The National Register. — London, England, 1813-03-28 00:00:00

. . Rell V. • NATIPN • 'as put under arrest , in conseqUenCe aiming . discovered .ve forined a plan for a new Confederation • of • the Ger- States, in opposition to the confederation of the Rhine; lie immediate cause•of his present imprisonment is said be a letter which he addressed to his father, on the disas of the Fiench campaign in Russia, entrewing his I‘lA vto abandon the iniquitous c a use of . France for that, Ite.harl in view—the liberation of-INCope, • BUONA TE obtained a copy of this letter, and caused its author placed 13 confinement; ‘• strongerpool cannot well be given of the confident ,es . entertained by Government of the liberation of the tinent, than the intention they have signified, of furnish regulap.convoys for the Elbe and the Weser. '!'tie fullow is an official connnunicationon the subject : . " Admitally,Otfice, March 25, IBM I haw in command from my lord' Commissioners of the Admi to acquaint you, in retcru to your letter of Yesterday's date, Rear-A rid, Sir Thomas Williams has been directed to appoint otvoy for the trade . 00tind to the Ellie and Weser, so• sodu,as a ccient number of vessels shall have arrived at the Noterand 'to thine to do so, evi Ey eleven days, until further orders. 1 am, sir, Asc. W. CitOKER." TO John Dutton, Esq." Extract of a letter from, Berlin, dated March 5.—" The Term- of Russ! and the King of PRUSSIA bad an inter won the 2 , 2 d February, on the &outlets of Silesia. This was entered by the Russians yesterday. Frankfort on the (et. has suriendered by capitulation. Saxony is placed un • Russian Administration, because the KING had not re d to a letter written by the EMPEROR.". J lOJ'I SCIALS. t the Horsham Assiies, Wednesday, Simon Johnson, a Corporal lie 68th Foot, was tapitally Convicted of stabbing in a wainon and ital manner, John Dyer, ilie.Ladlord of a public house at Busham, is his bayonet. Richard.Satmders was indicted lot aiding and as. ing Colonel P. L. Mollenhet.k , and M a j or G. Holsman, Dutch , ,sone.s of war, to escape from their parole. They were stationed Reading, and the prisoner, Saunders, had fotnieo lived at Battl?, his county, t . r.om whence he had rtinoved to Reading. In January Holsman beit ' in Lote.hm, by permisAt nof i . Saunders, whont recognised ;he then otkred him to aid insellania Colonel Mollenbeek to escapz ; the half to be paid in radon, and the other halt upon their arrival cn the Continent. This ititkrs agreed to do, raid met them by appointment in a post-chaise, ;. which he conveye d them to a title Inn, calf d the Fortune of Wm, ar Robertsbridge. The landlord of the hettsc , however,' suspecting ley were prisoners of war, gave notice to a oe:glibeurive NiLgistrate, I they were apprchendut ut bid at his house.—Major 11-olsman, to gave evidence, was indignant at a cross•examination by the Corn. in Set jemt, and muttered, •• You would not thus addre ss , me in nher place." To which the Common Serjeant replied, " No Gen .:man would . answci a man U•ho had briiken his parole of honour."—. he Jury found the prisoner guilty, and the Learned Judge sentenced ni to be t•ansported for ti e. At the Devon As,ittes, an:roc; others capitally convicted, was Tho. as Luscombe, for the wilful murder of Sarah Ford ; also (on his wn confession) with the w•;flul minecrof Margaret Huxtable,a.ehild at years ski ; he was sentenced tc be executed on the New Drop, his - body delivered to the surgeons for dissection. MURDEII.-011 Sunday morning the wife of Stephen Jourdan, a tbourrr, residing in Wmeheap-street, nesr Canterbury. was taken the Kent aod Canterbury Hospital, with a womul inflicted in t-lower part of the n, anti died apparently in consequence thereof, within an hour aftei her admission. Snspieion having Olen on her husband, he was Apprehended, and examined bet Ore a Magistrate awl ordered Li) I.ept in custody, until the decision of a Coroner's Inquest, and which atter examining witnesses, &c. for eight hours, was s 'verdict of Wilthl Murder against the linsband. The man and his IA irc hitd quarrelled in the night. and from what could be coliveted . from hey, s:•1' by implication. charged him with hiving given her the wow! echit h occasioned her death. Jourdan was fully committt•d for Ft ial at the next As:l7.es. Extract of a kthir frifill th, Match 23 :—" This morning between t.. 1 Ove and our o'elocli, the town, of Plymouth and Dock ss ere alaynied by the fire-hell filthy Dock•yard, and the the bell of Plymouth Gudahal4 ringing the alarm of rice ; pt eseutly the drums 'RECaTrfill. ,eO7 of the garrison heat to arras, and'all the treops:niare • hed towards Dock..lt ivas sant discovered that it was' the tDilptaSKl4,(hnlk) an tire tiom stem to stern in Hamoaze. She inkrtit fri;fierctly* that it was foam] necessary to rut loose front her the SO* JIM, 110, pert of whose rilging was on bilard 'the Captain. It was also necessary, as the engines eould 'not play from the jetties to any advantage. to put some carromales