TH E NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON : MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1817. THE most remarkable feature in the foreign papers, received during the week, is the announcement of the intended trial of the Editor of a Flemish paper, for a li bel on the Duke of Wellington. We know that some of our English Journalists vill think this a proceeding, beneath the dignity of his Gruc, but for our parts we arc glad to sec a probability of an end being put to that spirit of hostility towards this country, which has ion g distinguished the Flemish Journalists. Were the Jour nals of the Netherlands, in the hands of the natives we might accuse thetu of ingratitude, but we could not de ny them the praise of being truly national in their views; but knowing as we do, that the press of that country is in the hands of a set of wretches, who for the last fif teen year's have crawled about the ('a fl of Paris, debauching to the utmost of their power, the minds of their countrymen, and who, expelled for their crimes, have settled in the neighbouring states, and continue to vent their venom against us wh.s have smote the Da g,in of their idolatry, we cannot but rejoice in every ef fort avat may be made to crush thou. TTIE NATTONAL RE The libel for which his Grace mites th. Editor of the Journal of " East and West Landers" is not of private nature ;it accuses M. Du e. governor of Mar tinique, of having administered theattairs of that colony in favour of " a Fore4.,rn Govermaent," and that Lord Wellington has desired to see him retained in that of fice. "No more," says the Journalist, "is wanting to perpetuate him in his honourable functions." Here is one of those covert attempts, a thoastind of which have been made by these writers, to persuade their country men that France is under the domination of English Counsels, and that Lord Wellington is the instrument by which they are controuled. We hope and trust that exemplary punishment awaits those fomenters of Na tional antipathies. awrllt. A report was very generally Circulated on Saturday,. that a congress was immediately to be held at Carlsbad, composed of the ministers of the four great Powers, principally for the purpose of adjusting the differences between Spain and her American colonies. The state ment, ridiculous anti fantastictil as it is, was marked with all his affected minuteness of genuine information. Russia is to be represented by Count Capo d'lstria Austria by Prince do Metternich ; England by Mr. Lamb; Prussia by the Prince de Hardenberg; and France by Count de earaman ; and should any of these statesmen be prevented from attending the conferences, the inL.enuity of the filaiNtor.smpplics their places by naming other celebrated diplomatists as substitutes. It was also stated that France had intimated a wish to unite herself to England against the increasing power of Russia; that 100,000 En:nehmen would be placed under the command of the Duke of IVellington, and that with these, and our own power, we would be able to dictate to Russia such terms as we might think fit ! Here is fooling with a vengeance ! and pct such nonsense finds belief with some of those who set up for directors of public opinion. Yesterday Paris Papers to the 15th inst. gad Mane front Holland and Hamburg arrived. A Royal Ordi nance, signed at the Tuileries last Wednesday, an d published - . in the Moniker of Thursday, grunts a full and complete .uannesty to all persons either under pro. mention or convicted of crimes and offence!' committed in consequence of the late scarcity and high price of provisions, from the Ist of September, 1816, to the date of the Ordinance.