!, i. i 4 I ~! • t, _hoes the LONDON GAZETTE, Satardaj, Jan. 31. BANKRUPTCIES SUPRRSEDED. B %ivy: .1. Phcenix br.te-Jry. Ragnigge Wells, brewer. ti,;urs a. P. Liocester, hosier. BANKRUPTS. E ucimr.Y J. Lawrence-Lule. rwhouv.tman. Feb. 7, 17, Mar:ll IS, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Wilde, Warwick-square. C !WWI HEM Huddersfield. York., wood tumor. Feb. .:to, Ct. March 14. at York. Au. Mr. Walker, Lincoln's Inn-ie1,14. r,:lests W. 11. 14:1 of liudde:sieitl. York, nacre:wit, Feb. 114 11, March 14, 4: Au. Mr. Big ,;s, SOU:114111ptOls-tnalillgS1 •Chaneery-lanc. .lanr.r: T. Hamlet Thnitentl. Dirmingliali. picture trams niaker. Feb. 23. ?$, March 14, at Diznaiughaia. Au& Alesandei and 'Co. New Inn. 1a: WO W. Liiterpnal. Tit:reliant, Feb. es. CI, March 11, at Liver. ;out. Atts. Lowe and CO. S2.tith.Utili'o•:.!)4li4lia;.:i. •11a/tea W. Neston, Chester. dr.taeT. F..% 16. 17, Mar,:.:l 14 4 at 4ancheaer. Atm Wright and Co. Teraek% orate° P. Liverpool. merchant. Feb. es, Cb Nlareb 14, at Liver pool. Atts. Lowe. and Co. ii mthanaptoa x ueos J. lienrietts-4:roet. Coven: Garden, mercer. Feb. 3, 14, March 14, ai Guildhall. At:. Mr. Spouiswoode, Ohl City Chatil- alsllo Ingate-gfett. VI At t. G. lirotnyard. Herefonl, fanner, Feb. 20, 21, March 14, at Worcoster. A tu. Price ana Co. Linailn s Inn. Asmitt; G. Langston, Monmouth, Fcb. 13, 14, March 14, at Att. Mr. King, Serjezint's Inn. Mrrcux LL S. Dorking, Surrey, linca draper. Feb. 3, 14, March 14. wt Gutidnall. Att. Mr. W.wt, New Bo4well-court. GIL \CE E. S.ntton ormage, Northumberland, farmer, Feb. 10, W. March, 14, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Aus. Dal and Co. Be w Church-yard. NOSTII 13:.o. B. Lancaster. factor, Fob. 10, 11. Mardi 14. at Man- (hosier. Atts. 1 Isrvu:s maul CO. St. 1-I.lta's place, .treet. o:any G. late of Silver•suect,l.l•:n Square. soap maker, Feb. 3, 14. March 14, at Guilthall. Atts. Erin and to. Hay%Mn-square, Min rim COx W. 11. Brea'-street, wareliou;eman. Feb. 7. 17. Mardi 7, ra Guildhall. Am. Sw:iin and Co. Frelerick's-placc; Old Jewry': WworrArr G. Dir.ting. herby. cotton spinner. Feb. 16, /7, March 14, at Manclie.u.a. Att. Mr. Ellis, Cur:eery-lane. FZATHER it. flare street. Itrisnfonl. carpenter. Feb. 14, 17, March 14, at Guildhall. Alta. King and Co. Basinghall.creet. -Ursa% J. Park-stua. Borough. baker, Feb. 5. 1 *March 14, Guildhall. Am. Wood and Co. St. Thomas Apoitle. DIVIDENDS. .1. Tomlinson. Tooley.s rect. haberdasher. Feb. 21. An Danbury, late of Shorcilitch. distiller. Feb. 18. Jar:es Fretting, Blueltwatcr, Surrey, groeer, Feb. 24. Charles Solder), and E. G. Bolden). Sir 11. I.whingtoa, .and . Buidero, baukers„ Cornitill, Feb. 24. and J. Sadler, Bow-lane. warehousemen. -John Packer. Painswick, Gloucester. clothier. Feb. 21: N. Galax, Denton. Kent, eoid merchant, Feb. 'l5. W. Tay/or. Clifton. Lancaster, innkeeper. Feb. V. W. Small. Taunton, Sinierset, Vintner, Feb. 25. T. D. Lat:lani, and J. Parry, Devonshire-square, merchants, Feb. 11'. A. Greare4 Queen.street. Cheapside. merchant, Feb. 14. W. Haigh, Barnsley, York, gruc:r, Feb. 23. W. Graves. Faleonburgh-nourt, Soho, coach master,Feb. a. W. Rimini .. Chatham, blacksmith; Feb. 24. 'l. rowdy. Clement , -lane. Lombard-greet, tailor. Fcb. a. H. Sitfisen. Bush-lane, mereirtint, Feb.`2l. R.Scatland, South Shields, Ship-owner. Feb. 26. A. Earl, Carlisle, druggi.t. Feb. 26. .• Knowlton, Bristol. haberdasher ' Feb. It. it. lludgion. and E. Hodgson, Newcaitic-upon-Tyne, harness- h maker,, 4:—. '4 —. • , .1. Veen. I'arbameut-sereet,slraper. Feb. 21. .4. Robertson. and J. Stein, Lawrence Poutney-'4lll, mercLents. March el. J. Manton, Birmingham. factor, Pub. 23. Pugsley, Islington. four-ewili-manufacturer, Feb. 21. H. Andersonjate of Birininguam, Feb. .25. '..Gibbon, J. Gibbons, and B. Gibbous, jun. Wolverhampton, bankers. Feb. '2l. F. S . cotty : ll, Manchester, calico-printer, Feb. 27. c. Long, iloylanit, York, druggist, Feb. 23. .1. Inghby. Lygan.y.wern, and C. Ingleby, Soughton, Flint, lead merchants. Feb. 2t.i. A. NVilitelicad. Saddleworth, York, clothier, Feb. 23. 1. 1 . 