THE NATIONAT, REGISTER. • • From 11ic LONDON. tirlZE7'7'E, Saturday, Dec. 14. BANKRUPTCY SUPPRSEDI3D. .1. Ontom end J. end J. lkt A nnox. of Liverpool, so.ip.beilera. BANKRUPTS. _ _ F1.31(0111 , 1 It. of Ledbury, " llrefOrdslire, tanner, Jan. 6,7, 25, at Worcester. Mts. Garda!: and Co. Gray's Inn. C01.1.14R .1. of Gosport, painter. Jan. 7,8, 25, M Gosport Atts- Brigga and Co. Esscx-str,-,t, Strand. Tacna W. of Exeter. wool-factor, Dec. 28, Jan. 8, 25, at Eicter. Att. Mr. ltruttan, Broad-street. BLA-Lr Y G. of Bi,ltn r INlonekton. and W. BLAKEY. of Leeds, gro cers, Dec. 17, 98, Jan. 23, at Guildhall. Mt. Mr. !titers, en church-street. Dawson W. of Wakefield, money-scrivener, Dee. 30, 31, Jan. 25, at Wakefield. Att. Mr. Sykes, New Inn. Horittwaon M. of Nottimmam, currier. Mc. 25, 24, Jan. 25, at Nottingham. Ate. Hunl and Co. Ttniple. Satire R. A. of Balite:, Derb,vshire, Metter. Jan. 2,3, 23, at Derby. Atta. Macdougall and Co. Lineobi's Inn New-square. ELwr.LL E. of Westbronawich, iron-founder, Dec. 27, 24, Jan. 25, at Birmingham. Ans. Clarke and Co. Chancery-lane. BLICR T. Jun. of Wigan, litten-manufacturer, Dux;. 27, Jan. 14. 23, at Wigan. Att. Mr. Ellis. Chancery-lone. PtlLLan T. of Pateley-brelge Yorkshire, timber-merchant, Dec. 51. Juu. 1, at Pal ley - brid ge, and 25, at Ripley. Acts. Willis and Co. Witrnford-court. Mawr G. of Short-street, Curtain-road, horse-dealer, Dec. 17,''24, Jan. 25, at GuikihalL Au. Mr. Pullen, Fore-st Cripplvate. Surtax W. of Little Charlotte-street, Pancras, broker, c. 17, 21, and Jan. 25. at Guildhall. Att Mr. Reynolds, St. lohn-strect. frirLD R. C. of Long-acre. hatter, Dee. 17, 31, and Jan. 25, at Guildhall. A tts. Bourdilloa and Hewitt, Little Friday street WOOD T. of Trowbridge, clodtiar. Dec. 21, 2.3. and Jan. W. at Trowbridge. Attu. 11. C. and C. Berkley'. Lincoln's-inn-fields. Mact S. of Norwich, gram. Dec- 28, Jan. 2. and 25, at Noraidt. Atts. Sewell alid Blake, Norwich. BATLIFI r G. of Wak efield, draper, Dec. 30, SI, arul Jan. 25, at Wakefield. Acts. Wi=lesworth and Croaky. Gray's-inn-lane. Ctoun J. of Hatiunensmith, coach-muter, Dee. 17, 21, and Jan. 23, at Guildhall Att. Mr. Adtlis, Park-street, Westminster. LLEWELLYN J. of Westmorland-bulldin' gs, Alder/gate-street, mer chant, Dec. 21, 31, Jan. 25, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Settee, Free tnan's-court- Cordial. TocKen J. of Long-acre. linen-draper, Dec. 17, 24, Jan. es, at Guildhall AtL Sir. 'Williams. Dyer's-buildings. Gaterrrns D. of Canterbury, draper. Dcc. 21, 31, and Jan. 23. at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Parton, H allbrook. Sums M. of Bristol, coal-merchant, Dec. 17, 21, and Jan. /5, at Guildhall. Mts. Price and Williams, Lincoln's-inn. GLov tea D. and J. Glover. of I.eods, merchants, Jan. 4,7, and 25, at Leeds. Atta. Upton and Co. Leeds. 011tOORT Z. of Aston, near Birmingham, Dee. 27, 28, and Jan:23, at Bitmingham. Atts. Whateley and Son, 011 Jewry. WILSON .1. of Brampton, Yorkshire, linen-manufacturer, Dec. 30, 31, and Jan. 23, at York. Ans. Lamberts and Co. Gray's-inn. STEVENS J. of Chapel-path. Somer's.town, coach-masters, Dee. 17, 24, and Jan. 25, at GuildhalL Att. Mr. Arundel!, Chancery-lane. Dividends, At. in our next.] PRICE' OF STOCKS THIS DAY. per Cent. Consols 3 per Cent. Reduced 62;1 4 per Cent. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. LONDON: MONDAY, DECEMBER IG. THE French mail of last night has brought us /etters and papers to the 13th inst. On account of the scar city which prevails, further measures have been taken, the exemption of duties has by a royal ordonnance been extended to rice, and the bounty on wheat, barley, and rye, is granted on the importation of maize. Viscount Chateaubriand, sensible of the great importance of the subject to the existence of French liberty, ha& pub lished the proposition he made in his place in the Cham.. ber of Peers, with a commentary upon the law of elec tions. This law, in the form in which it was submitted by the project, has been approved, we understand, by the Committee to which it was referred, but not without some modifications. Advice/ from Genoa, received through the medium of thesante mail, to the 21st. mention, that Rear Ad miral Penrose, in a letter of the 7th of last month from Malta, informed the English Consul at that city, that in consequence of the triumphant success at Algiers, he had sent dispatches to the governments of Tripoli and Tunis, acquainting them with the recent events, and proposing to them, in conformity with the known wishes of the Prince Regent, to accept the mine conditions vo luntarily, to which the Algerines had by compulsion agreed. The consequence was, as might have been expected, the Christians were surrendered, and the last transport of these prisoners consisted of eighty-three Roman subjects, who were embarked for Civita Vec chia. This spirit of conciliation on