trA LONDON : .I 11•-•"- iv ma the LON DON G.IZE7TE, Satard4v, Dec. 1.2 BANKRUPTCY SPPI3IIBIIOED. BO.t.tar.in R. Wcbt Marktiont, Nottingham, rarnicr. BANKRIII7S. J't 'Lucy A. Lime Street, merchunt,llec. 19, lan. 2. 23, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Poole, Adam's Court, Old Broad Street Groan': .1. tnd C. B. Betthird Street. Strand, tinplate workers. I /ec. 15. 29..1an. 23, at GuilldhalL Atts. Carden and Cu. Truiple. .1. King Street, Holborn, gnlcltimith. flee. 19, gV, Jai. 23 . at Guildhall. Atts. Richardson and Co. Ncw Inn. St..t• Ll' 110 X Pt: 1.1 Nintinghant, linendraper. 1)cc.21, 22. Jao. 25, at Nottingham. Atts. Long and Csi, Grey's Inn. 311t.11.11111 C. Liverpool, merchant. bee_ it', 2(. lan. .23, at html!.ailto Att. Mr. Paolo. Adam's Court, Ohl Broad Strect. irros It. ion. Charlotte Street, Ratbkone Place, paricr hanger. I)ee 15..1a.). 2, t 3, at Guildhall. Aub. I-lute:lin:ion and Cu. _ I incolii's Com aka 0/idle-star, maltster, Dee. 17, 18, Jan. 23, at.C.hieb. t:•r. Att. Mr. Sowtoes, 'Gray's Inn. iit•F.tt• It. Knntsford, Chester. linetal raper. Dec. 25.3), Jan. `=3, at Manchester. Atts. Adlingtnn and Co. lletltbrd It ow. Cosums S. Chichester. brewer, Dec. 17, Is, Jan. 23, at Chichester. Att. Mr. f:,)wton,(lretv'g inn. q.ts .1. 'Tabernacle Walk. St. Lu'a'3, sir.temerehant, Ilse. 10, 12. Jan. 23. at Guildhall. Mt. Mr. fingites. (lit ord's Inc. Unont..sk r.. 1. E. Urper Thames Street. wine merchant, Dee. 19, !!tl, Jan. 23. at Guildkall. Aus. Temple: ar...1 Co. Burr Street, . _ _ . East !imithfield. jt}tt.t. C. I.ower• Etat Smitirflelii. • rish provision dealer, Dee. t 9, Jan. t"...23. at Att. Mr. Webt. UCd Lion Street \\*tipping. UOllOlll, M . r. I), 'ay, gro..4r, Jan. 1,2, 23, at Derby. tts. 1.0.ig and•Cp. Gray's Inr.. Bt•Tat J. Sydrev Street, Somers Town, coal mrrehant. nee. 19. .lan. Y, 23. at I , ) , nmore and Co. Craven Street. Strand. DIVIDENDS. T. Shaw, Fiver ton , Lar.caster, slate-merchant, Jan. 4, Sad atoll, Deal. grocer, .411.2. T. Ti;: , ;funk, Cranbmirn Street, Leicester Square, mercer, Jett. 2. d. Acnibach, Woolwich, currier, Jan. 2. J. Pitcher, Ba...jt Load. Middlesex, Dec. 29. ..J. and J. Gteskill, Minories, merchants, Jan. 2. J. Reynold...and .1. Kendall, Whitecbapel, wine-mt J. Francis, flunsdon, Hertford. corn factor. Jan. 2. .J. Roberts, 11'0?..1 Sueet, Spitalfields, silk miumfacturcr. Jan. 2. J. Oliphant. Coclentir Street, Wournin,ter, hatter, Jan. 2. B. Sown, High Sttect, Portsmouth. tailor, Jan 2. 'T. Ag;, Water I Sleet Street, printer, Jan. '2. 11. Chaubatti. Plunitree Street, 13loonstImiv, jeweller, Jan. 5. M. Bijger, sen. and. M. Bulger, ion. Piccadilly, goldsmiths, fah. 5. X. B French, A. B. French, and J. Barton, Old South Sea House, merchants, Jan. S. J. Foster,artte of 'Prune, Cornwall, coach-maker, Dec. 31. .J. Heath. bite of East l'eignmoutli, Devon, ship builder. Jan. 4. -3-Bbacpc, Witberfess, York, innkeeper, Jan. 4. J. Say well, Macelefreld. Chester, told R. Kirkman, Wood Street, Chearride, s!Ut.manitfactnters, Jan. 5. T. Jurdison, Birmingham, factor, Jan. 6. N. W. Schinaling, Fencliurch Street, r•erchant, Jan. 6. 2.1.d0yd, Ihnuingliamonaltster. Jon. 6. 3. Woolmer, Halifax, York, nterchams, Jan. 5. 3. Wilson, jun. SculcoaUs, York, mahogany merchant, Jan. S. W. Stevoa, line of Nlciden Newton, hornet. linendraper, Jan. 4. ...W. Fowler, late of Leamington Priors, Warwick. brewer, J an. 2. T. K. Yates, P. Kilgottr, and J. Yates, Manchester, calico printers, Jtin. S. . • V. Naito*); Nord: Sbitlls,afraper, Feb. 11. 1. Harrison. Redness, York, miller. Jan. .25. R. Bee*. Cliaths Square. Hoxfort, factor, Jan. 16. 1. Braseg; late of Brydges Street, Covent Garden, jewellor, 'Dec 15. J. Wiuing,.Crorner. Norfolk, innkeeßer. Jan. CF.RTI PICATES—Jax. 2. S.Wil.on, Liverpool, hosier--J.Tyas,Wakef cid, York, grocer—G. ..Wainwright. and .1. Metcyard, Liverpool. coopers—K. Allport, Bir- Silver plater—J. E. Johnson, Hyde Street, Bloonisbary. wanner. Jam 5. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1818. SPEECH OF THE KING OF FRANCE TO THE CHAMBERS. • . . e yesteraey received a copy of the speech delivered hy.the King, at the opening of the Session on Thursday last :-- GSNTLEMENg-At the it of the last Session, at the same time, that I deplored the evils which afflicted our country, I had the satisfaction to give reason to consider the termination of them as near at hand. A generous effort, and of which I have the 41in noble pride to say, no ather•nation, has afforded 'a fairer exa►nple, has enabled'ilie to realise these hopes; and they are so. My troops alone occupy all our strong 'places ; one of my soils, who hastened to join in the • first transports of joy of our eastern provinces, has . ; with hist own hands ) and amidst the acclamations of my people, hoisted the French standard on the ramparts of Thionville ; this standard now floats on all the territory of France " The day on which those of my children, who have borne with so ranch courage the harden of an occupa potion of more than three years, have been delivered frpm it, will be one of the finest days of my life ; and my French heart has enjoyed no less the•end of their distresses than the iiheration of the country. The provinces which have so painfidly occupied my thoughts till this day - , deserve to fix Anse of the nation, which h as admired, as I have done, their heroic resignation. " The noble unanimity of heart and of sentiments, Vt'lliCh you manifested, when I called upon you for the means. to fulfil our anglgemeats,,was a brilliant proof of the attachment of the Freiich to their country, of the confidence of the nation in Its King ; and Europe has I agerly received France, rcpla•ed in the ran: which I,lo.'gs to bar. 1311 1 ) TuwAt itl;ntril:l " The declaration which announces to the world, the principles on tivhi. the union of the five Powers is founded, sufficiently shows the friendship which tire veils among the Sovereigns. This salutary union, dic tated by justice and consolidated by morality and re ligion, has fier its object to prevent the scourge of war, by the maintenance of treaties, by the guarantee of existing rights, and permits us to fix our eyes on the long days of peace, which such an alliance promises to En rope. " I have awaited in .ilence this happy epoch, to turn my thoughts to the national solemnity, in which religion coasecrdtes the intimate union of the neapie with their King.. When receiving the Royal ftmction in the midst of you, I shall take too witness the God wheat Kings reign, the God of Clovis, of Charle magne, of St. Louis; i shall rcncw at the altar, the oath, to confirm the institutions founded on that Charter, which I cherish more, sine:. the French, by a unanimous sentiment, have frankly rallied round it. "In the laws which will be proposed to yon, I shall take care that its spirit shall he always.consulted, in order to secure mare and more the public rights of the French, and to preserve to the Monarchy the three which it must. have to preserve all the liberties which are dear to my people. " In seconding my wishes and my efforts, you will not forget, Gentlemen, that this Charter, delivering France from despotism, has put an end to revolutions. I depend on your concurrence to repel those pernicious principles which, under the mask of liberty, attack social order, conduct, by , anarelty, to absolute power, and whose fatal success has cast the world so much blood and so many tears. " My Ministers will lay 'before you the Budget of the expences, which the public service requires. The protracted effects of events, the consequelices of which we have been found to bear or accept, have not yet al ' lowed me to propose to you, a dimunition of the bur dens imposed upon my people : but I have the consola tion to perceive, at no great distance, the moment when I shall be able to satisfy' this desire of my heart. From this moment a limit is fixed to the inerease of our dtAst ; we have the certainty that it will diminish in a rapid progression.