10,11,1ter, late of the City Chambers. Bishopsgate-street, mer chant. Feb. 21 IL Sinks, Birmingham. factor, Feb. 26. CERTIFICATES, FEB. tl. Ilenry Thwaits, Bond Court. Ws'brook. paper merehant—Janses •T 1 son, of Nleltham Mill, clothier—John Collinson, of Huildcrstield, boat buil•lcr—Thomas Smith, Chepstow, Monmouth cabinet maker -John Thorp. Ely, mere'nant—Bartholothew Smith, and Nicholas. Redbead, Pearith, CuinharLuLl. bankers—William Greenly, Ten -bury. \Vorccster shoe maker—George Daniel and William Cr.ws .41431410 am, rnerchant4.—Asigastas Henry Tliiewn, Bernard Street, Buisell Square, merchant--Michael Jarvis, Purton Stafford, miller— Abraham Haigh, Halifax, York, hosier—George lilliot,Wtiodahurch, Kent, butcher. TO COR RESPONDENTS. A. H. on the resent state of Rome, in oitrnexi 1i HE NATIO N AL REGISTER, LONDON: MONDAY, FEBRUARY. 2, ISIS. PIIILIDLLPIIIA paper! to the Ist inst. have been re ►ciec,:. Amelia Island is notyet taken possession of b.• the forces o►' the United States ; and if the following titiele may be considered authentic, some hesitation xists on the part of the American Government as to ►:c further proceedings. (:'ROM THE Pam.Artet:rtitA r:‘Pcn OF THZ 29th DtC) " IbtposrrAwr.—We I,:arn from a correct stntree, gays • New Turk Gazette, that all Government proettA . rtlitive to the Floridan are for the present suspend ( .1. in consequence, it is believed, of orders r,:ecived by .!...*Spanish Minister from his Government. -'The flavannah Journal, of Dec. 2, emit:tins a let from Fi:ld Marshal Pascual de Linan, to the Viet, — ..)y taf New *'.pain, ittelosing thealisputches of Col. Fran- . - t)rrantia, on the subject of the deteat of Mina CM the 9th October. " 'Th.: Georgia Journal of the Ifith Dere nb r rati fying the official dispatch confirming. the entire loss of detaclunout of General Giiineb' :nun ." PPE N.VI TONAL nrcrisTrn: French papers of Wednesday and Thursday last have arrived. In the Chamber of Deputies, M. Anent, Under Secretary of State in the war department, took generala survey tau the With ult. of the recruiti and oF the objections wade to it. The Minister at War, Marshal Gouvion •t. Cyr, closed the discussion on the general principles of the law, by :t spzech which is desaibed in the newspapers as having made upon the assembly a deep and powerful impression. The Minister took pains to show, that the charter, when it declared the conscription to be abolished, meant no more than to abolish "a particular fiarm of recruiting;' stating at same the time, that "the mode ofrecrniting by sea and land should be determined by a law." He added, that as no law was nvessary to enable the Go vernment to receive voluntary enlistments, the charter must have had a compulsory mode of recruiting in its contemplation for a future system, on which to proceed, at the very moment when it solemnly assured both France and Europa that " the conscription" (ea ;tontine) was abolished. I" By the Dutch mail we are taught to believe•that the Duke of Wellington's visit to this country has had two negotiations for its object—l st, with regard to the urgent demands of the French Government II ir a prompt removal, or, if that be iaadinissible, a serious diminu tion of the occupying army ; '4ll, with regard to some proposals touching the British corps itl'armee in parti cular. The issue of each is impatiently expected. French politicians speculate with much earnestness and confi dence on the immediate passing of the recruiting law, and on the employment of a large portion of the force raised under it,ia the speedy reduction of !it. Domingo ; a purpose which we are positively assured has never been abandoned by French Government, although its execution may have been suspended by the unfortu nate circumstances in which France was recently placed. Volunteers, they say, are to be invited to join the ex pedition ; on the details of Which many officers of high military reputation have been .consulted. Despatches between the British, Russian, and Prussian Govern ments are daily passing through Calais and Dover. We have private letters from Bombay, which com municate to us in a more detailed form than has yet been published in this country, the arnanrement male with the Peishwa. He