The National Register.
London, England, 1818-07-26 00:00:00

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1111:: NA TI ()NAT. 1117GISTUlt.

:I,:s presided several theca at the Council u: State, when
the airairs of our coldaies came under onisideratiou
Couriers have bJen sent off with dispatches fur nussla,
Lfutdon and Paris. -07;41g...0ther hand, the most strict
°niers have boeu sent to Cadiz, to aceekrate fhb de-
parture of the grand e!..pedition, which has been a long
time preparing in Gut port. The recruiting continues,
end it is that all the officers uuemployel have been
• invited to go to South America, with a protalse of re-
compense preportionel to their services. In general
the tteJps have shown a dislike to eatltar7:, and the
uews cireulated is by no means suited to give thew
ardour.

" The port of Cluliz is at this raiment blockaded,
and numerous privatcvrs cruizo at .the entrance. A
merchant vessel was taken at the moment it was enter-
ing, and carried °lrby the pirrates."

Yesterday srereceived the Paris Papers of Wednesday
last. The only interesting part of their contents, is
the procualings in the case of General Cantle' against
Senneville and Fabvier General Cannel himself ap-
peared in Court, soliciting a delay in the trial, witkh
was accordingly postponed till the Ist of next math.
The General afterwar►ls surrendered hinr.eLf to the
Judge of Instruction, who, however, per*htei him to
return home, -upon his promise.to present himself on
thaollotving day. The speech n►ade by the General is
exceedingly interesting at the present ►noment, con-
nected as the affair is with the late conspiracy.
The French Funds have declined a little.

The French papers contain no farCeer accennt of the
plot, but. we arc g1:v1 to see th,:t every thing is in
train fin. judicialinvestheatiun and open trial: it is this
sort of inquiry alone whkh can either be satisflactery
to the nation at large, or useful for the guidance of the
Government itself, because by this -means ale c the
whole truth can in any ease be elicited. The King's
brother is said to have given orders to all under his
influence, that no individual, however menaced, shall
quit his post rill the course of justice has disclosed the
real delinquents. It is even said that General Canuel,
who *disappeared so mysteriously, intended to show
himself before the Curt of Correctional Police last
uestlay, when the case of calumny in which he was
plaietilf was to ha heard. The next arrivals from
Paris will show whether this extraordinary reappear-
ance took place. Gen. Donadieu, who was sent to
Clermont to -review a Swiss regiment, is said -to have
met with the usual fate of intemperate zeal ; his
friends distrust him, and suspect that he has turned in-
former. No new arrest has taken place in consequence
of the conspiracy, and only one change among official
men, and that of a somewhat equivocal nature. M.
Kergarion, who had made the not unfreqnent trans-
fer of opinion from Buonapartism to high aristocracy,
has been recalled from an important and active fuuctit,n
at Rouen, to be invested with the honourable but less
active appointment of a Coanciilor of State.* In the
Midst of these disturbances the King' has preserved his
calm and discriminating good sense : rhile he views
with the proper disgust the insane attempts of his pre-
tended friends, he knows also how to appreciate the
selfishness of those who seize the first moment of genet
ral alarm, if not of general danger, for the purpose o-
diAplaying their own importance, at the risk of embar-
rassing the Government end distracting the affections
of the people. For this reason, Marshal Marmont is
said to be at present out of favour with his Majesty,
for having, at the very moment of the disclosure of the
plot, made a parade of coming forward to take upon
himself all the blame which General Canuel (an alleged
accomplice in the conspiracy) had thrown upon the
Marshal's Aide-de7Cansp, about the old story of the
Lyonnese quarrel. This 'was at least ill-timed, and
equally unworthy of the interestetlaess of a patriot and
of the generosity of a soldier.
Letters have been received fie,m CAL: to the Ist of
July. The convoy arrivedlnam the Havannah had an
engagement with an Insurgent squadron off the port.
The latter, consisting of two brigs and a sloop, were
beat off, after an action of four hours.
_ .

