ART. 12. MONTHLY SUMMARY OF POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE. EUROPE. GREAT BRITAIN. London, January 30. the return of the Prince Regent from bled in the streets, had increased greatly. In St. James's Park, in particular, the mob was immense, and they began to utter the most violent and indiscreet expressions the instant the royal carriage appeared. When the cavalcade bad reached the stable-yard gate, it appears that the glasses of the state carriage were broken on both sides, almost instantaneously. The general impression was that the stones were the missiles employed, and yet the glasses, which are of uncommon thickness, were broken as cleanly as if done by a discharge from a musket or pistol. On the prince royal alighting from the state carriage at St. James's palace, he immediately sent for Lord Sidmouth; and after waiting a considerable time for the arrival of Lord Sidmouth, at St. James's palace, left it in his private carriage for Carleton-house; and the refractory part of the populace having left the Park, he was then received with loud huzzas. His royal highness left his commands for Lord Sidmouth to follow him to Carleton-house, where his lordship arrived shortly afterwards, as did the Duke of York, and the Duke and Dutchess of Gloucester; their royal highnesses having heard of what had happened, lost no time in repairing to Carleton-house to make inquiries. Lord J. Murray, who attended the regent in the state carriage as a lord in waiting, received a blow over his right eye from a piece of the strong plate glass being struck against him. January 31. A proclamation has been published, offering 1000 reward for the apprehension of the person or persons guilty of the late treasonable attempt on the life of the Prince Regent. HOUSE OF COMMONS. February 4. The order being read for taking into consideration the Message of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent on the State of the Country, the Message was accordingly read. Lord Castlereagh then moved successively, -1. That the papers containing the communication from the Crown be referred to a Committee, 2. That this Committee be secret. 3. That it consist of 21 members. 4. That it be chosen by ballot. 5. That the members of the House prepare a list of 21, to put into a glass to compose said Committee. 6. That the papers remain on the table as they are, till the said Committee be chosen. All which motions were agreed to. February 8. Lord Castlereagh brought forward a statement of our Naval and Military Establishments, and the reductions that have already place, and are in progress sources of expense; and moved for the appointment of a Committee to inquire into the public income and expenditures for the year 1817. The army, in 1816, was 149,445 men; in 1817, it is 123,702-reduction. 25.743. The expense last year, exclusively of Ordnance, was 10,564,000-this year it is 19,280,000. The Ordnance last year cost 11.969,000-this year it is 11,246,000. Total, saving on Army, 11,784,000. Navy, last year, 33,000 men; this year, 19,000 reduction, 14.000. It cost for last year, 10,114,000; this year it will be 16,397,000-saving, 13,717,000. Miscellaneous service in 1816, 12,500,000; ditto this year, /1,500,000-saving, 11,000,000. Miscellaneous, G. B. and Ireland, 1,500,000 118,373.000 The Prince Regent has intimated to Parliament, through his ministers, his intention to surrender one fifth part of that portion of his income which is connected with his own personal services-The amount of this fifth is calculated at 50,000l. a year. Ministers themselves have also more than intimated their intention to follow the example that has been given by the Prince Regent. February 11. Several vessels arrived at Liverpool on Thursday last, from America, which have brought, amongst other produce, 25 000 bar rels of flour, and 15,000 more are expected every tide, Feb. 18. Capital Stock purchased by or transferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, up to the 5th of January, 1917; Total amount for Great Britain and Ireland, 338,101,058/. A report is circulated, for the truth of which we cannot vouch, that the Bank of England has obtained the sanction of Government to a plan for the establishment of Branch Banks in various districts of the country. On the 24th of February, 10.000 British troops arrived in England from France, being one-third of the army of occupation. Las Casas and his son had arrived at the Cape of Good Hope from St. Helena. Las Casas had been detected in attempting a clandestine correspondence with some people in Paris, through the medium of a Lady in London. A letter bad been detected in the lining of a black boy's jacket, written on very fine silk, in cipher; the contents as yet unknown, for the want of a key. Las Casas was removed and confined as a close prisoner. Bonaparte, a few days before, in a fit of spleen, had cut up a quantity of plate and sold it,under pretence that his allowance was not enough. March 6. Much sensation has been excited by the suspension of the HABEAS CORPUS act, which was carried by a large majority. After the passage of this act, the funds immediately rose one per cent A Protest against this measure was signed in the House of Lords by Frederick Augustus, Duke of Sussex, Bedford, Toley, Tunbridge, Alvanley, Montfort, Essex, Lauderdale, Grey, Wellesley, Thanet, Grosvenor, Auckland, Saint John, Say, Rosslyn, and Holland. It appears from the Report of the Secret Committee of Parliament, on which the sus pension of the Habeas Corpus is founded, that a very extensive and formidable conspiracy has been organized throughout England and Scotland, for the avowed object of revolution in Church and State. Married.] In London, Baron Fred. Wm. Driesen, General in the Russian armies, to Miss Aikin, of Hampstead.