and• long I‘2•poinider 'field-pieces into launches and surround her, then by firing into her between wind and water, to sink her ; being nearly. consumed, she soon sunk, pre. videntially without doing any other damage. The Queen Charlotte, 110, and several other men of war were near her, but dropped down the harbour, out of reach of her line of fire. We are happy to state no lives were lost, and only three of the San Josef's cabals destrdyed. It was a fortnnate business that the weather was mild and no wind up, and it is rather remarkable in the issue of events. that the San Josef was the•ship that the late lamented Nelson board. ed and took possession of on the glorious 1.1 th of February, 1797, when Commander of the Captain." A letter tn nn of ‘Vedii4day, says:—•` On Monday all the rabble of 'Lit city M. ent nut to meet their t Ineepear, as they style him, Hunt. About two o'clot khe was net at Totterdown-hill, and escorted to our Exchange in baronche and six, eith a band of n risk. and about half a dozen purple streamers and flags. From the old ap prop jute place, one of the brava pedestals, facing the Exchange, lie harangued the mob for an hour in very inflammatory language. He then prnceeded through the principal streets at the city, following the same saute us Alembers do when chaired, dined with his friends„ arid. to the surpri‘e and satisfaction of the city, the evening concluded peaceably. Last night, however, about nine o'clock, as few of his partizans passed over the iron railing .in Portland-square, where s statue of nor good old King had been erected two years ago, and. throwing :trope over the neck, pulled it to the grouted, and broke it to pieces. The fall occasioned an alarming. noise, and drew the inha bitants instantly to the doors. Only one of the miscreants was se cured, amidst the confusion of the Sethe ; who was taken to Bride %cll." Three young men, of genteel .appeacatere. entered the Methodist Chapel, in Belmont-row, Birmingham. - 4in . Ttresday night, and there infamously and wantonly defaced the Bible, tore down the chandeliers, and curumitted every species of mischief in their power ; they took away a bassoon, with which they had broken the windows. • Tire same eight, the Jews' Synagogue, and tan other chapels in the town, were served in a similar manner. A few•weeks since, some undicines person forced down'the throat of a horse belonging to ..t he Bairrive . Carrier to Bury; a quantity of pieces. of glass, tin, lead, pins, nails, &c: which occasioned his death last week.— It is !rapt d the harburous perpetrator will not elude pi ii as a handsome reward era offered for the discovery ut the -solo:- man offender. IlIlIllllIll"IIII''' , AtAll t ie %‘a to hal / / lan an d ti to be tcrs (' jEsTI Nvitict PAR I to 1 )C! A hope' 'lout nit.); El , ing i. 14 I ' . ratt y Oat I a col sit (niiti I ' Y. mi n • ilea . , . s . city Ode f .i t „ l 4ier pile< At In ti: brut, %vitt sistii prim at R I' in tl last, Met Min Lon in ‘1 11 - 411 they and , - wit' mot an . ) tlen Al Tll4 bin A I'n a' v w ten ati.l I 1 , I lab to tilt I • thf * ` 3 ` 'r ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES. At the Theatre; at Copenhagen, on the 10th of February, soave persons, pletending that they smelt fire, gave an alatun wisest the au dience resind to the different somitories to escape, and before the. mi , take could. be rectified, 16 persons were trod to death. Wednesolay, :1..6c-internal' of respectable appearance, took a boat at Vauxhall, and ordered the boatman to row to London Bridge. «hen the bo it arrived near Westminster Bridge, the Gentleman suddenly started op, and before the boatman, whft observed the action, could prevent hire, threw himself overboard. He immediately sunk, and not withstanding an immediate alarm being given, the body was not taken up till near ten minutes had expired. it was conveyed to a pul:lic finoe in the neighbtfurhoci ; and after the means rt coin mended by the Humans Society, as proper to he adopted in the case of drowned persons, had been persevered in for two bows, suspended ariiinatien was restored. MosT DA nts:a OurnAn Sunday evening last, as the Rev.. Mr. Wilcox WIIS preaching at Ely Chapel, Holborn, a person named William Pond, forcA his way through the crowd into the Chapel, with his hat on ; he was requested to poll rt off, when he exclaimed with an oath, tirit he would not ; he then gave a loud hem, w hich induced Mr. Wilcox to look round, and seeing this a fit ripportunity of assaulting that respectaWe Clergyman, he first threw a book, which struck Ins I tee, and then two clews. The uproar ehich ensued may be easily conceived. Ile waA, however, see'ired, and exiltitined tut Wednesday morning at ILitton-garden, when it appeared he was in rare. Strict orders %vete by the Magistrate , that he should be properly taken care of. Apprehensions for the shivty of VI r. Wile x were enlertainrd.byth: e,nl::re4ittioo, hut he r e ceived au lua t tr ial lm jury, neither Ivere aq accidents lic.nd 4t. w