—This certainty, and the loyalty of France, in the fulfilment of her engegements, will es tablish on an immovable foundation the public credit, which some transitory circumstances, common to other States, had seemed to affect for a moment " The French youth have just given a noble proof of the love to their country and their King. The Re cruiting Law has been executed with submission, and often with joy. 'While the young soldier,: enter the ranks of the army, their brothers, who are released, remain in.the bosom of their families ; and the veterans, who have fulfilled their engagements, return to their homes.; they are both living examples of the fidelity, henceforth inviolable, in executing-the laws. " After the calamities of a scarcity, the remembrance of which still afli:cts my soul, Providence this year, lavish of its benefits, has covered our fields with abun dant harvests. They will serve to revive commerce, whose vessels visit every sea, and chew the .French flag to the most remote nations. Industry and the arts, also.extending their empire, will add to the sweets of general peace. To the independence of the country, to public liberty is added private liberty, which France has never so entirely.enjoyed. Let us, therefore, unite our sentiments, and our expressions of gratitude to the Author of so many blessings, and let us know how to tender them durable. They will be so, if banishing every sad remembrance. and stifling every resentment, the French thoroughly persuade themselves; that their liberties are inseparable from order, which itself rests mien the Throne, their sole palladium. My duty is to defend. them ag ainst their common enemies; I shall fulfl it, and shall find in you, Gentlemen, that sup port, which I have never yet invoked in vain." The Monileur of Tuesday last contains the Royal ordinance, appointing M. Roy Secretary of State for the Finance departirent. A second ordinance follows, by virtue of which Count Corvetto, in consideration of the services which he has rendered to the Monarchy, is named a Minister of State, and a member of the Privy Council. A subsequent paragraph announces that this ex-Minister is so much indisposed as to be con ,fined to his bed. Thursday, about half-past • one o'clock, the Prince Regent left Carlton House for Brighten.—The - Royal Pavilion there will not be completed until after the expiration of the lease .of the Castle Tavern and As sembly*Roonis, which has about twelve •menths to run, when the whole will become the property of his 'Royal: Ilghness, and be thrown into the marine palace. 1)1".41 114 Spanish Government Gazettes and letters from Ma drid. have arrived to the 25th ult. The f water contain no intelligence of any interest. From the 14:ter we learn, that a Decree was expected to be issued ;3 au early date, for more completely , recruiting and organising t h e Spanish anniset, which we understand are to beid creased to 70,000 men, including filar regiments of 46- t en e t s, who are to garrison fin:tided towns. The pre vise regulations are not mentioned, hut the King's Biala , Guard "is to consist of .1090 men, and their pay is tp be higher than any of the rest. No new changes lire talked of in the Spanish .Cabinet. but it seems under stood that Pizarro, and*the other exiled Ministers are to be permitted to return - ta time capittl—The ad vices from Cadiz are to the 17th tilt. sic which time tour u;t7 activity hail been observed among the troops quartered on the Isla de 'Leon end the adjacent parts of the Province of Andalusia; and it was conjectured, in consequence, that some new preparations were makiog for fitting out the dang talked of expAition, regarding which, in consmeence of excessive delays, little interest seems now to he felt. There had been tin fresh sarrit.ils front Sundt America, and the inhabitants were conse quently without any intelligence relative to the