The National Register.
London, England, 1818-11-09 00:00:00

1111. NATIONAL REGISTER

Gard, one of the bulletins of the second section presented
the names of Jansen, Calvin, and Luther. The ,Vice-
President having real them over, the Seeretary rose,
and said:—' Mr President, I mare that the bulletin
be declared null, these Gentlemen not being upon the
list of eligible electors•'

" Eztract of a letter from Geneva, dated the 27th
ult The puritans assume in England an attitude
not very consolatory to the friends of peace. They do
not as yet f►rm a political party, at least sensibly so ;
but With their number, which increases daily, crimes
multiply in an alarming proportion. It is the conse-
quence of their doctrine of absolute predeJtixation. We
have here a Professor, named Malan, who (paid, as it
is sail, by the. English Puritans) is the echo of that
sect. He frankly to wiles that the human race are in-
vincibly predestinated to lie, steal, violate &c. The
Authorities have sappressed the szhool, where he in-
stilled into youth these fine maxims, instead of instruct-
ing them in Latia ; and th;s :arm swears that he is
persecuted Happily this dangerous fanaticism finds no
partisans in any class of sa:iety. The people deride it,
and aro not desirous of following the doctrines of
wretches, whom they reasonably regard as evil-minded
people.' "
French Funds, Nov. 3.—Five per Cents. 68f. 2.5 c.
Bank Stock, 15601:

The monied interests in the City continue in much
agitation respecting the present state of France, the
demand for specie, and the great depression of the
Funds; they are also making preparation in case of ex-
tensive calls being made upon them by theircorrespond-
ents at Paris. A letter, dated Paris, Wednesday one
o'clock, sent by express to Calais, to overtake the mail,
states that the Minister of Finance had come to the
determination of assisting the Bank, which had im-
proved public credit in the Funds; the continuation of
the account was one half less than it had previously
been; the writer of the letter mentions that the price
of the Five per Cents. was at the date of his writing
68f. 50c. for money. The demand for specie conti-
nued."

The followiag is an extract of a letter from Calais,
dated Nov. 6, which we received yesterday :
" CALAIS, Nov. 6.—The embarkation continues in
the most successful manner; the arrangements made
respecting it, do the greatest honour to the officers.
Order and precision prevail in every quarter, and an
astonishing activity : sometimes transports coming into
the harbour, have immediately received their troops, and
put to sea again the same tide.—The Royal Artillery
is now embarked, and will sail this morning. The
Cavalry Corps are to commence embarking to-morrow'
so that it is generally belived the whole of the army
will be off in the course of next week. No accident
whatever has happened."

The ship Devon, which sailed from Valparaiso, is
the beginning of July, has reached an outport, and
brings accounts from thence, dated the 4th of that
month. The Insurgent Army was considerable, in
consequence of reinfincernents from Buenos Ayres, and
a number of recruits raised in the'country. There
had, however, been no new action, as Osorio kept him-
self inclosed in Concepcion de Chili. Respecting mili-
tary operations we have bad later accounts through
Buenos Ayres, but they contained no intelligence as to
the proceeding of the Royalists' squadron, which for
.some time had blockaded Valparaiso. It appears that
these ships had captured a British vcs..el, bound from
Lontlon to the South Seas, called the Inspector, Captain
Di:zeinrom ; but falling in subsequently with a number
of Insurgent privateers, the Inspector was recaptured
by them, after a severe action, and carried into Val..
paraiso.

Letters dated curly in September, frent Porto Bello,
state, that in that neighbourhood a considerable party of
Insurgents had appeared. In consequence, the Au.
thori:ies at Porto Bello. were using their utmost endea-
vours to put the place is a coalition to resist them,
and they had issued oricrs both for the int pressment of
men and mules. It was currently reported, at the date
of these adviccs, tiro war bad been declared b:nween
Spain and the United States, and two or three ships
from the porn; of the latter, had been detained on this
ground. Insurgent privateers in considerable force
were crulsiog on those seas.

NOV.

A Sup:lmmlt to ines,lay's Gn..:Tite was puk
in the course of Friday, containing dk-snatchcs
Governor in Conncil at Bonkbay, us ,il:ereisc
number of Officers intrustiod %And' minor conk
throw,;hont the continent of India, who, accord
these documents, have captured several of the Mu, ►
forts, anti nehieved a number of small successes. Under
this d;.•scriltion of service, however, can hardly be
called the storming of tl:c cirtitied city of
in the Nagpore territory, 1w Lieutenant-Colonel J. %V.
Adams ; an exploit which that gallant Officer represm;
to have exhibited, in the highest lustre, the spirit and
energy of the British troops. We had on this occasion
Captain .Charhisworth and three other officers wounded.
We cannot find in the Supplement to the Gazette, any
alluaiun to the reported surrender of the Peishwa.