-The Earl of Warwick, to Lady Monson. Died] At Mitcham, Lieut. General Forbes Champagne, Col. of the 70th regt. of foot. At Teddesley-Park, Staffordshire, the Mar chioness Wellesley; she was a French woman, daughter of M. Pierre Roland, but long separated from her husband-At Elston, Nottinghamshire, Robert Waring Darwin, author of Principia Botanica-At Blenheim, His Grace George, third Duke of Marlborough, and deservedly styled the good-At Chevening Rt. Hon. Charles Stanhope, Earl Stanhope, F. R. S. F. A. S. Member of the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, &c. &c. He was the author of many valuable works, and numerous meRoscommon, Rt. Hon. Patrick Dillon, elechanical inventions.-At Barbaraville, Co. of venth Earl of Roscommon, &c. &c.-At Kensington, aged 79, John Paddey, Esq. whose mother. Lady Ann Paddey, was daughter of Charles, Duke of Cleves and Southampton, son of Charles 2d. The deceased was the last surviving descendant, in the third degree of King Charles, by the Lady Barbara Villiers, daughter of Wm. Villiers, Viscount Grandison, who was slain, fighting for the King, at father was brother of the favourite, George, the battle of Edgehill, in 1642, and whose Duke of Buckingham. FRANCE. January 26. The Report of Count Beugnot to the House of Deputies, on the ways and means of defraying the expense of 1817, after a view of the financial operations of past years, proceeds to state the estimate of expenses of the the ministerial estimate, as follows: year, which he makes 16 millions less than 468,000.000 franks. 431.000,000 Ordinary expenses Extraordinary do. Expenses of public debt 157.000,000 which is about equal to 198,000,000 of dolMaking a total of 1,056,000,000 franks. lars. Of this sum it is proposed to raise 759,000,000 by taxes and imports of different funds, and the deficiency of 298.000.000 by a loan, from a company through which it was expected that the aid of foreign capitalists might be obtained. To enable the government to effect this loan, it was proposed to appropriate, from certain revenues, the annual sum of 30,000,000. February 4. The funds have got up again to 60, and continue steadily above. pears, is only positive for 100 million of The amount of the French Loan, it apfrancs, about four millions sterling, but optional for the second 100 millions, or four millions. At the expiration of eight months, In 1816, no less than 2563 vessels of various the Contractors for the first four millions tonnage, arrived at the port of Amsterdam. may take the second, but at a higher price of the French funds. The four millions abso lutely contracted for are taken at 55 French funds-and the payments are to be completed by the end of ten months from the date of the contract. The contractors are-first, Mr. Baring, of London; next the Hopes, of Amsterdam; Parish, of Hamburgh; a house at Frankfort; and five banking houses at Paris. The population of France is officially reported to be 28,813,051 souls, exclusive of Corsica, and the colonies. March 10. GERMANY. The emperor of Austria has founded in his states a sinking fund, like that of France and England. The disputes between the Jews and the city of Frankfort are not yet terminated. The Diet has referred the Jews to the senate, and the senate has sent them to the legislative body, where it is supposed their claims will be heard. Vienna, Jan. 25. The Duke of Montfort (Jerome Bonaparte,) and the Princess his wife, passed through here to-day, on their way to Upper One-fifth of the Allied Army has left Austria, where they have bought the fine France. SPAIN. The deficits of the Spanish revenue for 1815 and 1816, amount to thirty-five mil lions of dollars. The estimated revenue for 1817, is not more promising. December 23, 1816. Re estate of Kamburg: they are to return in a few days to Hamburg; but it is said, that as soon as the fine chateau of Kamburg is put in order, they will go and reside there with Madame Murat and her family. The Wirtemberg army is to be reduced so as not to exceed 20,000 men. The king has ordered, that in all representations and petitions addressed to him, the use of all French and Latin expressions shall be avoided, and pure high German alone employed There are 1100 students in the university of Gottingen, many of whom are said to be Americans. The actual armed force of Austria, is computed in a German journal at 530,000 men. DENMARK. Elsineur, Jan 4. Last year there passed the Sound, 8871 ships, among which were, from the north sea, 1097 Swedish, 408 Danish, 396 Norwegian, It is with grief I inform you, that on the 16th, a frightful avalanche had swallowed up two domestics of the hospital, and four men of the town of St. Peter, without there being a possibility of rendering them any assistance. Four of them had set out from the hospital with letters. Two others went to meet them from the town, and all disappeared ceiving no news from them, we set out in great anxiety in search of them.