cedes to the BritirCGovernment territories yielding-* clear revenue of 31 kites of rupees —25 of them fall to the Bainbay Presidency, by our occupation of the country from Panwell, or Panwelly, 27 miles E. of Bombay, to Demaun, on the coast N. of Bombay—a line of territory about 80 miles. We are to occupy besides, the Bassein and Jambosen and its de pendencies, and also have the Peishwa's share of tribute from Katty War. The remaining nine lass of rupees go to the Presi dency of Madras. There are provided for by cessions in the Carnatie and the forts of Darwar and Kishelgur. The important curt of Ainnednuggur is also ceded to us with land around it to I`.ooo yards. It was taken by General Wellesley on the 12th of August, 1803, and ceded to the British by Dowlut Row S.tindia, at the' treaty concluded in December 1803. la April tBO4 it was restored to the Peishwah. The possession of this fortress gives the command of the city of Poonah, : and affords the best entrance into the territories of the Peishwah and the Nizatn. Certain pasture lands are . altgiven us for our troops in the Deccan. an our parts we arc to augment our subsidiary force to 12,000 tnen. The Peishwah is also required to main tain irregular horse and foot, amounting to 8000 men, to be officered by En , opeans. In addition to the above intelligence, it is known that large field forces arc on foot after the Pindaries, under Sir Thomas Hislop and Sir John Malcolm, Brigadiers Doveton, Smith, and Floyer, Sir John Malcolm is aseoeiated with Sir Thomas llislop in the conduct of political affairs. The Marquis of Hastings is also up the country.—Cornier. The French Papers of Tuesday last have arrived.— They contain the continuation of the discussion upon the Recruiting Law, in the Chamber of Deputies. The examination of the general principle of the measure is at length dosed, but there still remains a formidable scope for debate in the thirty articles of which it is composed,and the ntunerous amendments that have been superinduced. - - - The French Minister of Marine has received a des patch from Cayenne, dated the 18th of November, from Count Carra Cyr, Administrator of that colony, stating,. that on the Bth of that month .he had taken posseseion of Cayenne and French Guyanne in the name of the King. The recegniranees of all' the persons who had been coniined under the Suspension, Act, were discharged oo Saturday, after an itte;ixtual attempt by ',‘l.it to sustain a rule, ob.dated on a runner to oblige i.;lr Nathaniel Conant to show came why tic recognizarcus of this Mitchell should not be discharged. :Mitchell up. pears to have • proc-edou Upon an erroicouscupposition that he waL•not ho...nd in the rec . :uirancer, because he had sigue.l nothing. . _ _ ,It.eppenrs from un ofachl :statement, that of 6,75 S merchant-noels which va:i.2lt,:e SJUIId ai t e coars , of last year from t:le North S;ie into the LAtic,..: , ,OSS, or almost one-third, wre. EnglisL, 9. fianoverianlnal 13::;mcc-crs. 63 .^.,:nc-- - hans, nn-I of F.cod:Jim FEB. 2 FINE ARTS. CHAUCEfri C The app. trance of the long expected print from Mr. Stothard's charming picture of this subject, has ca ll e d forth critical and descriptive accounts On all hands. Much as we admire both the painting and the print, we will nut ventarc an observation of our own upon either, but we cann. t forbear presenting our readers with. the thl lowing able letter, written by the late John Hoppner, Esq. ILA , at the time the picture was first exhibited. It acquires additional huportanee, when *e reflect that Mr. Hoppner, as a critic, was not distinguished for that suavitur in ?nod°, which sometimes stamps a sus. picious character upon the most able critique. To ItICHAILD CUMBERLAND, E. " May 30, ISM " D&,►n Sin,—You desire me to give you some ac count of the procession of Chaucer's Pilgrims, painted by Stothard, and the task is a plea-sing one. ; for the praise called forth by the waits ofa living artist, from a rival iu the pursuit of fame, is, I feel, like mercy, twice blessed— " It Lle4seih him that gives, and him that takes." " The painter has chosen ithat moment for his pie ture when the Pilgrims may be