state of the affitirs of the Insurgents. Gibraltar continued healthy up to the 16th ultinee A Madrid Gazette contains ann'bcr prod of the uneali;:htened state of the public mind in Steno% 'n e Grand Inlaisitor (a mane that ought bag to hew; been obsolete; has issued a decree, plohibiting all-books and newspapers that contain any matter against the Government of Spain ! Letters front Cuba, dated the middle of - October state, that two Insurgent privateers, a large brig awl schooner, bad taken possession of Whoava, opposite - the town of Principe, 410 had converted it into a depot for their prizes. Six vessels had been carried in by the Insergent cruisers. Boston papers to the 13th ult! have been receival.— They state that 200 Spanish troops, with three pieces of cannon, were marching against Lallemand -and leis party ; awl that a battle was speedily expected. • • Madras Papers to the 12th of:July have reached town. It was rumoured, that the 'Rajah of Nagpore had been retaken, but no authentic infimmation had been reoeived to that effect. He effected his escape by bribing seven or eight seapoys of his escort, who went off with hiwt. One of them had been retaken, and was put io irons. From him it was learnt :that the Rajah, in his had assumed the disguise of a seapoy. Much impor.. tancc seems to be attached to the repossession of the Rajah's person, as it. is said a reward of two lacks of rupees, and a pension of 10,000 rupees had been offered for his apprehension. Friday Mr. Planta, Under Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, arrived in London, accom panied by Mr. Parish, from Aix-la-Chapelle: Mr. Ward, of the Foreign Office, and Mr. Gaimittg, - at rived from Brussels at the same time. It is reported that Mr. W. Henry Whitbread, son of the late Mr. Whitbread, and at the present one of the representatives fur Bedford, is to be proposed at the ap proaching election as a candidate for Westminster. Ile is stated professedly on the Whig interest. On Friday, it is said, a rapid and successful canvas was made in his favour, by Lord Nugent and several othca of his Parliamentary friends.. We are assured that the Earl of Harrowby is to be our Ambassador at the Court of Franey, in the room of Sir Charles Stuart, G.C.B. This will he the first uu►ve in the projected change of Cabinet Ministers, the No ble Lord being now President of the Council. . Two vessels sailed from the River on Friday, with recruits fur South America. The object of the Depu ties from the Independent Government is to procure the disciplined troops now discharging from the Britisa service, and fur the present ull o►hers are refused by them. The subscriptions to the Venernelan lean, it is said, amount to between I.° and 14,0001. The noted Cambacetes, formerly fellow Consul wit'a Buonaparte (or rater the second in rank .in the Con sular Government), and afteawards Arch-CluinecErr of the Empire, arrived at Paris last week, having Wit!' him Gen. Lamarque and several other exiles. The King of France has made a present to the Duke of Wellington of a Cross, Stc. of the Order of Suiat Esprit, valued at 500,000 francs. The price of bread at Paris was fixed on Satuvlav week at 7d. for the loaf of 41b. of the finest quality, and sd. for the same weight of second quality. Most of the Presbyteries throughout Scotland have appointed a Day of Thanksgiving in their respective bounds, for the late plentiful' harvest. Manchester and Glasgow arc making rapid strider towards rivalling the East Indies in the inainitacture of cotton and silk. Who could have imagined, 50 'cars ago, that those places would have actually sent haushas to Bengal ? The death of Mr. Lumsden, one Of the East la,1:1 Directors, has .caused a vacancy in that body ; C. F. Prescott, J. Loch, J. G. Ravensliaw, and W. T• Mo. nev, Ebqrs. offer themselves. as candidates. 'lt is said, that Sir Wai.. Curtis w.ll havva seat the new l'al-lianicat. . 6 - ~..a.= T fi, S& pl VI ti a C C 1 .1 i ' !log