-Night sur-prised us in the gorges of the mountain, and it was with the greatest difficulty we could find another The weather was so tempestuous, that we passed one another without 208 Russian, 525 Prussian, 942 English, 83 knowing it. On the 19th and 20th we made American, 8 French, &c. and from the Bala fruitless search, and on the 22d we found tic, 906 English, 85 Americans, 8 French, 4 three of their bodies, seven feet under the Spanish, 23 Portuguese, &c. snow. a quarter of a league from the convent. All the families of the unfortunate men are in despair and in tears. To increase our mis fortunes, all our dogs are buried under the snow. There is no longer at the convent a single one of those courageous animals, who have for so long a time been the hope of the traveller. The useful race is extinct. SWEDEN. A ship of the line, larger than any belonging to the Swedish navy, is about to be launched at Carlscrone. The navy will then consist of 11 ships of the line, in the best state, besides frigates, &c. RUSSIA. By a late statistical account in the MeFor eight hours the wind has been heap- moirs of the Academy of Sciences at Petersing up the snow. The avalanches have burg, it appears, that the revenue of Russia changed the form of the mountain. It would in 1811, amounted to two hundred and fifteen no longer be recognized. All the inhabitants millions of rubles, and the expenses to two of St. Peter, able to labour, are on the moun- hundred and seventy-four millions. In 1810 tains. the army consisted of 621,155 men; the navy (in 1813) of 289 sail, mounting 4348 guns. The established church (the Greek) had four metropolitan churches, 11 archbishoprics, 19 bishopricks, 26,747 churches, and numerous convents. In addition to this, in 1811, there were 3,500,000 Catholics, 1,400,000 Luthe NETHERLANDS. Dutch Budget.-A Brussels article gives the estimate of the minister of Finance, for 1817 The income is calculated at 73,700,000 florins, [a florin is about 1s. 8d. sterling,] and the expenses at 73,400,000 florins. EAST INDIES. Calcutta, Nov. 1, 1816. The unusual epidemic disease still prevails in the upper provinces-there is an extraordinary mortality among the European troops. Our last accounts from Java, state that it would probably take till August to adjust all the business connected with the transfer of the island to the Dutch-the English flag continued to fly at Welturredeen, 1st Oct. The Lord Bishop of Calcutta is daily expected here; his Lordship and family arrived at Colombo, 12th Oct. Late accounts from Madras state that the members of the French colonial government still remained at the Admiralty Gardens, but were expected to return to Pondicherry by 15th instant. The French govern. ment intend to reinstate the college formerly at Pondicherry; so as to supersede the necessity of sending youth to Europe, for education in the higher branches of literature, science, &c. We doubt whether the scheme will be found to answer the good intention. Pondicherry will be ceded to the members of the French colonial government very soon; the Madras Gazette has officially notified all British subjects residing in the settlement and dependencies of Pondicherry, except those on duty, to return to the British territories by the 10th inst. BRITISH AMERICA. CANADIAN EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. Exports for the year 1816, from Quebec. Lumbers, furs, ashes (70,609 cwt.) with small quantities of grain, flour, and provisions, in all having an official value of four hundred and eighty thousand pounds, or, 1,920,000 dollars. The amount is said to be 140,000l. greater than it was last year, principally owing to the export of ashes, about one half of which is from the United States. The export of furs has been very much diminished, owing to the war between the north west and Hudson bay companies. Imports, for 1816, at Quebec. Dry goods, official value, 1,556,2967.Wines, 300,000 galls.; rum, 1,092,500; brandy, 31,600; gin, 30,100; whiskey, 107,745; Muscovado, 1,809.422; coffee, 335,441; tomolasses, 135,241. Sugar refined, 438,673 lbs. bacco, 46,562; tea, 218.969. Salt. 219,826 minots, &c. &c. making a total official value of 2,174,7961. equal to 8,699,184 dollarsleaving an apparent balance against the colony of about 6,500,000 dollars. Kingston, v. c. March 1. On Thursday last, the inhabitants of this town experienced two shocks of an earthquake. The first took place about two, and the second at four o'clock in the afternoon. The duration of each was nearly a minute. The last shock was more sensibly felt, and occasioned the glass to rattle in the windows. They were both accompanied by a rumbling sound resembling that of distant thunder. The weather, at the period of this unusual occurrence, was moderate, and the wind at the N. E. quarter, with a slight fall of snow. Quebec, March 15. Extraordinary.