An appeal was tried at the Guildford Sessions, on
Wednesday last, between the parishes of test Grin-
stead and Bcrmondsey, respecting the settlement of a
poor man, a shoemaker, named Ellis, which terminated
in favour of the former parish ; and so great was the
exultation of the East Gritsteatl Parish Officers, at
,he deti.sat of this Raw half-starved cobbler, who was
[artiai to the air of Grinstead, that they set the ells
a ringing, on Tlitirssiay evening; of ,-ent'eman
tlho rssionaly attended the Sessions, paraded the
town wilt a purple cockade in h,s h t.

Wed iesday. 11. C rt of Dire• tors was held at tilt

us..lll.lia Hons.., when the f.ll.iwing Commanders
took leave f the Cour; Frey departing for their
resp..e,ive destinations' viz. k_upt. P. Ripley, Regent,
and Capt. S. Lce, Modigt, fur Chiva dircet.

THE DRAAIA.

JUL .1(1

EVGLISII 011i-itA 110i18V.

We are sappy to see the exertions of the manager
of this theatre keep race Aviol his promises. This paet
week has again been characterized by the production of
a new pie= under the title of Doctor Bolas.-.-It is of
the Birlesque specks, and afforded ample score fur the
comic talents of Mr. Hurley and Miss Kelry. Thu.
latter we de not recollect to have seen before in a 'ter-
finale:ice of ads kind, and most heartily congratulate
hr on her personation of Qacel Katalityla. It was
indeed the highest essence of the burlesque, and in the
mad scene, the ludicrous expression of her countenance,.
convulsed the audience with laughter. The piece finishes
with a dunce, which is a burlesque on those intr.,duced.
in the finale to the grand piglet of the Italian Opera:
anti -the tableau which concludes it, and in evhieli .ad
the dancers assume extravagant attitudes, is among thss•
hap:iiest exereien of the pertiminers.—The piece wee
received throughout with decided approbation. Miss
Carew and Ali,e Kelly sail .continue to render our old
favourite opera of &villa and he Beg; ar's Opera. toe
Attractive to make us remember how often we have
seen thein.—The Indiens nigetly reveler Perouse more
attractive than we remember it since the first season
of its representation, and are advertised to appear in
the Opera of the Americals, which is to be revived for
-the perpose of their introduction The illuminated
shrubbery assumed a new and mere elegant ..fneu in the
:di: pesition of its trees on Monday evening, and attracts
crowds of visitors of both sexes, who find the coolness of

the funntnins and -the shade of tha groves the best re-
treat during the unparalleled heat of the weecler.

JIA V TIIEATGE.

Mr. J. Russel, the actor who lately appeared in .Dr.
011olwa, on Wednesday night performed the character
of &mit° in the S'eep Walker. The general tone of.
the part was given in very good style, and some of his
imitations were at once easy to be distinguished, and
entirely free from all caricature and distortion. In she
imitation of singing he was particularly succos.sful ; he
has a powerful and well-funned voice by nature, with
infinite facility in ;,'ratting on it the peculiar manner
of others; that of Incledon was a
,Jac simile. Some
gentletnad in the pit was very way.: in expr::4ng his
disapprobation, which was so much n.:s-rited as to cause
the expulsion of the offender. The applause was thea
universal. •

Mr. Warde made his second attempt on a Lo :don
stage on Friday night in the character of Oetav:::f.
Like his Leon, it was a goad and correct rather than a
great and striking perforinance Nothiag could be
•more picturesque than his appearance, and general
manner, or present a better outline of this sin gular,
character; in the details and the colouring of the
deeper tints of feeling he was occasionally deficient ;
he presented the ruined form and the dejected manner,
but the perverted intellect and ardent love, in their
nicer shades of delineation, escaped him His best pas-
sages were his first meeting with Floranthe, and the
scene where be dis:overs he has no longer a rival. Mr.
Warde was received with the warmest applause, mid is
evidently.a growing favourite of She public. Miss E.
Blanchard represented Zorajda in an interesting man.
ner.

Mr. Kean, on his arrival in Paris, took up his red-
deace at the London Hotel ; at which time IUo Eng-
lish persona lodged there. He was almost immediately
visited by Talira, who
.gave a superb dinner to Mr.
Kean and a numerous party on .the 15th inst. Mr.
Kean was to leave Fans on Monday last on his route to
Geneva.