the parts of these governments, is not only manifested to particular powers, but they have declared that they are willing tube at peace with all the states, in whatever situation, with which they have been in a condition of hostility. A Hamburg Mail reached town yesterday, with in telligence, public and private, to the 7th inst. The King of Prussia, according to accounts from Berlin, has made large purchases of grain in addition to the quantity in the magazines bethre established, the chief which is to be applied to the relief of his vinees. These new requisitions to his Crown ,. to visit in the spring, when he will personally into the means of their relief and prosperity thence his Ivl•tjesty is to proceed to France, the Prussian contingent to the army of the pying France. In consequence of anxious enquiries 1 body of military, it has been announced , .teat the allon ancz of the Waterloo Committee dou-to the widows and children of the -non-comtnission ed officers and privates of the German Legion, will be in the following liberal proportions; 10!. annuity to the widow of a private ; 121. to the widow of a corporal; 16!. of a serjeant, and 201. of a serjeant major. To their children, previous to their being seven years of Age, the further annuity of 4/. each, prior to their four teenth year 151., and at the latter period they arc to receive a present of 15/: and if they reach their twenty first year, and the funds of the Committee permit, the son of a private is to obtain another present of 301. of a corporal 351. of a serjcunt 451. and of a serjeant ma jor 501. Nothing further has been ascertained of the younger Watson, and it is conjectured that the letter to the Lord Mayor, which we insert this day, signifying the readiness of this person to surrender himself, if the reward tier his apprehension were given to his fatuity, was a contrivaace to prevent the activity of the search which is incessantly conducting throughout all parts of the kingdom, and thus to facilitate his escape. If such be the purpose of this expedient, it may be assumed that he has not yet been enabled to quit the country, and we hope that neither this or any other schemes of delusion tvill prevent the continuance of the vigilance and exertion which have been applied, in order that the purposes of justice may not be defeated, that the public security may not be endangered, and that ex emplary punishment may be inflicted an the guilty. It is said, in the communication to which we have al luded, that Watson " is not deserving the imputation of shooting Mr. Platt." If such he the fact, notwith standing the strong circumstantial evidence to the con trary, we shall cordially rejoice at his vindicationtefore the tribunals of our criminal law; but we do not un derstand that false humanity expressed by one of our contemporaries, which, under the apology of " a mo mentary and unpremeditated ebullition of a mind car ried away by an insane enthusiasm," would excuse the culprit in a plot netitriously contrived, resolutely pur sued, and perhaps only unsuccessful on account of the ungovernable ferocity with which it was carried into execution. rOS ON S kTURDAY REGARDING THE RIOTERS. The parties accused were farther examined at the Man sion House this day, and were all of them remanded until Wednesday next, when it is supposed they will be fully com mitted for trial. Previous to entering on the business of the Justice Room as to particulars, it may be convenient to state that the lord Mayor by the post, received the following letter among others connected with the same enquiry. .6 MY 1.01i11.-1 have just returned to town, after leaving my cousin young Watson for the present in a place of safety, where he must elude tne utmost vigilance of his pursuers. However, my I.ord, it is his wisb to surrender himself irtm the hands of your Lordship, or into the hands of his Majesty's Secretory of Stat... provided your lordship, on the part of Government, or any ostensiblemeraber, will undertae to pay into the hands of Mr. Watson, the mother, or any branch of the family, the reward, offered for his apprehension: and also liberate from custody his ,innocent father. At the same time, he wishes your Lordship to be informed, that he will not only be able effectually to clear himself of the imputation of shooting at Mr. P. bat having fully considered his errors, will m a k e discoveries wor thy the attention of Government. " Should your Lordship think fit to attend to this letter, the vera city of which your Lordship may . rely upon, you will notice it in the Morning Post to-morrow morniag, when a farther communication will be made to your Lordship." " I an my_ s Lord, respec tfully, , " Your Lordship servant, (Signed) J. W. Another letter written in French, of which our reporter entertains no doubt from its appearance, that it was written in a feigned baud, asserts that young