supposed to have dis engaged the environs of a great metropolis, and are collected together by Harry Willie, their geide and host. The scene is therctime laid in that part of their road from London that commands a view of the Dulwich hills, where it may be supposed, the host could, without fear ofinterruption., proclaim his proposal of drawing lots, to determine who should tell the first tale. He is re• presented standing in his stirrups, and appears to ex ult in the plan he lra.s.formed for their mutual enter tainment. You see the group gently passing forward —all are in motion—vet too well s a ti s fi e d w i t h eac h other to be eager for th eir journey's end. The features of each individual arc .touched with the most happy diserimination of character, and prove the painter to have studied the human heart with as much attention, and not less successfully, than.the poet. " Thisintelligent group is render e d s till more inter esting by. the charm of colouring, which, though simplie, is strong, amd most harmoniously distributed through out the picture. The landscape has a deep toned brightness, that aecirds most admirably wi;li the fi gures ; and the painter has ingeniously contrived to give a value to a common scene and very ordinary forms, that would hardly be found, by unlearned eves, in the natural objects. .He has expressed too, with great vi vacity and truth, the freshness of morning, at that season, when nature herself is most fresh and bloom ingthe Spring; and it requires no great stretch of fleicy to imagine we perceive the influeoce of it on the cheeks of the Fair Wife of Bath, and her rosy cumpr.- nions, the Monk and Friar. " In respect of the execution of the %%Ilion!, parts cf this pleasing design, it is not too much praise to say, that it is wholly free from that vice which the painters term manner ; and it has this peculiarity beside, which I do not remember to have seen. in any picture ancient or =Arm, that it bears no mark of the period in which it was painted. but might very well pass for the work of some able.artist of Cie time of Chaucer. This effect is not, I believe, the result of any association of ideas connected with the costume, but appears in a primitive simplicity, and • the total absence of all affectation, either of colour or pencelling. " Having attempted to describe a few of the bean. ties of the captivating perthrmanoe, it remains only for me to mention one great defect—the picture is, not withstanding appearances, a mo•lcrn one. But if you can divest yuursell of the general prejudice that exists I:gainst contemporary talents, you will see a work that would have (lime honour to any school, at any period. " I mu, Dear &c. " JOHN HosPstza." We have to state, that upon the appointment of Mr. .Robinson to be Treasurer of the Navy, the salary an nexed to that office has been reduced from four to three thousand a year. We understand that the Right Hon. .F. Robinson is to have a seat in the Cabinet.—Cour;er. STRATHTIELDSAY.—Some erroneous statements hay. ing appeared respecting, the negociation fix the purchase ofthe estate belonging to Lord Rivers, fir the Duke of Wellington, we are induced to give, nn a correct source, a brief detail of what has hitherto taken place relative to the intendel purchase :—The estate of Strathfieldsay having been ()tiered to the Duke of' Wcl. lington. Wyar was sent down to sti:vey it, who valued the propeaty at 405,0001: iiicklin 4 the timber. The -Duke if Weliington then went to 'Strath ieldsay, awl took a rapid view of the estate, of which he highly approved. The next question to be amsidered was, how' the money.should be raid, so as to leave a sufficient reseive Jim building a magniliceni: house. .It was pro. pose:!, that Government should buy ell the tiather upon the estate, which .was ue eonsidered by Mr. W.-att to be ornamental. A person was, in-consequence, em ployed to value the titither, who marked oil' betwet:o. y and 10,000 trees, which are outia:ated to he worth, at an urumgv, 101. each. The bargain has thus 'ieim n:ada; and we believe its completion only waits I.e pcnnent of the money tr , Lord Rivers, upon the u:•!al ny;R:s Ifj:Ii;