The National Register. — London, England, 1812-10-04 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL_ 622 Ist ult. in lat. SI. 30 long. oi. by the, Cube American privateer, and carried into Philadelphia The Ranger, Heard, trom St. Domingo, (Cape Henn ) was captured in lat. '29. long. 61. by the Matilda American privateer, and Lamed into Philadelphi. The British brig Eliza and Esther, prize to the Governor M'Kean privateer, arrived at Pfrlarielphia 7th An - English barque prize to the Catherine privateser, arrived at Port land the end of July. The Friends, Davy, from St. Andrew's, laden with tim'aer, for Portsmoutl . , is take, by the Americans. The King George, Atkinson, from Liverpool to Newfourdland, is taken by the Essex American frigate. The Nautilus, Dodds, of Blyth, was taken by an American priva teer, on 2-Ith ult. and given up : she arrived at Tropassey, Nei% t u mid. • land, on the cd'ith, and proceeded on her voyage to At anisbe . ,::• A light collier, from H ythe to Sunder I md, was taken oil Dover on Sunday night by a French lugger priv.itecr. The Fortuna, Pewit, from Liebau to London, is taken by a Danish privateer, and carried into Nat kow. The Queco Charlotte, of Peterhead, was abandoned in lat sk). long. 37.51. being water logged. Crew taken cn board the Mary, Stokes, of Shields. The Y eoman's Glory, of Teignmouth„. Ribbings, from Waterford to Liverpool, stiu‘k coming down the King's Channel, on 21st inst. and sunk.. The Seckell, Hamsen, from Archangel to London, is pot back to Archangel, having sprung a leak. The Maria, Wilson, of Bristol, was lost on the coast of Africa, on 28th April last. The Adventure, Keith. of London, foundered of Cape Lopez, Africa, in April last, the Master drowned. The Pomona, Hmnenian, from Stockholm to Dublin, was lost in the Pentland Frith, Gth inst. Crew saved. The Elizabeth, Langley, from Lisbon to Halifax, was spoken with 28th ult. about ten leagues from Halifax. The Sally, Radford, from Plymouth to Pictout, has hoer taken by the Benjamin Franklin American privateer ; since to-taken by the Morgiana S.W. and carried into 1131il:rx. The St. Andrew, of S guns, from Bristol, was taken by the !Lipid privateer, and carried intay Portland IU.Ir ult. The General Ballasteros, from Baltimore to Cadiz, is de tained and sent into Gibraltar. The Valiant, Edwiods, from Lonlon to Dublin, was de,erted by the crew cu Thursday, ow St. Alb.n's Head, on seeing the Swift, Lines. from Bellisr, which they supposed to be a French privateer. TheSwitt took possession of' the Valiant, and carried her into Ports mouth. • . FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2. It is stated, that the American squadron under Commodore Rogers, was, on the 28th of July, in gat. 31.:33. lung. 27. 3,1 The American ship lticUan Chief, twin Amelia island to London, fell in with Commodore Rogers's squadron, in long. 20. and was or dered to Amerka ; she was a:ter fallen in with by sonic British turuizers and hurnt. The Henrietta, Mason. from Miramichi to Liverpool, has been taken, retaken, and was seen going into 1-I.dix. The Fanny, --, from Greeoock, to New York, stated to have been taken, retaken, and carried into ilahfax, is arrived at New London. The Peter Waldo, Herbert, from Sunder and to Halifax, was cap tured 2d August, by the Teazer American privateer, within 21 hours sail of Halifax. The Lady Sherhrnek, t.oni Halifax to Jamaica, was taken and carried into New I crk 13th August, h) an American privateer. Three British ves4tla were captured early last month, near Faval, by an American schooner privateer : one of them, a brig belooging to Jersey, engaged the privateer until all her powder was expended, when she was obliged to stril.:e. The Trafalgar, Ilaili;on, of North Shields, coal laden, bound to London, was driven on shore in Sizewell bay, near Southwold, on ' Tuesday morning. Crew saved. The sloop Matilda, Tyrer, of Brixham, was (Marcia on the rocks at that . place during a gale of wind on Tuesday, and it is feared will - go to pieces. The Triton, -, from Amhangel, arrived at Leith 27th instant, detained by the Oberon sloop of war. The Pekin, Murdock, of Phdadelpbia, from China, was stranded ill the Straits of Sunda in February, but got WI by the Corociia and Bucephalus Frigates, carried into Batavia, and sold. The Three Brothers, Westcott, from S authampton to Newport ; the Brothers, Griffiths; the Adventure, Goble, from Portsmoutn to Waterford; the Elizabeth, Moppott, from London to Cork ; the Chance, Mackenzie, from London to Gibraltar, and several other vessels, particulars unknown, lost anchors and cables in Torbay, during a violent gale of wind on Monday night and Tuesday moroirig. The Brave French privateer, of 5 guns and 112 men, was taken '2141 July off Carbonara, by the Nautilus sloop of war. The Intrepide, French privateer, of J guns and 40 men, was take n of Malta; 22d July, by the Termagant sloop of war. R 4. ITS TER. or" r. 4 . The Sir- Home I".yliallt, ClAnews, from London to Lisbon, W a s run told Of in lutb.:y, on W. editeactly morning. by a Transport C:1. ) . 