Watson had embarked for Guernsey. The Lord Mayor having proceeded to the Justice Room,se veralforeign seamen also had been begging in the streets were brought up, when the Lord Mayor gave orders for their ad mission on board the fritrate provides for them, respecting which was issued this evening the following Proclamation : WOOD, MAYOR. " Mansion House, Dee. 15 . " Whereas the l o lt ei t ed Honourable the Lords Commi ss i ons o f t h e Admiralty having a ship to be moored off the Tower, for the purpose of receiving all distressed foreign seamen and soldiers, to he taken care of until they shall be sent home by their Consuls or other wise, the Lord Mayor and Magistratea-of the city of London, arid the Marates of the comities adjacent. will be empowered to send on board all persons of the above description who may apply to them. It is, therefore, particularly requested, that all benevolent persons who wish to remove such objects, ahel to discourage begging in the public streets or the bridges, will, in future, desist fmm administer mg temporary relief to such pencils. as it is apprehended many would prefer receiving alms, as they lave been in: the habit of doing, to the permanent relief proposed. " Such seamen, soldiers, and other persons, natives of England, Ireland, and Scotland, who are in a state of distress, can, if they wish to ,get to their homes, he• sent according to the directions of the Act of Parliament in such gastrin/le and pronded, by any Magistrate.. in wboiejuriseiction they may be found. By ceder of the Lord Mayor, (Signed) " FRANCIS IIOBLER." EXAMIMATION OF TILE nityrEns. Preston was the first of the rioters brought up again this day. Mr.Gettves, a broker, residing at No .13, Cntv bad 6 PECE NfliEß 16. Preston iieing caned npon, delivered a speech (teen. p:cri seseral minutes; but not without SIIIIIC interruption from the Lord Mayor. At the last examination, he said that lie Arm red tinder a great degree of diffidence ; but now he tilt himself perfectly calm and collected. He was not a blind entliusitt.st, but n determined refininer ; and he wished by all th e means in In,. power to tree tl e country from ruin and the people from sittleri..e. Thousands, and tens of thouverlds were starving at that moment! He was as insit.pendtmt as any man, And would mot lick the shoes of the great and pow. en rid. He would tint deny that he was in St. John's Street, on the Monday, in the crowd; hut he had conducted himself like a peaceable citizen. In concluding, he remarked, that great numbers were at that time signing a Petition for the eforin of the Commons Ilint , e of Parliament, than which no. thing could be more important for the salvation of the State. Kitmersley, the officer, deposed, that on Monday, Decctn• bee 2d, he saw the prisoner at Mr. Harfichl's door, at the roe pier of the Minories. IN did not observe that he was lining any thing in pm ticolar. He was among the mob of riotr iv, and it wits almost a quarter before 3 o'clock. After a trifling question to witness by the pri , oner. Ale. Dowling deposed, tleit he saw Preston in the weren't at the meeting in Spalields, when ittliatnnuseory language was used by young Watson. Preston, in reply to a question by the Lord Mayor, insist ed, that it was not until after young Watson jumped from the waggon that he got into it, or at least our reporter so un derstood him. This prisoner war then remanded. James Carter was put to the bar, but no further eridenee being civet' with regard to him, he was also remanded to the same day. (hi an application from Carter's solicitor, the Lord Mayor ail that he should not he able to decide till Wednesday, whether this priconer would be allowed to be set at libetty on bail. Hooper was next brought in, when the Lord Mayor enquired whether he bad any thing to say previous to his being remanded. After the particulars of the evidence gives in respect to this prisoner bad been re-stated, Hooper de clared, that the colours and other articles were not put into the waggon by him, or by any one with whom he \vas ac planned. He described the person who accompanied him from Preston's as rather larger and older than himself, and dressed in a brown great coat, with hessian boots. Hooper himself is 28 years of' age. He was remanded until Wednesday. Simons, Cashman, and Gamble were also brought up, and remanded for the same day : with regard to the first the laird Mayor observed, that as the sword taken from him could not it:. identified, no felonious act could be proved against thi s prisoner, and the only charge would . be that of riotous pro ceeding. Cashman again denied that be had broken into Mr. Beck with's or any other house. Mr. Beckwith, who attended, could not swear that the piece found on Cashman was one of them stolen from his house, as it was not of his own make. The Lord Mayor apprised Gamble, that on the charge of stealing the gun he would be fully committed. CAPTURE or BRITIcill vEssr.t.s F'.V PRIVATEERS UNDER CARTHAGENIAN COLOURS. JAMAICA, OCT. 21.