietta, tender
to the Tees, which was cruising round the island to
prevent the traffic in slaves with Madagascar. The
boat was commanded by the master, Mr. Gordon;
and we had been three weeks in her, when on the♦
28th October, an unfortunate end was put to our
cruise. The Henrietta heaving in sight, Mr. Gor.
don wished to see the officer commanding her, when
it coming to blow hard, and quite dark, our boat
shipped at sea, and down she went. I could swim
a little, and with great difficulty reached the reef.
I immediately went to the barracks, and sent off a
boat to save, if possible my unfortunate companions
—but the night being dark, nothing could be seen
of them. Next mot ning I went of myself, and
rowed about to see if could get the bodies of our
master and the men, when at a little distance I per.
ceived a number of large sharks with something they
had got; on nearing them, I perceived they were
eating poor Mr. Gordon; I fired at one who had
him, which let go its hold, and I assisted one of
the men in getting the remains into the boat, when
an immense large shark came from under the boat,
and seized the remains from us. It sprang so high
out of the water, that we saw almost its whole body
Mr. Gordon is most deeply lamented by all in the
Tees, and has left a wife and three ehildren to be-
wail their it t:parable loss."
Morris, the leading evidence against Messrs. Hunt,
Johnson, &c. at York, fur being present at the Man-
chester meeting on the ltith of Auguit, 1819,
pleaded guilty at the Lancaster assizes to the minor
offence of haring forged Junk notes in his pomession•

111.011150ri.
SUNDAY, APRIL 29.

It certainly appaus as if there was an intention
on the part of the Holy Alliance to turn their arms
against Spain. In a Vienna article, in the French

Papers, it is said, " Every thing

I that

our whole army is about to be put on the war foot-
ing, and that the Landwthr will be charged with
the interior service. These extraordinary measures

lead to the presumption, that after the occupation
of Piedmont, there will still be another enterprise
for the re-establishment of the tranquillity of

Europe." There can belittle difficulty in conjectur-
ing whatlis the enterprise here alluded to. The money
market would seem to have all along anticipated
something of the sort, fur the Austrian success in
Italy have not in the least tended to restore its
confidence in Austrian paper ; and if the occupation
of Italy were only in contemplation, it is nut easy
to see how the discredit should still continue. In a
letter from Frankfort, in the Allgerneine ZeAutig, it

u said, that " there is yet no confidence in'Austrian
pater either in Frankfurt or in Holland, and the
lots of the 2d Lottery of Rothschild were, on one of
the last redemption days, offered even under the ne-
gociation price, and the house of Rothschild was

compelled to take back by no means a smaller num-
ber of them to prevent a further depreciation." An
opinion must, we think, prevail among capitalists,
to the effect which we have stated, and, considering
the significant intimations on the subject in the
shape of articles from Laybach, &c. a hich are allowed
to appear at Vienna, where the Press is altogether
in the hands of the Government, there seems to be
much reason for entertaining it.