—This official act may be consi dered as a new pledge to Europe of the re-establishment of order and tranquility in Prance, and is perhaps offered at this moment to the Allied Powers as an additional proof of the justice and propriety of consatting to en other reduction in the Army of Occupation. The Morning Chronicle and Courier have been at daggers-drawing during the last week, upon a quest ion respecting which, we believe them both to be as ill-informed as ourselves. The circumstance of the Emperor Alexander having conferred the honour of un Order upon the Minister of Spain, is quite sufficient to assure the Chronicle that a union is about to take pl ace between Spain and Russia, which bald ill luck to us. That such an union has ever been contemplated the Courier denies with the utmost scorn, but appears to know little more about it than his antagonist. And thus have these two prints been annoying their readers day after day with their unprofitable squabbles. There is something extremely silly in the course which the Morning Chronicle has been pursuing for some time past, respecting our foreign relations. The fic/ing Editor of that paper has long been out of temper with the peace, for he deems it in all respects a bad one ; yet is he so tremblingly alive to any circumstances which may endanger its duration, that the most trifling events arc to him causes of the most serious alarm, and staightway he falls to his old practice of proplwsy ing. lie has for a long time fan( that he could— look into the seeds of time. And tell chid, grain will grow, and which wal not;" unr have all the disappointments which be has experi enced Leen able to cure him of his prophetic mania. He can see the beginnings of wars, pestilence, and famine, in the return of a rneral ; in the change of an amlaessador, or even in the transit ofa Courier. The visit of a few people of distinction to the waters of Carlsbad overwhelms hint with dismay, and the grant- ingot' a Russian Order to a Spanish Grandee absoltitely disonler his understiuuling. He cannot sec the pro liability of M. Da CDEVALIVR PrZARIIO, being the putli:r of his own honours in the foreign journals, but sits doggedly down to calculat e on all the misery, which a coalition between Russia and Spain would entail on us. It is an old saying amongst us, " that grey hairs give wisdom," but really it doe' not ap pear to apply to the Editor of the Morning Chronicle ; with the experience of half' a century he is still su perficial, and under repeated correction, he still perse veres iu error. ArG/YST THE I'RINCE REGENT'S COURT. Wednesday the Prince Regent held a Court at Carl. t3n House. Lord Viscount Castlereagh came to town from root's Cray, for the first time since his accident, and had an audience of the Prince Regent. The Noble Lord car ries his right hand in a large silk handkerchief, slung. Count Munster had also an audience of the Prince. Afterwards his loyal Highness held a Privy Coati.. cil, which was attended by The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of tho Trcaoury, the Secretaries of State l'or the llome and Colonial Do. partments, the President of the Board of CoturoL—N'iseount Chet:, wynd attended as Clerk of the Council. At the close of the Council, the Recorder of Lon. don was admitted into the presence of the Regent, and made a report of the convicts capitally convicted at the last Sessions ut Justice-hall in the Old Bailey. His Royal Highness gave audiences to the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Sidunith, the Earl of Liver.. pool, and Mr. Canning. fluently cannot !ming their fish to market at so cheap a rate as the Company now proposed. a Each vessel of 12) to 1.30 tons, should be attended on the fishing banks by several smaller vessels, which should being their fresh fish In the large vessels, when they could assist in fishing; by which means a cargo would very soon he completed. The Iceland salt fish is always worth five dollars per quintal 111 , 11 t is the 31editerraneau markets, than the Neu. toundland fish." " It ba4 been said, that the establishment of an Iceland 'fi+bery might interfero with our Newfoundland and home tisheries.—Shall therefore this invalnable fishery be refused to British fishermen, and be given again exclusively to the Patch Would there be any advantage to our Newfoundland and home fisheries ?—The Dutch wadi always have the pre ference at foreign markets; the cabana', or bricallan of Ireland being always preferred to tie gewfoundland fish, and it ailisev at forei:ol markets mach sooner." Our limits will not admit us to enter into a dotail of the whole of the matters treated of by Mr. Phelps in this pamphlet ; but we shall be glad to hear of his realizing his expectations and views regarding the ti•ude tad fisheries of Iceland. We believe he is endeavouring to excite the attention of the Downs fishing Company, to the subject, and to induce it to co-operate with an leeland fishing Company, in the event of one being es tablished Mr. Phelps seems to be well qualified to give an opinion on the various topics connected with such an establishment, us he has had much intercourse with Iceland, and h. , eit actively enenaed in Salt-works both in this country and in Spain. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, Aug. 16. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDF.D. rqzr r. n \V. Union-place, Lambeth, and E. E. Ilughes, Rid Lion square, merchants. BAN 111: PTS. CHAR' S. late of Madeira, merchant, Aug. 26. Sept. 9, 27, at Guild hall. Att. Mr. Niblett, Sine-lane, Cheapside. WOLSTENC 'WET J. late of Salford, Lilleastelr. common-brewer, Sept. r, at Manchester. Atts. llurd and Co. Temple. JottNsos T. Billy-Mill, Northumberland, miller. Aug. Is, Sept. 2.27, at Nvweastle-upon-Tyne. Atts. Bell and Co. Cheapside. Ila Nu - icy C. late of Sitorriliteli, distiller. Aug. 19, 2(. Sept. 27. at Guildhall Atts. Walton and Co. Girille.r's-Ilall, Basinghall street. tvnittt W. late nf Shdreditch, distiller, Aug. 19, e. 6, Sept. 27, at Atts. Walton and Co. Girdler's-court, Busingliall-street. DiviDENmi. fit•. Hole, Islington. apothecary, Sept. R. J. Iloglies and It. Chalk'', late of Storrington, Sussex, common- brewers. Sept. N. 11. Jones. Deptfitrd, taylor. Sept. R. J. 0. Green, Bath, wine-merchant, Sept. G. J. W. Haywood, late of ‘Vartifortl.eoeszt, Throginorton-street, stock broker. Sept. N. J. Lamle, Tokenhnuse-yard, merchant, Sept. R. J. ilareard, Chiswell-t,treet, ehinaman, Sept. 16. J. Marler. R. Boyd, and E. Stewart, Ironmonger-lane, merchants, Aug. 25. C. and W. 11. 1 I'M:its. Limelinuse, sliipchandlers, Sept. B. W. eransione. Ifull, liner.-ilraper. Sept. 20. J. Neale and S. Warner, Milk-street, Cheapside, wholesale linen draws, Sept 13. S. Ben-nn, I loundsditch. cloths-saleman, Sept. G. I'. Pierson, Star-court, Bread-street. faetur, Nov. R. J. Wiley. late of Manchester, merchant. Sept. 15. F. Garbutt, sen. F. Varbutt, jun. and W. klaylitf, Manchester. ea. li,s-printers, Sept. N. M. G. Ilanley, Mitre-court. Fleet-street. tavern-keeper, Sept. 9. I. Tinelle, Minnries. linen-draper, Sept. Ili. C. Squire, Furnirars.lnn-cnurt. prlnter, Sept. IG. Gouhl, Kingston-farm, Dorset, yeoman. Sept. 9. J. M'Clary, late of Salisbury-street, Strand, merchant, Sept. 6. 'E. l'vne, I lorslesdown. leather-seller, Sept. 15. W. SI. Tartt, Old Broad-street, merchatr, Sept. 11. 11. Edwards, Bliekfriar's-road, linen 41rw i ser, Sept. 20. W. I I.tyter, Wlnteleurch, Fouthampton, iron -founder, Sept. 23. CERTIFICATES. SEPT. 6. Wrigglcsworth, Wood -street, Cheap ide, silk-manufacturer-L.. A. Liddard. I .angboum-Chatithers, Fenchurch-strect, merchant—\l. Tetley. Leech, York, woeltdapler—R. I). Ilayward, I ma, KTOCt r—N% . Wharton, Alanche-ter, tttt D. A st ky, lace of Duckintieltl, Chester, (testier—T. Parry. Kington, I kr, ford, painter—.l. Mears. Stourbridge, Worcester, butcher—W. Wil ley. Leicester. draper—E. Barber, Yarmouth, perfumel—W. Triter, Ewter, wool-factor—T. Coleman, Birmingham, carrier. AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, &c. The wheat harvest commenced at Swateclitfe and North down, in Thinet, on Thursday and Friday week. Shout I the weather prove favourable, the harvest will beeetne go Henri in the course of the present week. Wheat has also bee cut at divers places in Sussex, and was expected to Le gene. rally entered upon subject to the same cause, v.i;laiu the above period.---( KENTISH (iAZETTE: ) I) tic - Trani), At as. 9.--The first sample of new wheat was produced and sold at this market, yesterday, by that exile,. lent agricultnrist, IVIr. Samuel Bayley, of Swanscomb. new specimen of white wheat, from Hungary, was also pr (timed, by that distinguished Botanist, ,Ali. John Russell, of Swanscoriiir, the ears of whirl' are rather short, but very thickly set, e its many instances consisting of four) and the grain beautifully white, very thin skin and lull of Hour, an shape similar to pearl barley ; Mr. It. has a considerabbs number of Byres of it. He also sheaved a specimen of white wheat from Talavera. The minket was but thinly attended, Loth by buyers and sfdlers, and old wheats ...la h eav il y s , last Mondays prices. Tire Lest whiles fetched 7s.per q mirk r. 