Letters from flavannah, of the 9th September state,
that an English vessel had recently en•ered that port,
whose cargo, among °tiler warlike stores, contained
t 6,000 rtana of arms ; these were immediately seized
hp the Spanish Authorities, who refused dither to per
chase them or to restore them, or even to aulTer them
to be disposed of in the island. It does not npp:ar
wilt:titer the vestal was 1)0111141 to Coln, or merely put
into Havannah fin. some temporary actommodatien.—
A great strictness prevails generally in enforcing tie
law; relative to the colle.tion of the duties on goods ;
and smuggling, owing to the increase,' vigilance of
the present Governor, lioa become almost impracticable.
Commerce was flar from being in a flourishing state,• or
likely to r.•alize the hopes (W.:peculators.
The Sierra Leone Gazette of the 18th of July gives
an account of Governor Macarthy's having taken pot;.
session of the isles de Loss in the name of the King of
Great Britain ; and private letters infmn us, that he
has establi•hed a bettlement at the mouth of the Sher.
borough river, and taken the Plantain Isles under the
protection of his Government: the Isles de Loss arc
situated about 20 leagues northward of Sierra Leone,
the Plantains about 20 leagues south-west ; so that Lv
this attention to occupying these points, he has secured
the trade of Sierra Leone : whereas, if the Americans
had possessed them, as it was supposed to have been
their intention, the trade of the colony would have been
ruined.

An article from Madrid announces to the world,
what we suppose might have been admitted with a to.
lentbly safe conscience many months ago, that no re.
liance is to be placed by Spain, in her South American
contest, upon any but SpaniAt soldiers. The expedi-
tion, it is said, even reduced to one half of the force at
which it was originally estimated, will scarcely be ready
for sea before two months.

It appears from the American Papers, that notice had
been given to British vessels in the American ports,
that such of them as were bound to.ports in the British
dominions, from which American bottoms are excluded,
must depart on the SOth of September, otherwise they
would become subject to the provisions of the Naviga.
tion Act.

'rhe Washington Gazette of the 30th of September
says. it is informed, from good authority, that the Go-
vernment has determined to send an• expedition to ex.
plore the head-waters of the Missouri, accompanied by
scientific characters.

By a letter from St: Helena, of the 18th of Septem-
ber, the naval force there consisted as follows :
Conqueror, 74., Admiral Plampin, Captain Staniell ;
Tees, Dotterel, Podargus, ltedpole, Favourite, N 1 es-
qnito, and Racoon; the two latter were to sail for
England very soon. 'I he letter states Napoleon is
never to be seen, and the respectability of some of his
attendants is much on the decline, Bertrand particnlarly.
A house is begun for the ci-devant Emperor, close to
Longwood, and the anxiety cf the Governor to have it
completed induces him to ride daily to the spot, and in
less than a year I think he will have no cause to com-
plain of his dwelling."
Recent intelligence from Constantinople paints to
the probability of some violent disturbances in that ill-
regulated capital. The necessity of re-organieing the
corps of Janissaries has been apparent fir many years ;
but the difficulties and dangers attendant on such a
refimm have been already fatal to mere than one Go-
vernment; and it is conjectured, mayinvolve the reign-
ing Sultan in the same calamities which have befal.
len his most enlightened predecessors.
The intelligence from Ceylon continues to wear tle
same gloomy aspect ; no hops arc entertained of a
speedy restoration of tranquillity, as the disaffectA
natives, owing to the peculiar face of the country, st.:l
contrived to elude every attempt to bring them to ac-
tion.

We understand that both Mr. R'chardr•on and ;Mr.
LittWale have refused the offer of bcing pro'notcd :o
the rank of Puisne Ju.lges; but it is w?.:vred that Mr.
Gazalee has accepted this vecaacy in the King's Rent :3.
J. H. Burrewes, Tscl. one of the Magistrates rf
Marlborough-street Police at t...:lded the office cm
Friday, and appareinly in health ; having occasion to
go into the Ci y a t busine:is, v as there attiu:si.d
with a i t the head. he was taken haute in a
chair, awl expired n twenty flaw hours. Ire had b:rn
subject to rheum:die affection ; this, a:ltled to an attack
•of an apoplectic nature, has hastcau.! his dissolutiou.

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,NOV

Various (minions continue to be stated respecting the
probability of the Bank of England paying in specie ;
bat, as they are derived from individuals who have
generally an interest in raisins or depressing the funds,-
they are entitled to less consideration. *Three rumours,
bawever, are afloat on this subject that perhaps deserve
mentioning, via. 1. That the standard will be silver,
to be made a legal tender to the amount of 1001.-
2. That the Bank shall be it liberty to issue gold pieces
at the current value of 41. Is. 9d. per ounce, the pre-
s..nt standard being 51..1.75. 1041 3. That an office fin.
the sale of specie will be established .at the.Ballion Of-
fice in the Bank,• where it may be bought and sold like
a regular article of trade.. After the manner in which
the rountry has been drained of its standard gull, we
klieve that shopkeepers and traders will rejoice in the
relict' now likely to be affirded to commerce. lz cer-
tainly never was in contemplation tbr us to become the
miners to foreign St ttes; and, supposing the Gold To-
kens to pa.ss among us for 20s. while its intrinsic value
ibes not meet' 18s. there will be no danger ofits find-
ing so ready a passage to distant parte.

