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MONTHLY REGISTER.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

EUROPE. FRANCE. The Legislative Assemblies were opened on the 10th December, by a speech from the King, in which he congratulated them on the liberation of the French territory from foreign troops; on the prospect of continued peace, which is afforded by the situation of Europe; and, the public revenue being now greater than the expence on the certainty that a limit is now fixed to the debt, and that henceforth it must daily be growing less, which will lead to the happy result of a diminution of the public burdens. He proposed, now that France is liberated from the presence of foreign troops, to have the ceremony of a solemn coronation, and to swear fidelity to the institutions of the charter. His Majesty was received with general acclamations of "Vive le Roi."

The Moniteur of the 30th contains an ordinance of the King appointing a new ministry as follows:

M. Le Marquis Dessolles, Peer of France, Minister of Foreign Affairs; and, in place of the Duke of Kichelieu, President of the Council of Ministers.

M. de Serre, Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice.

M. de Cazes, Minister of the Interior; the Ministry of Police being suppressed. Baron Portal, Minister of Marine.

Baron Louis, Minister of the Finances. Count Gouvion St Cyr, it is présumed, continues Minister of War. His resignation not having been accepted, it was unnecessary to insert his name in the Ordonnance, as a member of the new Cabinet.

This change, it would appear, had become necessary, in consequence of a difference of opinion which had for some time existed among the members of the Cabinet on the subject of the election law. The members who have been returned under the present law, consist chiefly of persons who had been at one time unfriendly to the Bourbons; and the Duke of Richelieu, M. Laine, and others, wished some modification of the law, in order to suit it more to the interest of the Ultra Royalists; while M. de Cazes was determined to support it agreeably to the wishes of the nation. This difference of opinion produced the resignation of the Duke of Richelieu and his friends; and the result has been the formation of the above named ministry, which is considered a triumph for the friends of the constitutional charter.

Previous to this change, the French five per cents. had been done so low as 56; but the promulgation of the King's decree, together with the determination of the finance minister, to bring to immediate sale the Royal Forests, the proceeds of which would purchase 10 or 12 millions of renter, had the effect to raise the funds to 67; and a further advance was expected.

SPAIN. The Extraordinary Gazette of Madrid, of the 27th December, announces the death of the Queen of that country at 20 minutes past nine o'clock the preceding night. Her Majesty was suddenly seized with the pains of labour while conversing with some of her attendants, and died in 22 minutes after. By desire of the King, the Caesarian operation was performed, but the child, a female, expired in a few minutes.-Maria Isabella Frances, born at Lisbon, on the 19th May, was the daughter of the Prince of Brazil, by Charlotte Joachima of Bourbon, Infanta of Spain, the sister of Ferdinand VII. The marriage was rendered valid by a papal dispensation: thus she was both the niece and wife of his Eatholic Majesty.

It appears from all the private letters, that the despotic monarchy of Spain fast approaches to its merited destiny. Armed bands of insurgents traverse the kingdom, and levy contributions on the villages. They chiefly consist of soldiers, who, wearied of the service of their country, have deserted, and whose numbers are daily increased, by fugitives from the troops assembled at Cadiz for the American expedition; the whole of whom, it is said, are in a state little short of mutiny. Every thing seems to announce an inevitable catastrophe, provoked and accelerated by a bigotry, tyranny, and misrule, which has nearly, if not already, reached the limit of human endurance. In the early part of last month, it was confidently rumoured all over Europe, that a revolution had actual ly broken out. This, it appears, was premature; but almost every letter from this ill-fated country corroborates the fact, that it is ripe for such a crisis.

GERMANY.-The Grand Duke of Baden died on the 8th instant; an event very possibly of some importance to the settlement of the question for a long time past at issue between that Court and Mus nich; since the dispute will now be stripped of whatever difficulty and delicacy might have been attached to it, by consi

derations of personal feeling towards a living sovereign.

SWEDEN-The latest enumeration that has been made of the population of Sweden, counting from the year 1813 to the year 1818, offers a result that would appear almost incredible, if it were not drawn from authentic documents published on this subject. According to these, the population of Sweden has diminished, in the space of five years, by 58,204 souls, viz. 35,227 males, and 19,977 females.

ASIA.