_
see from the proceedings of the • Convention of
Scottish Boroughs, that as little good was to be expect-
ed fro u a body so inaudibly constituted, so little cer-
tainly fez been done. The convention has determined,
by 25 to 23 votes, that it possemas no power of chang-
ing the set of a borough unless all the parties concerned
desire the alteration. This principle,if enforced, will is
a great measure frustrate improvement, since it is only
in ce.ws of unmanageable debt that the self-electors win
consent to relinquish the emoluments and eendleration
which they now enjoy at the expense of their negligent
ceuntrymen. The change, however, which has bees
effected for Dundee, is likely, we understand, to be
important.—Glasgow Chronick.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has granted a sum
of 3001. for the relief of ,the inhabitants of Scilly and
Islands. It is stated, however, by the Cornwall Ga-
zette, that 10001. at least are necessary to ritisfy- their
present necessities; and from 20001. to 30001. to esta-
blish mnelzarel and pilchard fisheries, as the only mea-
sure of permanent support. The same paper strongv
recommends the opening of subscriptions for that chari-
table purpose.
The following is from a Liverpool paper, and we
hope the conjecture that all is quiet in Manchester
may prove well founded :—" One and twenty per-
sons have been apprehended on a charge of rioting, ten
of whom have, we understand, ken committed to
Chester Castle. The Manchester paper makes no men-
tion of the proceedings of the workmen who had struck
for wages at that place ; su that we- suppose all is thin-
quil there."

.11TIS

;,;oatvicli UNION FIRC AND ASNUITY
OFFICE.

A meeting took place on Thursday morning, at the 1
George and Vulture Tavere, of private gentlemen,
numufteturere, and others, holding policies, or -other-
wise concerned in the above establielenent, to take into
consideration the epirit cud meaner of some of its late
ranee liao°s in regard to those persons who bed claims
urn it. About filly gentlemen were present Mr.
Alderman Thorp was in the chair. Some curious facts
were adduced on this occasion, which, if their correct-
-mess may be &Teed el on, will direct a cTaeitterebie de-
gree of public oiium towards the conductors of the Nee-
wich Union. Sescrul persons present stated the treat-
anent to which they had been exposed, and the difficul-
stiee they had encountered befora they were able to ob-
tain satisfaction of their demands It was said to have
been the practice, at least in London, to-oppose every
obstacle to claiteants, to t.lfer suins.fir short of what
'Was rotas' duct, and on a day being fixed fir final pay-
ment, still to eekle, by every paeeible means, the firil
settlement. ledividuals of great te•spectaiiility have
7-frequently had their veracity impeached by them with-
out enuse; have andergo7te -cress-examination:4, and
.even been subjected to the imputation of fraud and die-
.honesty, without the smallest ground what ver. The
London agent is said to have told-one of the gentlemen
.present, that the comp nny.have a fund of eO,OOOl. fer
defraying the expense of litigations. -Few of the noble-
men and gentlemen whose names appeared in their
1 policies awl Weenier letters, had any concern in. the
'company, and in some tee/ instate:es the sanction of
• their names had been obtained in a surreptitious man-
' ner. As a proof of the importance and necessity oi. in-
ouiry into the concerns of this company, it was stated
that they are liable, on poliviee of insurance a=; Wiest
fire, to the tunettat of 40,030,0901.; and wernre,pou-
-eible upon lite annuities to the extent of 2,400,0001.
yearly. A series of resolutions, expressing the sense
.cnteri:aincd by the meeting of the conduct of the Nor-
wich Union, and its dtterannation-to proceed, fbr the
public benefit, to a strict inveatigation of all the
circumstance.; connected with it. were real and passed
unanimously. A committee was appointed,with pawer
to add to its number., to conduct the business A
geatleman named Lovell, the agent to the Nor.
wich Union ter the town of Birmingham, was present
in the room during the whole of the proceedings, at
the desire, as we understood, of the Directors of the
Norwich Union. Mr. Lovell expressed his conviction
of their general wish to render justice to the public,
Out did not (der any contradiction of the facts related
in the inectinaie.
The cases adduced to-show the menner in which the
:business of this insurance company had been conducted
were numerous ; we give, as a specimen, that of
. Stubbs, a linendraper, in Fleet-market, related by Mr.
Bothwell, ono of the creditors.
Stabbs was insured with the Norwich Union fir
3,1;001. anti suffered a total loss by fire. On-applies.
:ton for the payment of the sum insured, on which his,
solvency depended, he exuaienced much difficulty in
establishing his claims and in coming to a proper un-
derstanding with the office. The aftitir was taken up
by his creditors, who made enquiry at other insurance
.ofaces, when they learned that the obstacles and delays
of the Union office were considered unusual, and very
different &am the liberal spirit generally acted upon;
they had an interview on the sebject with the London
:lent, who treated them very cevalierly.
After some time an off',.7r was made -to Stubbs of
1,7001., little more then half his claim. This was of
:course rejected. After a further delay the offer wac
increased to :3,2001., but this was also refused. An
erbitration was then agreed-on, and after infinite tro u
'de, caused chiefly by the London agent, whoshenanded
:.n the first instance, that the arbitrator should not be a
lewyer, end afterwards insisted on the contrary, Stubbs
obtained an award for something pore than 2,9001.
A day was then fixed on tier the payment, but on ap-
plication
the London agent was not to be -found, having,
as it appeared, set out for Norwich. • Stubbs was-ad-
vised to follow him, and did to, arriving at Norvich
:on after the London agent, whom he traced to the
a:ell, in which ha hadaaken a piece to return to Lon-
d ea, and they both cane heel: by the SUMO ,!chicle,
Stubbs being an outside and the agent an iesile pas-
senger. Stubbs, it wears, bud a very intelligent legal
friend, whoedvised all his actions ; and the .arrest of
the agent was recommended, which was effected with
some difficulty, and then, and not till then, the money
was paid. Stubbs was literally saved from bankruptcy
by the vigilance of his friends. Mr. Sothwell, in con-
cludila; his account, observed that the principles on
Which the Norwich lini3n conducted its business tip-
-peered to him higely reprehensible, nail a proper subject
of puolic notice.