The whole of the infantry of the British Army of
o=upation, with the exception of the Guards and the
rc4iment (left in possession of the French fortresses
until the 15th instant) have bccn embarked at, and
sailed from Calais, in the short space of 72 hours.—
They are all safely landed in England. The total
number, including men, women, and children, amount
to very nearly 13,000 parsons, besides 610 horses.
The Hastings, East Iniiaman, is arrived in the
Channel, having on board an °lli= of tiro ship Cabalva,
who stars that a great part of hex cargo would be
saved, if the weather should have proved moderate.—
'The crew, with the exception of those mentioned in a
-former account, wEre all safe.

A meeting -has taken place at Rochester, the object of
which is to make out Lord •lliening's election for that
borough illegal, on account of his Lordship's being the
eldest son of a Scotch Peer. The meeting appears to
us to have been wholly in error upon this point. The
eldest son of a Scotch Peer was ineligible to represent a
Scotch borough in the Parliament of that kingdom ;
nad by an Act passed in the Parliament of Scotland,
which is recited and ratified by the Act of Union, sth
a,f Queen Anne, eh.-8. see, 12., it is enacted, that none
shall be capable 'of representing a Scotch borough in
.the British Parliament, who was not before capable of
representing it in that of Scotland. Hence the eldest
son of a Scotch Peer cannot represent a Scotch shire or
%burgh ; but these is no law to disqualify him from sit-
ting for a English alike or borough. See Hatsel, vol.
ai page 18, test and notes :—" This
.question," be
says, " is now set at rest." _lt is futile, therefore, in
the electors of Rochester to try to disturb it.'
DovEn, Nov. E.—The arrivals in the last two days
from France have not been so greet as heretofore, and
have consisted entirely of artillery, ffoot, drivers and
.horse artillery) with large quantities of ordnance stores,
field pieces, carriages and pontoons. The 21 vessels
•which came in yesterday and to-day brought 605 men,
••72 women, 104 children, and 530 horses. As soon as
the embarkation of the artillero is completed, the cavalry
will immediately follow. Yesterday the 57th are 91st
Regiments came in from Deal undliamsgate ; the letter
marched this morning to Hy the ; the 57th are gone
into tb' heights barracks until the route arrives for
them u) proceed to Ireland. Yesterday the Right Hon.
the hiarl.of Liverpool hello. Harbour Session here, and
•set off in the evening for Walmer-Castle.
Parlisment is further prorogued from the 12th. of
November.to the 29th of December.
Au Order of Council was published in.the Gazelle of
• Tuesday, -whereby the port- of Leith is declared tb•he
one of those into which goods muy be imported direct
from the dominions of the East India Company.

Yesterdaybeing the first .undayin MielMelmas Term,
de Judges, Serj2ants, and principal Barristers went
in procession to St. Paufa, where an appropriate sermon
-w..s preached by the Lord Mayors Chaplain.
Sir Gregor M'Gregor sails in a few days for South
Alwriok, in the brig Hero..
Green Peas nod Strawberries, of a remarLahly fine
were gathered last week in an open garden at
lioretbrd ; and scores of Roses are now daily brot.ght
to Covent Garden market.

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An immense bank, covered with ma-fish, has been
Ai.; ev,trea ()tithe west coast of Shetland.
AI A IIY Astir• on n.—A stone will be placed in the
ichurch-yura of Sutton Coltlfield, to-morrow, over the
rent.sins of the unfortunate Mary Ashford, by the Rev.
Lulu; Boolvm, D. D. The ibilowing is the

• As a Worniag t:, Female Virtue.
And a bumble inonttorrlt to Female eitastil,
This Stouc narks the Grave
of
MARY ASII FORD.
-Who, in the min.:nth yrar of her age,
klariog inatutiowly reili.ieztl to a
Scene oft :tionmiat
Withoot pier.; prozretien.
• Wii brutally yiokted and nitacred
On the 4!;t11
1317.

Smile verses follow, but the t:ona intention of env
Doctor (IL;q:rvt.:.:; that they should nut be publisllctl.

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TUR 1)11.1314.

fl! URY LANE TuEvrar..

A new melo-drama, called Barmeeih; or, The Fa-
tal qii:vpring, was produced on Tuesday night ut this
theatre. Tice story is of Eastern origin, and not with-
out interest, if it had Ircn compressad into a smeller
space, or the events continued in uninterrupted succes-
sion. The writers of these pieces must soon make a
discovery which appears to be already known to the
public, that battles and dances, and processions, unless
they form an important part of the ruble, or involve
some points necessary to its cotaluct, are worse than
useless, and wcsleat instead of stimulating the atten-
tion. The piece has been gut up with much splendour,
and was well acted by the •different lierfbriners: the
music, too, is of u plea Sing cast, though. not remarkable
for originality. The great defect was its length, some
curtailment being absolutely necessary. The piece was
favourably received.