9 17) and put in , - Br: x ham w th damage anti Icaky. T:w Young \l'it;;:ml, Cockburn, tr. r Newcatle to Oporto, rot on the RoLks at Berry FL:ad, on We.tne.sd ty mortutig, hut ...a. if b y the assit.tance Gt . a I- ishit..g Smack alid souse boats, and c:•Erte.: :10f) Brixhant in a very :eaky st. ie. The George, lValker, Irom I oudon to Malta, put into PI , : moutli on y, with damage, ;:nd !s 11.:r catgo. The it hadamatithe. - , t oil - , 1.-nuon to Spam, is lost bttween Huelva and it yamonte, l'att of t:te cargo ;,,v;:.d. TAIL! Y. Sess riltied nn Nlonitly, tt hen Fentcr , !.e of de)(1 1 .4 passed on twenty, ix capital convicts ; three were nicterel I() he 11.1.is portcd fur lite; tont tow cors ; it)r ;(7 vtil ; others to be tilThrig)tive., N irpve,t, &C. A v,•ol),,iii fowl d: cooing two children !font the of their i) in lint neigh hourhood of Whitechapel, and stripping one 01 tlit-iii of If, tri•cl; ; the Criiimun tirl jean! i.tunk: . diately t:etitcnced her to be tr.m: Ilw terni of her UM uNti A CC/DENTS AND OFFENCES'. TsTREss; NG CASE.—A respectable family not many miles front Londou, has lately experienced he. greatest utt fortune We thrbear nunitioning their names, as the publiem ten titereot would onii augment their afflictions. H \\*ever, t r the sake of giviti; a w.irni..k ?o Others, and 111 °Fier to give an cxaniple of now to hainan gent ivii I can go, we insert t'ie 'win ) ; rcts connnuaicated to us. The fa tha, who is an independent man, and who, on atcottin of the excel lency of his heart outht to eejoy all the blessings in this w‘;rl I, ha-, neverthe:e-s, of late, neen redin. e.l to one of the most mho; innate hc hip, and this by h own offsnrieg, a gir; of about sev• nrecn ave. This girl has had the very best editeatloo : she cao speak do: French and Italian latiginiees fluently ; plays tla! p.dllo guitar excelkntly. But, however, front the (taw she was tea veais old, has been addicted to the vice of s tealin g . tier mother, w fin is the most all;:ctionate and kind woman, has, as well as th.• tuher, done every thin,;in their power both by teod and severe means , prevail on the girl to leave practices, but to no pur f inse. No day passed but the servants of the house host money or trit;ker- Whenever the girl went into a shop, nt even passed a truitinongsr's stall, she always stole something. The other day site went into an haberdasher's shop, with her brother, and havh:g bought some rib• bons, they went out together ; but they had hardly w.ilke.l twenty yards before they were taken up and brought hick to tne shop ; ;net on searching them, several yards et lace were found on the gill, and she was accordingly brought bet Ore a Magistrate. Every means were tried by the unhappy parents to prevent her being coininitkd ; bat the Justice, acconlmg to Ins ,Itity, committed ker for felony, aid bound the other party over to prosecute. The poor parents are in the greatest anxiety . : the mother lies ill, and no hopes of her ree ively are entertained ; and the lather, who can no longer bear the s.glit of the neighbours after this ch:grace, has ttn.oivad to leave England, And r. tire to Ireland with his temaiving c4;lit children. UN lON-:1 ALL.—A young man, diessed in the first style et fashion, and representing himself to tie the son of a glass-snanu fn :alter, in the City, was brought before Mr. Evance, chaigcd by Nii.ry Ann Watson, an interesting young woman, with detrantriog her of 1. wider the toi lownig circumstances : the prizoner had contrived to ini educe him self to the notice of thz proseeutrix in the street, and had her to meet thin at. ditiment times; and; on one occasion, tney went into a house to take some refieshmeht ; on•teeiiii,; in his- peeket tor the money to pt . y the hill, he expressed great :imp! ;se at a LlELUin stmt.:: with which he was betore fully acquainte", namely, at nut finding any inotiey there; he accoun ted for it, by sin itv, he lett his purse at home ; the female, upon this, produced a pound-note fur his accommodatioa, out of which he p a i.! the bill, and very den berately put the chain into into Ins before empty pocket. The next day th..y met at the same home, and, Nt conversation, he discoverd that she had g some more 'totes in her pocket, upon which he to!.! tier, if she could give him four poun Is he tunnel pay her the one pound he had borruwel the day before ; this she and re ceived what she thought was a 51. note, which she put into her pocket ; he quitted her soon after under pretence of g oin g to . tlp. to get Ins watch whkh he had left there ; she waited !elite O no! in expectation of his reiurn, hut waited in vain ; :tad on going quire tar far him, she understood he had been gone for some time with out taking leave; she immediately examined her note, wheii si.e found that instead of a Balk of Eh land 51. note, she had got d Ftr-1, five-pm - my note. This was in Ju ne last, and she did nt.,t see lion again till Wednesday evening, • when he by chance cam:. I to I ne: sante ti.ix in .'lst ey's Theatre, in which sli t was sittin g with a par: of friends; he was immediately pointed out. to Harratt the Iby Whom ne was taken into custody. .1)i Lis defence, he .aid, that he had giral the prosecuttilt4c 0 Moo in t it.