--The British schooner Sophia, Captain was captured off Navassa un the 24th ult. and carried to L'Ance des Neaux, a small place near to Cape Donna Ma ria, by a small pilot-boat *choosier, which the people said was called the Popa. The crew of the Sophia learnt that this pirate belonged to St. Thomas's, and had, about a month pre. vionsly, sailed from this port direct fur L'Ance des Neaux, where there was an American schooner waiting for her: and on her arrival, the owner, who was on boatel, and his captain, together with the commander of the American schooner, im mediately set about equipping her for a cruise. The latter vessel, not being a fast sailer, transkrred to her a crewofahout 24 men (mostly Ameritans), and one carriage gun, and those that sailed from this port in the pilot boat were handed over to the American schooner, and this vessel continued to lie at L'Ance de3 Varl‘, with the owner 0(04 privateer On board, these to await the arrival of the prizes, and decree their fat e as in the case of the Sophia, where the crew were told that they might go down to Jamaica, and bring from thence 2000 dollars, for which their vessel would be ransomed. '1 he mate of the Sophia, John Nicholls, represented on board the pira tical vessel the danger that would ensue irons touching British property ; but, regardle►s of such caution, and for what was called his audacity, he was first touch abased by the ruffian leader, and after that most shockingly scalded with boiling water, which that inhuman robber made his cook throw over his body. The poor man is now all over blistered. This statement has been verified on oath. A singular dispute seems to have broken ont between the United States and the Emperor Alexander. One M. Ksloff, a Russian Consul in America, had commit ted some offence against the laws of that country, for which he was proceeded against in the criminal Courts there.. He protested against their jurisdiction, and put himself under the protection of his Ambassador, M. Dasehkoff, who, it is said, was directed by the Em peror to demand ‘edress; but the American 'Executive, conceiving that nothing had been done against the law of nations in trying M. Kosloff, refused to ac•ede to the demand of M. Dasehkoff, who then:lllam notified that he should withdraw from the United States. The :'c. count goes on to state, that the Americans not wishing to break off their friendly intercourse with Russia, had sent an explanation, which they were in hopes would soothe the irritation of the Emperor. Letters from New York to the 17th ult. contain an of simile ... ••••.... n , ..• Liz, L4flll-14/1 OR large varenases or grain In stbillliat7ll 10 Ine quantity in aay. air.tiraves, a broker, residing at NO 43, Co; Crtiss account of a similar misunderstanding with N. Hyde the magazines belbre established, the chief part of stated, that he had known the prisoner between fifteen and de Neuville, the French Ainbaanador. Shortly after sixteen years. O n th e d ay o f t h e riot, when lie was up stubs whirda is to be applied to the relief of his Rhenish pro- , in the t w ii o e rk s , ir l e ie ei was wi t h int l i n teedto go down, as there was a greet snob that gentleman reached Baltimore, it seems, a public vinecs. These new requisitions to his Crown he p roposes dinner was given to the Regicides and other French iin e vie v w er to to ttSlin ti t t i i s i goods, ticheli stood to visit in the spring, when he will personally enquire exposed. Nobody, coniine to .tdrn,y et P reston, r i c ii s s ton, on fugitives, and toasts extremel y i nsu lt in g to the French observed, that Fie bett er eini goods into the means of their relief and prosperity. From Government were drank on the occa.sion,pnrticularly one i ti n i , as there would he dreadful work. Pi eston did not clues- thence his M•sjesty is to proceed to France, to review crowd. The co- proposed by the Postmaster .of Baltimore. It would . mu. inne,sh:rtuthsea,tbinit werecome tinued in the midst of the the Prussian contingent to the army of' the Alms passed onward, and the witness the re seem, that M. de Neuville considered that the conduct pying France. fore, was not sure that he could identify the flags. S•ibse- futio „ the =h . . h ' .. 1 ,. __. :, , of the Postmaster, as being a person in o ff ice under the In consequence of anzimut enquiries fram a large _ VentlY Preston i Grates saw no itre• brig of military, it has been announced at Hanover, 'i nns' government, was a fit subject f o r remonstrance: b ut, se far as we can collectf.xim. thc dillizent statements he .Clat the allow au:. of the Waterloo Committ e e of,Lpe. that I he RV' bells' produced, produced, the witne ss wou ld net d eterm i ne !Ley were the sates. ebtflined little smut' Evetitm. - "