As the Scots Greys passed through Gatehouse (North
Britain) last week, on t way to Irekrul, each sol-
dier w..vt t:esenteti with ,t g•%ss of whiskey, as a small
!nark It: tie veneration and piaci' hi which these gal-
lant heraes of Waterloo are held by the inhabitants of
.that Burgh.

THE NATIONAT, REGISVER.

THE COUNT, OR THE CONVICT.

The remarhable trials for imposture and mystcrinue
vitlaioly which have lately so singularly ste:oetlecloach
other in France, and fixed the general usteirtion of
Europe SJCM only to have stimulated ingenious auda-
city to become not,ariutis at the risk ofjudiehicondem-
nation. The eleeision of the Pond of Paris, on the
90th i..:etant, has rutted another item to the register Of
" Calebritted Causes." l'be examinations in the affair
of Count Poutis de St. Helene being coneludeil, his •
Counsel ( M. Dupin) madq a most ingenious defence to
prove the identity of hi: client's claim .to distinguished'
birth. lie traced his adventurous life, and state] that
he was covered with glorious wounds; that 11.!.had
gained the honourable approbation of his commanders
iu military.career, of which he .possessed nutnerow
certificates, particularly one from the Duke of Dalma-
tias who gave him the cominand of a battuli:m, observ-
ing, that 4‘ ha knew no.crie more capable of command-
ing, or polsosse.l of more intellig.2r.;•a." In his perora-•
tion, M. Dupin entreated them to banish prejudice
front their minds, nod seriously considcr whether
circumstances did not substantiate List client's title, and
to reflect that so many estimable qualities as had been
proved, could naver L, cherished in the mind of a con-.
denoted convict.

