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An Elucidation of the Ancient English Statute Laws, that award the Penalty of Death sans Clergy, from the accession of Edward the Third to the demise of Queen Anne; with copious historical and legal Notes connected with the most material points of each Act; by Thomas Mott, Esq. Solicitor, Cambridge.

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MONTHLY REGISTER.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EUROPE.

FRANCE.

THE law regarding the liberty of the press in France, after long continued and animated debates, has passed both the Chambers by great majorities, and has since received the royal assent. By this law, which is to continue in force till the end of the session 1818, no newspaper, or other periodical work, can be published without the sanction of the King.

The result of the budget of the Finance Minister shows the necessity of a new loan, to a large amount. There is, however, a diminution of eighty millions of francs, in the estimate for 1818, as compared with the preceding year, which is held out by the Minister as a pledge of continued amelioration.

SPAIN.

A levy has been ordered by the Government, of 18,000 men, for the present year, to be drawn by lot from all the unmarried men, between 17 and 36 years of age, from which no exemptions are to be allowed.

The King issued a decree in December last, prohibiting his subjects from trading for slaves on the coast of Africa, south of the line, under a penalty of ten years' banishment to the Phillippine islands, and restricting the duration of the trade to any other part of the African coast to May 1820, under the same penalties.

NETHERLANDS.

The project of a law, on the subject of the tea trade, has been submitted to the Legislature by the King, by which it is proposed to abolish all exclusive rights and monopolies, and to throw open the trade to China, and to the Dutch colonies in the east. A trifling duty of about a half per cent. is to be imposed on tea, and the export duty will not exceed one fifth. This is, no doubt, a wise and liberal arrangement; but, it is also evident, that it must have a very injurious effect upon the revenue of Britain, unless counteracted by the vigilance of the Excise; as, upon all tea that can be landed here free of duty, the smuggler will gain a profit of about 90 per

cent.

A reconciliation has taken place between

the King and the Prince of Orange, who has, in consequence, been reinstated in his offices and titles in the war department.

The High Court of Justice at Brussels has decided against the Duke of Wellington, in his appeal against the editor of the Flanders Journal, and has condemned his Grace in costs. The Duke, however, persisting in his suit, has appealed to the Court of Cassation against this second decision.

GERMANY.

Several thousand Germans have petitioned the Dict at Frankfort, desiring the performance of the 15th article of the federal act, which promised representative constitutions to the different states of Germany, and on the faith of which the inhabitants came forward in the late war, to resist the aggressions of the French. This pledge, they complain, has been forfeited, now that the danger is past; and the petition intimates, that were a hostile army at present to enter Germany, the people would be deaf to the most urgent requisitions of their Governments.

A new concordat between the Pope and the King of Bavaria has been concluded, by which six new bishoprics and two archbishoprics are created, to have endowments in land, yielding revenues for the bishops, of from 8000 to 10,000 florins, and from 15,000 to 20,000 for the archbishops. certain number of nunneries and monasteries are to be re-established, whose occupants are to devote themselves exclusively to the education of youth.

ASIA.

EAST INDIES.

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We have now official intelligence of the conclusion of peace with the Government of Poonah. A new treaty has been entered into with the Peishwa, containing provi sions, calculated, says the proclamation, to improve the alliance, and to promote and render permanent the harmony which both Governments are anxious to obtain. The latest accounts from Cuttack are to the 22d of July. The insurrection then lingered; and, except an affair on the 5th, in which some partial success had been gained over the insurgents by Captain Armstrong, nothing of importance had occurred.

A beautiful monument, representing an urn on a pedestal, under the shade of a banyan tree, was erected in the beginning of June last, in St Thomas's Church, Bombay, in memory of the late Governor Dun

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On the right of the pedestal is scat ed a beautiful figure of Justice, with her arm raised, inscribing on the urn the following words: "He was a good man and a just.”—At her feet are two volumes, inscribed Malabar" and "Benares," and three scrolls, marked "Judicial and Revenue," Gwicowar Treaty," and "Travancore Treaty." On the left of the pedestal is an erect figure of a Bhramin, four feet high, contemplating, with pious reverence, the urn of one who was so truly the Hindoo's friend. Beneath this groupe, and in front of the principal pedestal, is the following inscription :

"In memory of the Hon. Jonathan Duncan, Governor of Bombay from 1795 to 1811. Recommended to that high office by his talents and integrity, in the discharge of various important duties in Bengal and Benares. His purity and zeal for the public good were equally conspicuous during his long and upright administration of this Presidency. With a generous disregard of personal interest, his private life was adorned by the most munificent acts of charity and friendship to all classes of the community. To the natives, in particular, he was a friend and protector, to whom they looked with unbounded confidence, and never appealed in vain. He was born at Wardhouse, in the county of Forfar, in Scotland, on the 15th May 1756; came to India at the age of 16; and, after 39 years of uninterrupted service, died at this place on the 11th of August 1811."

Beneath the inscription are two infants, supporting a scroll, inscribed with the following words :

"Infanticide abolished in Benares and Kattywar."

And at the base of the monument the fellowing:

"Several of the British inhabitants of Bombay, justly appreciating his distinguished merits, in public and private life, have raised this monument as a tribute of respect and esteem. 1817."

AFRICA.

ALGIERS.

The new Dey was recently threatened with the fate of his predecessor, by a mutiny among the soldiers, his constituents; but being informed of their discontents, and the designs they meditated, he retired to a fortress commanding the city, which the conspirators having attempted unsuccessfully to storm, ten of the ringleaders were seized and strangled.

VOL. II.

AMERICA.

UNITED STATES.