'the wheat harvest commenced, almesq generally, yester. day, iii Use county of F:ssex, and there being plenty of hands, it the weather continues moderately fair, it will be housed In the primost order. Aceorihng to a compntation, recently made by an intelli. emit cotton dealer of this town, founded on the returns° the tiro Aix mouths of the present year, the consumption of cotton wool in the 13ritisis Inanulactulice dining the year Ittil7, may be estimated at 1)2 millions of pounds. The C 4,11- onoiption of lath was was Slut supposed to eNceed 72 millions of ',mimic The month of July, which has elapsed since the calculation triode, has exceeded the consumpti on o f any pre• ceiling month or the year, so that it is l it,lily probable that the above consumption o ill fall cunAiderably below the tiuth. (iazts - Tr.) . . ueli is the prearnt demand fur iron on the Continent, par ticularly in France, that vtasely s e m from 8 1 i,,t0 i t , s e w. port fur cargos, have been unable to obtain them, and In Cyril. plete titeir sltipmentq, have been compelled to obtain the irow from Iti istUl.—(ItATH Jot. n U.) . . . Colchester Wool Fair, held at the Cups Inn, on Wednes day last, was most respectably attended. The chair w as filled by Mr. Tower, in roost quelier of the absence of Mr. Western, who is now at Buxton, for the re-establishment of his his health. A long statement, containing much info' tim. lion ott the present state of the woollen and worsted maim. factures, was made by :Sir. Tower, on the opening of the bu. siness of the day, similar to the details given at the Lytle,' Fair.—There were, Ali. T. said, pressing orders from Russia, and many parts of the Contineut, and busiiii ss bad again re vived extensively - kw .tmerica. lie added the curious fact, of some siliall orders being in execittior for dm Sundt rid true insnr i ..,eirts. After wartu congratulations on the very improved and improving state of the counti', in its trade, both domestic and rut eign, when commtred with this time twelvemonths, and drawing most has minable conclusions Aunt the promise of the approaching harvest, both at I • and abroad, he finally recommended the growers of dos best improved South-down flocks nut to sell Mailer 2s. per lb. but as the feeding of wethers, put chased when is it system more prevalent in this comity than that of [needing, to such persons lie advises that sales might lie ctlected at from Is. lid. to Is. 9d This distinction in the uthttve value of Down wool seemed to be acquiesced in. both by buyers and sellers; hat it we are to judge from the onwillingness to pur chase on the terms recommended, the saute acquiescence in the ei.,11 value did no t seem apparent in the buyers. A few sales of wool, principally of Weiliers, were made at 19d.-; and some lung wind, mostly of the lent breed, sold at fifteen pence per lb. The Dublin Evening Post, of Thursday last, contains the &Rwing curious article on the nomination of Ca tholic Bishops :—" In addition to the filets stated in D:ietor Dromgole's Letter from Rome, we have now a letter from Mr. Hayes himself; so late as the :.!d of July, from Florence. This letter, or extracts from it, we shall lay bcfbrc the public on Thursday. But no time should be lost in stating, that the British Government has al ready nominated to the three Catholic Bishoprics iw Canada, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward's Island ! that they are in the course of nomli:ating fin.Coadjit tors, with a esw of succession, to the English Vicars Apos tolic !!—and finally, that they have secured a Cardinas hat for a creature of their own ! !! Wolaey was the last Cardinal made by England. The Ref mutation fdlowed in that country. It would he a singular coincidence, if the elevation of M. Sebastini, (this is the Cardinal elect's name) should be fidlowed by a renewal of Henry VIII.'s attempts to revolutionize thy Religion of Ire. land. The Cmholic realer may be scandalized, or !ter rified —may be incredulous, or indignant—but he shoule be prepared, not ti,r the Veto—this will not satisfy the Government of the country, but fur the d:rect nomina tion of the Crown. ! are rt ter