Linfl

The King's Co;insel. in his reply, forcitly exposA the
Etikey of Coll'oar(rs pretensions, and the evi.!ence in
support -of then. He stated, that no family ualned
Fonds, Count de St. Helene, ever existed in France :
and further, tha: the Minister of .Insti,2e had applied to
the Spanish Gov:.rninetr, and hal received ET answer,
that no French Officer of the name of Pont-is had ever
served in the Spanish armies The archives of the
order of Alcantant had been examined ; bat the name
mild not be found, notwithstanding Coignard assumed
that decoration.

After a deliberation of three-quartets of an hour,
the Court declared the prisoner to be nicotined us the
condemned Coignard, who hod escap.sl from his con-
finement, and decreed that ho should be placed at the
disposal of. the Attorney General to complete the judg-
nient passed upan him, of fourteen years bard labour.

The latest accounts . from St. Helena continue to
mention the.circumstaace of the sailor making his way
to the residence of Buenuparte. it was also reported
on the island, that, in consequence of represen latlons
from Napoleon, or from other circumstances, he wculd
shortly -quit Longwooti, and reside at Mr. Leech's
farm, which had -been, or was about to be, purchased
fir his future residence. The, latter is situated to the
westward of the only lantling place on the island, about
three or four miles in the interior. The only access to
it is a winding way up the ladder-hill, at the top of
which is a strong battery. The accounts state, that it
was considered by every person not only the must plea,
sant residence on the island, but that all chance of es-,
cape was rendered impossible, as any person approach.
ing could be seen ut a great distance ; and as there was
only one
.path, a few sentinels would .be sufficient for
the purpose of guarding it. The fortifications on Lad-
representod to be of the mast commanding
description,*large cannon looking nearly perpendicular
down both on the narrow pass and also towards the
sea. Some of them are 32 and 41, pounders ; they are
swung in chains, and could on the instant be levelled
at any object, however much below the range of the •
guns. By nneans of a telegraph at the house of Mr.
Leech, communications could be had in a few seconds
with the Governor's house, or with any part of the
island. On its being made known by signal that s
vessel is about to sail from tire island, the officer ou
duty makes himself sure that Buonaparte is at hisatesi-
device, or, to speak in the language of the island, ".he
sights him." The signal is then made fur the vessel
to depart, and if she does not instantly heave her an-
chor, the batteries conun'ence firing, and continue Sill
the Vessel has cleared the bay. •
Upwards of fifty beautiful Roman urns horse been
accidentally discovered within the last few days, in a
(lel l belonging to 'the Marquis Cornwallis, near Eye,
in Suffoik. From the great length af time they have
been deposited in the carth„sthe, workmen experience
much difficulty in getting them mu entire.
It is strongly reported that Mr. Cubbert is arrived in
Jt is said he sailed at the sang: thee with leis
fatally, iu another vessel, in order to mold observation
at landing, as he intends making tire necessary ar-
rangements with the persons to whom he is indebted
before his arrival is-publicly announced.
The eapences of the several Candidates for the coun-
mot Wexiitrd are estimated at 8001 a day. According
to this estimate, the contest will cost each of them not
, less than 12,0001. •

The heat for tome (Lys has been so exee3sise, we
seem to have exchanged climates with Italy and the
West Inales--the one at itreFent &Ingot with rains,
a.id the other surprised with a 3:1A4 the icebergs.
Letters .have been received from Preston, . which
state that one of the moat extensive manufactories of
that town had been attempted to be set on fire by an
i uncendiary. The fire had been -,ot tact before I,,,,Teitt
damage was done. •

:441

.Ki1...111 ICE.

A letter f•mn Copenhagen connonn!eates the following di
.tails upon the breaking up of the ice oa the coast of Green-

" Pour hundred and fifty square wiles of ice have rerently
detached itself from the eastern coast of Greenland :Ind the
neizlihouring regions of the Pole. It was this crass which.
dor:ng -100 yeas*, had rendered that province sit first difficult
of acres*, and afterwards inaccessible, A, its 4!Vell to cause its
evistence to be doubted. Since Min the reports of the
whalms hive invariably referred to some eh:sages, inure to
less considerable, in the aCISS of the Ntortli Pole ; hit at this
present so much ice has detached itself, anitsnch ex-
tensive eanals are open &sand it what rrusKiva, that they.eae-
penetrate, without obstruction. as :fir a. the Sail degree.