EAST INDIES. Two important documents have, since our last publication, been received from this quarter. The first is the Address of congratulation presented by the British inhabitants of Calcutta to the Governor-General, the Marquis of Hastings, on his return to the Presidency. It takes an able and comprehensive view of the contest which has lately, and we trust for ages to come, settled the destinies of India. It enters into the difficulties which were to be encountered, and bestows due praise on the union of vigilance, foresight, firmness, and ability, by which they have been surmounted. "Throughout the most trying circumstances," says the Address, "it has been your Lordship's peculiar praise to have resisted every temptation of ambi tion, and every suggestion of policy, that was otherwise than consonant with the strictest principles of public faith. You justly considered that no aggrandizement of power or territory could be cheaply purchased by a sacrifice of character." The other document bears a character of still greater interest. It is the Reply given by the Marquis of Hastings to this Address; which contains a most able, clear, and detailed exposition of the causes of the late contest; of the intrigues and want of faith of the different powers who have fallen victims to their own treachery; of the means adapted to counteract their secret and open hostility; at the effects of those means; and of the beneficial results which have crowned the triumphs of our arms, and the moderation of our policy. Of the glorious and happy results, the Noble Marquis justly observes, that undoubtedly our sway has been extended. The Indus is now, in effect, our frontier; and, on the conditions of the arrangement," says he, "I thank Heaven it is so. What is there between Calcutta and that boundary? Nothing but states bound by the sense of common interest with you, or a comparatively small proportion of illdisposed population, rendered incapable of rearing a standard against us. The Mahratta power is wholly and irretrievably broken." This view of the question is subsequently enforced by arguments the most forcible, just, and irrefragable, and the sublime and heart-cheering conclusion

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is as follows:-" All within the Indus is now attached to Great Britain. Security and comfort are established, where nothing but terror and misery before existed. Multitudes of people have, even in this short interval, come from the hills and fastnesses, in which they had sought refuge for years, and have re-occupied their ancient deserted villages. The ploughshare is again, in every quarter, turning up a soil which had for many seasons never been stirred, except by the hoofs of predatory cavalry."

The Bombay papers, of the 15th August last, contain some particulars respect. ing the Ex-rajah of Nagpore, who, it ap pears, after his escape, was enabled to collect a large body of malcontents, who flocked to him from all quarters, and we regret to add, that in an engagement with a part of his followers, by Captain Sparkes, at the head of 100 men, the whole of the latter were destroyed. Captain Sparkes had been unfortunately led to believe, that only a few plunderers were to be attacked, instead of which there were 3000 of the enemy. When his gallant little troop was reduced to only 25, and Captain S. himself wounded in two places, he wished to surrender, but his flag of truce was rejected, and it was feared he and all the party perished.

Accounts from Ceylon state that the hostile efforts of the insurgents in that island were relaxed. The whole tract of country from the S. E. extremity of Saffragam, to the N. E. border of the Seven Korles, embracing about one-half in extent, and much more in value, of the Kandyan territories, continued perfectly quiet; and other parts of the island from which accounts have been received, were also in a state of tranquillity.

AMERICA.

UNITED STATES.-The Congress assembled on the 17th November, when the proceedings were opened with the customary message from the President. This document embraces, as usual, both the foreign and domestic relations of the United States, and in the commercial prosperity, abundant harvest, and improving revenue of America, the President finds ample topics for congratulation.

With respect to Britain, it is stated, that, as the commercial connection which regulates the trade of both countries would expire in July next, the American minister was instructed to propose a new treaty to the British Government, which should not only embrace this, but all the other unsettled differences between the two nations, namely, the questions relative to impressment, the fisheries, the boundaries, &c. This proposal, we are informed, was received in the most amicable manner, and it was hoped that something permanent.

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and definitive would be arranged on all these points. We cannot sufficiently rejoice to see the two governments of America and Britain actuated by so wise and conciliatory a spirit towards each other.

With regard to Spain, the grounds upon which the President justifies the transactions which have taken place in the Floridas are, that these countries afforded a refuge to the hostile Indians, who from thence issued forth to ravage and destroy the rising settlements on the American frontier. He still states, however, that the posts seized by the American troops will be given up when an adequate force appears to take possession of them.

He next adverts to the execution of Messrs Arbuthnot and Ambrister, on which transaction he delivers no opinion whatever, stating merely that he has ordered all the documents relating to it to be laid before Congress for their consideration.

With regard to South America, it is obvious that there is no prospect of a speedy termination of the war in that quarter.

The remainder of the speech is occupied with matters relating entirely to the internal condition of the United States, the transactions with the Indians, the progress of the fortifications, and the increase of the navy. A new State, namely, that of the Illinois, has been added to the union.

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DECEMBER 1818.

BRITISH CHRONICLE.