-A prodigious fish some days since run a-shore, near the river Ouelle, in the county of Cornwallis. Its dimensions are said to be enormous, of which some idea may be formed from its protruding and breaking whole fields of ice, of extraordinary thickness at this season of the year, in its career. It has drawn the admiration of hundreds in this district, and it is said a great portion of the inhabitants are The Dey of Algiers bas confirmed his trea- employed in cutting the blubber into junks to VOL. I. NO. 1. AFRICA. H be reduced into oil, of which it will afford of the government, both civil and military, some thousands of barrels, and will yield a foreign ministers and officers, strangers of very handsome sum to the provincial reve- distinction, and citizens of the republic. nues as droits, and to the Seigneur of the pa- Appointments by the President of the United rish, who shares with the crown in the pro- States, with the advice and consent of the fits arising from fish of this description. The Senate. skeleton is to be carefully preserved for the museum. Montreal, April 5. By the advertisement in this paper from the lieut. governor's office at York, it will be seen that a canal communication from Kingston to La Chine by the river Rideau, is seriously undertaken. Its importance will be readily conceived. In addition to enhancing the worth of the settlements through which it will pass, it will be of vast consequence to the provincials at large. To be secretary for the department of state, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, of Massachusetts. To be secretary for the department of the treasury, WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD. To be secretary for the department of war, ISAAC SHELBY, of Kentucky. Mr. CROWNINSHIELD, it is understood, remains at the head of the navy department. Richard Cults, late superintendent general of military supplies, to be second comptroller of the treasury department, under the act of the 3d of March, 1817, to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts. sissippi territory, under the act of third of March, 1817. Horrid Murder-On Saturday last, beWilliam Lee, late accomptant of the war tween 10 and 11 o'clock at night, the St. Lawrence suburbs was the scene of a horrid department, Peter Hagner, late additional crime. A man named O'Brien was murdered accomptant of the war department, Constant by one McGuire. It appears that McGuire, Freeman, late accomptant of the navy dehaving taken some offence, was behaving partment, and Stephen Pleasonton, of the himself in an unbecoming manner in the state of Delaware, to be auditors in the treapublic house of mrs. Hughes, on which she sury department, under the act aforesaid. went out to ask assistance of her neighbour, of the lands in the northern part of the MisJohn Coffee, of Tennessee, to be surveyor Mr. O'Brien McGuire, suspecting her de sign, followed her out, and met with Mr. O'Brien, who quietly asked McGuire why be occasioned such a disturbance? McGuire, without answering, gave him a blow with a club, which he had in his hand; O'Brien fell, and McGuire repeated the blows. Several people coming together on hearing the noise, tional Judge in the Mississippi territory, to Stephen Archer, of Maryland, to be addithe murderer was seized and committed to reside in the eastern part thereof, under the prison. Mr. O'Brien expired immediately act of the 3d March, 1817. after receiving the first blow. His head was beaten in a most shocking manner-by marks, six or seven blows were apparently given, either of which would have proved Israel Pickens, of North Carolina, to be register of the land office, to be opened in the Mississippi territory, under the act of 3d March, 1817. United States, to be secretary of the Illinois Joseph Phillips, late of the army of the territory. mortal. Mr. O'Brien was formerly a non- Robert Jaques, of New-York, to be consul commissioned officer in the 2d battalion of at St. Croix. John Howard March, of New-Hampshire, honours. Daniel Strobel, of South Carolina, to be Consul at Bordeaux, in place of William Lee, resigned. sul of the United States at Kingston upon William Dary, of Pennsylvania, to be conHull, in Great Britain. -Joseph Ray, of the same state, to be consul at Pernambuco, in Brazil. Jose dos Santos Monteiro, of Brazil, to be consul for the island of Maranhoa, in Brazil. Reuben G. Beasley, of Virginia, to be consul at Havre de Grace. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. On the 4th of March last, James Monroe was inducted, with the usual ceremonies, into the office of President of these United States. On this interesting occasion, the President delivered a speech, in which he developed his views of policy and principles of govern- Rabert Trimble, of Kentucky, to be Judge ment. Having concluded his address, the of the United States for the district of Kenoath of office was administered to him by the Chief Justice of the United States. The solemnities were performed in the open air, under the auspices of a fine day, and in the presence of an immense concourse of officers tucky. Edward Wyer, of Massachusetts, to be consul of the United States at Hamburgb. Henry Wilson, of Maryland, to be consu! at Nantz. |