" Ai the seaA of the North abound with tt►ese &allot
,nacres, which nee driven to more temperate elk/oes.
packet from Holifax fell in with nue of these island, in it mos o
scuttlscris latitude than the of Lund- o; it appeal...l
about lia:( a mile in cireuitircieu-e, and it ttleva:iou
the water was estimated at 200 feet. This breakin; op n 1
the Polar ices coincides %%WI the continual troyeits truss
sooth.ea.t,eccompotiled with heats, raius, storms, and a .I',y
oleetrie4l.tate of the 4' noo-phere ; circomateurea which, d or-
Mg three years, have canard us to experience in ileum:ilk
lin winters and cold humid smumars. On the 25th of May tiler,.
fell at Copenhagen ay ca.liow err of hail, to each of which sec.
Feedeil a dead calm.

" Alany mariners are apprehensive flint the Lee will fix it.
self 011 the eastern coasts of America ; but whilst the north-
east winds prevail, these floating masses will di•appe.it in
the southern ocean. Some of the floating island* cutiveyed
fereste anti trunks of trees. We notice this bet fact princi-
pally for the satisfaction of geologists, who attribute to plevuv•
moos of this sort the blocks of feveicn granite founfl in the
en.:ln of the Jura mountain•, and conveyed at the epacis
when our highest munntaine were coverrd•witb water."

We have pleasure in giving publicity to te ful-
lowing letter:—

TO TilE EDITOR OF TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.
Evening Lodge. near Newmarket, July 2lst. ISiP.
Stn.—l deem it no more than an act of duty, to state. for
formation of -the public at large, that having lately 'widow' a :vat
by fire. I have experienced the intait honourahlc treatment frOto [he
Nor.vich Union Society, of which I ato a member. •My lots
&imitated to 634 i. and of this stun. I was dependent en the bont.r
of theoltice for 4101. which the Diregtors, satLftd with the equ':;y of
thecase, did not hesitate to pry me. On a fin mer occasion, I la,,t
with the Ile liberality ; and when such pain; era taken to cast di.;-
ceetlit upon the Society, the conduct I. have experienced from it,
d.wro.nds this public acknowledgment., I cannot refrain further
from making am oh•er..ation an Chic principles of the Norwith Union.
In t!ds Society. where all arc mutual insurers. and the direcv.rs have
no ioterest beyond that of the members at large, there is toe strongest
grouod for the equitable 11,Jjkuitrricnt of elitism and no temptation to
a cone oy conduct. Th, ra canno,.. I think, be a plainer prof; that
a spill& of equity and laic:alit), has pervaded t!-e decisions of the
Directors of this Society, than the fact that only three actions have
been triad against it, although it has been established 'above tw.any-
one yews; and was issued nearly 100,000 policies,. I am, Sir, your's,
etc. E.

An impost was lately held at ris!iertea Anger. on the bogy of 'T.
Row, 18 years oi.age, who was found drowned in the river, near
Fasnerion enarelt. lie had written a letter to his mother, which
was t*.rand in his hat by the side of the water ; and cf with:11(11v
following, is a copy:—July to :—" My dear Mother-1 wrote these
few lines for you to read, for I shall now do the thing which I tztlke.d
of doing two years alo—Let me die the death of the R ;
let my last end b_ like his!—So no more Korn year dying 4111, T.
Rose." . It was peeved by his father, and also his master, Hutt h:•
was from his infamy weak in intellect, and had attempted self.dt.
stsnelien some years sine.—V die;--.Urownel zw; Ling tat
sound mind et the hoe. ,

The military prison in the Savoy is about to be ra.
moved, and a new one erected for the reception of de-
serters, &c. in the BiAlcagc-walk. Until the buildinl.
is completed, one of the sloops of Avar from Deptford
or Woolwich is to be moored in the Thames off White-
hall stairs, for the safe custody of the prism:37s.

Sir W. Co►grcve will accompaay the Grand Uoi.e
Michael, in his tour through England, Scotland, and
Ireland. It is expected that his Highness will tw, .ab-
sent about three months.