14. Forgery of Bank Notes.-In our late numbers we have had occasion to remark the progressive increase of crimes of this description, and the consequently in: creasing cases of prosecution and capital conviction. The subject has for some time greatly agitated the public mind; but some circumstances have recently occurred which seem, for the present, to have given a check to these prosecutions. In the beginning of this month, two individuals were brought to trial at the Old Bailey, for the crime of passing forged notes, knowing them to be so; and in both cases the juries acquitted the prisoners. In the first case, the evidence of guilt rested entirely with a person who was proved to be a dealer in forgery convictions; a person hired to detect for geries, and afterwards to appear in evidence against the persons detected, and who upon convict on receives a reward for his trouble. This person had a decided interest in giving positive evidence, because his pay depended upon hanging his man; and the jury very properly declared that they could not believe one word which he would swear to, and acquitted the prisoner. In the other

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case, the fact of uttering the notes was clearly proved; but the jury were not satisfied with the grounds on which the Bank inspector declared them to be forged; and therefore brought in a verdict of acquittal. These verdicts, which were hailed with satisfaction in every part of the united kingdom, induced several other prisoners accused of the same crime, and who had previously, at the instigation of the Bank solicitor, pleaded guilty to the minor offence, namely, having the forged notes in their possession,to withdraw their plea, and stand the hazard of a capital conviction. Their trials proceeded this day; but the Bank, in compliance with the public voice, declined prosecuting on the capital charge, that of uttering, and they were all found guilty of the minor offence, which subjects them to transportation:

Penal Laws. In consequence of the foregoing proceedings, and the disgusting frequency of trials and executions for this and various other crimes, the common council of London held a meeting on the 10th instant, when a petition praying Parliament to institute an inquiry into the propriety of revising the criminal code of

the country, was read and agreed to. The resolutions of the meeting on which this petition was founded, ascribe the rapid intrease of crimes of late years to the undue severity and inequality of our penal laws, which rendered a strict execution of them impolitic; and therefore tempted to the commission of crimes; the perpetrators conceiving, that although convicted, they had still ten chances to one of escape from execution. One of the resolutions contains the following statements, taken from returns made to the House of Commons: That there were committed for trial in

the years

1812......1668 1813......1707 1814......1646

1815......2005
1816.....2226
1817......2686

The capital convictions for Middlesex were, in the years 1812...... 132 1813...... 138

1814...... 158

1815...... 139
1816...... 227
1817...... 208

There were executed in Middlesex, in the years

1812...... 19 1813...... 17 1814......

21

1815...... 11
1816...... 29
1817...... 16

There were confined in Newgate only, of boys of 17 years and under, in the years 1813...... 123 | 1816...... 247

1817 ..............359

There were committed for trial, in the different jails of England and Wales, in the

years

1805......4605 1806......6576 1813......7164

1814......6390

1815......7818

1816......9091

1817............13,932

16. London Bills of Mortality.-A general bill of all the baptisms and burials from the 16th December 1817, to the 15th December 1818.

Christened in the 97 parishes within the walls 1048; buried 1204.

Christened in the 17 parishes without the walls, 5317; buried 4078.

Christened in the 23 out-parishes in Middlesex and Surrey, 13,410; buried, 10,099.

Christened in the 10 parishes in city and liberties of Westminster, 4458; buried, 4324.

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Naval Monument.-The Committee for erecting a monument in Edinburgh to the late Viscount Melville, with the money rubscribed for that purpose, by the naval and marine services of the country, have resolved to adopt the celebrated pillar of Trajan, one of the most approved relics of antiquity, (or a pillar modelled upon it,) and to surmount it with a colossal statue of the late Lord Melville. St Andrew's Square having been suggested as a very eligible and appropriate site for such a chaste and simple structure, application is, we understand, about to be male to the proprietors for permission to rear this pillar in the centre of that elegant square, to which, as well as to the metropolis in general, it cannot fail to prove highly ornamental.

Corporation of Hammermen and TownCouncil of Edinburgh.-The hammermen having, at a recent meeting of their incorporation, passed certain resolutions protesting against the right of the Town-Council of Edinburgh to borrow money for the public service, but in compliance with the terms of an old act of the Scots Parliament, appointed a deputation of their members to proceed along with a notary public to the Council Chamber, to read the protest in due form. At a meeting of the council on the 16th, this deterinination was notified by the Lord Provost, when it was resolved by a majority of 23 to 2 not to receive the deputation. Mr Ritchie, the notary public, then read the protest in the lobby of the Council Chamber, and afterwards at the Cross, amidst a vast concourse of spectators, who assembled to witness this unusual proceeding.

Edinburgh Election of Magistrates. On the 18th, the reclaiming petition for 12,530 the Magistrates of this city, with the an11,703 swers thereto for Deacon Lawrie and others, together with the condescendence by the 24,233 petitioners, as to the usage in the election of a Trades Councillor to be a Deacon of 9882 his incorporation for the following year, 9822 and answers for the respondents, were advised. After a few remarks by the Lord 19,704 Justice Clerk, and some observations from both sides of the bar, it was ordered that 5381 the condescendence and answers be revised 4815 and interchanged by the parties, for the 808 purpose of preparing an issue to be tried 703 by the Jury Court, both as to the practice

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