On the 2d of December last, the United States Congress was opened in the usual manner by a message from the President (Mr Monroe), which contains the usual summary view of the foreign relations of the States, of their revenues, commerce, and domestic industry.

The President informs Congress, that the best understanding prevails between the States and Great Britain; and that, by an amicable arrangement, the armed force on the lakes in Canada has been reduced to one or two vessels on each side, armed only with one gun. proposition, the exact terms of which are not mentioned, had been made by the United States to Great Britain, for putting the commerce of both countries on a footing of equality, but which had been declined by the latter power.

In regard to the contest between Spain and her colonies, the President expresses the firm determination of the Government to preserve a strict neutrality: but he recognizes the existence of these colonies as independent powers, saying, that he does not look upon the struggle as a common rebellion of subjects against their lawful rulers, and has therefore sent commissioners to treat with them on various points interesting to the prosperity of the United States.

The President next alludes to the internal condition of the country, and congra tulates Congress on the flourishing state of the revenue, in proof of which he proposes to repeal the taxes imposed during the war. "After satisfying (he says) the appropriations made by law for the support of the civil Government, and of the military and naval establishments, embracing suitable provisions for fortifications, and for the gradual increase of the navy, paying the interest of the public debt, extinguishing more than eighteen millions of the principal within the present year, it is estimated that a balance of more than six millions of dollars will remain in the Treasury on the 1st of January next, applicable to the current service of the ensuing year."

Mr Monroe, in conclusion, alludes to the progress of civilization in the interior parts of the country, and exhibits an interesting view of the arrangements adopted for carrying on the great work of improvement and cultivation over the remote deserts which lie between the territories of the United States and the Pacific Ocean.

BRITISH AMERICA.

Newfoundland. From this settlement we learn, that the fear of famine, as the consequence of the late dreadful conflagra tions, is now no longer entertained. The

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population has been relieved by considerable emigrations to Canada, Nova Scotia, and the United States; the Governor has found employment for all able-bodied labourers, in felling wood for the new erections; and the opulent inhabitants have, with praise-worthy alacrity, come forward to the relief of their poorer neighbours.

SPANISH AMERICA.

The last advices from the River Plate mention, that a party of the troops of Artigas had dispossessed the Portuguese of Maldonado; and it was expected that they would soon also be driven from Monte Video.

In Chili, General San Martin had raised his forces to nearly the number which he proposed, and the preparations for an expedition against Lima were carried on with great activity.

The insurrection in Mexico appears, for the present, to be crushed, since Mina, the active patriot general, has been taken prisoner. He was attacked, on the 27th October, in the pass of Venadito, where he had posted himself with 200 followers, half of whom were killed, and the rest inade prisoners. The head of the insurgent, Moreno, was exultingly sent to Silao, along with the dispatch containing the intelligence, and barbarously exhibited to the multitude.

The independent cause in New Andalusia and Caraccas, it appears from the latest accounts, is completely triumphant. Morillo, after pillaging and flying from the city of Caraccas, had endeavoured in vain to find refuge in Laguira, which, as well as Cumana and Barcelona, remained in the hands of the Patriots.

WEST INDIES.

The Leeward Islands were visited by a most destructive hurricane on the 21st October last. St Lucie suffered most severely. The Governor-General Seymour was killed by the blowing down of the Govern ment House, and many officers, servants, &c. shared his fate. Major Burdett, his lady, and their child, were also killed by the fall of their house, and almost every negro-house on the island, with all the plantations, were destroyed. Dominica and Martinique suffered in a similar degree. At the latter place a French frigate with troops foundered, and all on board perished. The hurricane was extensively felt also at Barbadoes and St Vincent's, but it did not extend farther north than Guadaloupe. The loss of shipping has been immense; all the vessels at these islands which escaped immediate destruction, being driven out to sea, where it was feared many of them, who had not been heard of by the 28th, must have been lost.

DECEMBER.

BRITISH CHRONICLE.

8.--The Duke of Wellington's Seat. Every arrangement was completed on the 5th, for the purchase of the Earl of Rivers' Chateau and Domains at Strathfieldsay, near Harford Bridge in Hampshire. The Duke of Wellington passed four hours in conversation with Lord Rivers, when his Grace was last in England, upon the subject. It was agreed between them to appoint two arbitrators to arrange matters; they came to a decision in the preceding week, when the purchase money was agreed upon to be L. 263,000. The timber on the estate is valued at L. 150,000.

Fire. On Sunday the 30th ult. in the morning, the flour and barley mills of Redhall, near Edinburgh, were discovered to be on fire, but the flames had by that time made such progress, that all attempts to get them under were unavailing: and the mills, the kiln, and the granaries, were burnt to the ground. A considerable quantity of grain, chiefly manufactured, was in the different premises, of which, it is supposed, not less than 300 bolls have been totally destroyed.

The late Princess Charlotte.-A project has been set on foot, and a subscription is going rapidly on, limited to one guinea each subscriber, for the purpose of erecting, on some public spot, a monument or cenotaph, in memory of this much lamented Princess. The Duchess of York has consented to be named as patroness of the plan.

10.-The Bayonet. The new bayonet exercise has been for some time practising at Plymouth, by the 90th regiment, in George's Square. By the new method, this formidable weapon is made to act with more deadly effect, and the positions are extremely interesting. Major Torrens, of the marines, is instructing the corps, which has already made considerable progress. Several of the men exercised before the Duke of Gloucester, a few weeks since.

Rheimish Testament.-At a meeting of the Catholic Board in Dublin, on Thursday the 4th current, Mr O'Connor moved that a committee should be appointed to prepare a denunciation of the Rheimish notes to the Bible, which notes, he said, tended to prejudice the minds of the people of Eng

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