The National Register. — London, England, 1811-10-20 00:00:00

NATIONAL REGISTFR. of war, Alarmed at that irruption, the• Servians trembled for • the -safety of their capital, whilst ACEXANDER, unwilling to resign the prize of for mer triumphs, resolved, we are told, to display the whole force of his empire to keep these territorial acquisitions, and ordered reinforce ments to the amount, of .50,000 men to be sent to the Danube. Had his armies been in the flourishing state in which they are repre sented by political writers, he would of .course have directed some portion of his regular troops to repair to Moldavia and regain the advantages that had been lost ; but when instead of these we find .• that he is compelled to . have recourse to a fresh levy -of men in the Ukraine and other distant parts of his dominions, we must, however_ reluctantly, acknow ledgelhe falsehood of these representations which arm hiiiwith numbers, immense, indeed, on paper, but trifling in the field. The grand Ain of malcing one spacious street in continuation of Portland-place, in a straight line (taking down Foley-house) through Mortimer, Margaret, and Swallow-streets, to Pall mall, opposite Carlton-house, it is said, is to be carriedinto .execution early in the next pring. On the 3d inst. a Court Martial was held at Yaxley Barracks on a Serjeant of the West York Militia, for shooting a Freech prisoner., The Frenchman, it seems, had secreted himself under the raiiing4if the prison, with a view, as the Serjeant believed, of effectinglis escape at a convenient season ; and he (the Ser. jeant), upon observing him, went to a sentry-box, took a musket from a Corporal there, levelled at the prisoner, and shot him through the heart.—le Court acquitted the Serjeant of cri minality. Tuesday se'nnight, on the arrival of the Lady Frances packet, C:,tain Rutter, in Harwich harbour, from Gottenburgh, Mr. niggle, the tide surveyor, going on board as usual, discovered a quantity of tea and spirits concealed, in consequence of which he felt it his duty to seize the vessel. While in the act of exa . mining the state room, the Captain and Master of the packet being also below deck, an alarm was given that the boat was putting off with nine merrin.her, who had been concerned in the smuggling (and who had no doubt anticipated that they would be turned over to a man of war, as is usual in such cages for the !ante). The Captain immediately ran upon deck, and threaten ed, unless the men instantly returned, to shoot some of them. No attention being paid to his threats, he ordered his musket to be brought from his private cabin, and firing into the boat, one man, named John Farr, was killed, and another wounded in the cheek. The Captain immediately reloaded his piece, which was, however , taken from him by Mr. Haggis, and discharged into the air. A Coroner's Jury has since been held on the body of the deceased, who have brought in their verdict—Wiyul Murder. The following singular circumstance occurred yesterday sen night :—A couple were married at a Church at the West end of the town, for the third time; the first time they were not of age;.-the second. time, the licence was filled up wi:h a wrong name, Mirth rendered it necessary for them to have another, and go through the ceremony again. Cooke has entered into another engagement with the Ma nagers'of the New York Theatre'for right weeks. The Theatre opened for the season on the 2d of September, on which day his engagement commenced. He was expected to take his de, parture for 'England in November, and may consequently be expected in this country in January. The Branch Bank of the United States, at Charlestown, has been robbed by means of false keys, to the amount of 140,000 dollars in specie, and eleven hews of gold of the value of tett thousand dollars each, were also carried oft trt the robbers. A thief named Donnelly, while under exa,rphaation in Dublin, Tuesday se'nnight,for a street robbery, suddenly darted through the window, glass, and sash, and alighted oh hts feet in the street, and instantly fled. He was however . retaken, and committed for trial, but grievously wounded. in his'attempt to escape. An elderly Lady, of Tower Hill, Horsham, named Finley, was unfortunately burnt to death s on Monday sennighti through her clothes catching fire. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, OCT. 4.—On the 27th ult. the Emperor visited Flush ing; he was very much satisfied with the immense works which the engineers have executed there. Fort Montebello is mounted with 80 pieces of cannon, and has a casemated redoubt. The sea-front of Flushing is defended with 100 36-pounders, and 60 12-inch mortars. Great improve ments have been made in the rear of Flushing; sluices have been formed which will produce an inundation 0f.150 foists; good covered ways, good glacises, and three crowned works rest upon Forts St. Hilaire and Montebello, and place the fortresses out of the reach of bombardment. Fort St. flilaire, mounted with 50 cannon, is connected with Fort Rameskins by interme diate forts. Fort Rameskins is covered by a crowned work, which also is protected by inundations; dikes divided, and again united by dams of mason-work ' galleries of mines wrought to the distance of 60 wises in the dikes, so as to blow them tip should it be necessary ; such is a sketch of the immense works constructed at Flushing within these two years. h is true that the land fortifications alone have cost, during that time, about nine milliotis. Already the powder-magazines, the magazines for provisions, and the arsenal, are rendered bomb-proof. Theca works have placed Flushing in the rank of fortresses of the first order. The sea-works have also been considerable. AlI the quays of the basin which the English wished to destroy have been re paired. The mines by which the enemy endeavoured to blow up the sluice were so ill-directed, that they did not completely effect their object. The sluice will be refitted this year; and 30 ships of the line, completely equipped, will be able to enter the basin, which was not the case before. The general magazine, which the English blew up, has been re-built, and rendered b nub proof. On the 28th his Majesty went to Middleburg and Terveere. He ordered new works for increasing the fortifications of Ter veere, which it is important should be made a good fortress. On the 29th, at live in the morning, the Emperor repaired to Terneuse, to visit the works of the basin which is there con structing, and which 40 ships of the live will be able to enter as well at low as at high water. There are 60 feet of water at the foot of the dikes of Terneuse, and this important point rests up on the roads of Terneuse and Baerland. After examining the works of the basin. he went up the Scheldt in his boat to Batz, where lie arrived at seven in the evening. He visited the works which are constructing there for securing the passage of the branch of Berg-op-zoom, of which fort Batz is only a redoubt. He then went on board his yacht, and at one in the morning arrived at Antwerp, well satisfied with the progress of all the works, with the good state of his, squadrons, both in point of their crews and equipment, and with the rapidity of their nuinceuvres. "~ !-~ *~. SPANISH PAPERS. DFCRFIE OF THE CORTF.S. The General and Extraordinary Cortes,taking intoconsidera tion the urgent wants of the country, and the necessity of pro viding by all possible means for the clothing and subsistence of the armies which defend it ; and considering that exemptions from the military service for fines, the produce of which enters the military chests of the respective armies, may contribute in part towards such indispensible services—decree, that exemp tions from military service be granted, under the following regulations: 1. Exemptions shall only be granted after the lot has fallen epon the individuals, and before they set nu - to join their regi ments; without the townships being obliged to replace those who are exempted for money. ' 2. These exemptions shall Nit' for three years; after which, the individuals shall be again subject to enlistment. • L Exemptions *shall be granted for the sum of 15,000 reels in 'specie. 4. They shall not exceed the number of thirty for every 1000 liable to service; and those shall be preferred who first make payment of the money. SO U2ll AIifERICA. rifltier or A LETTER rIIOSS LAGUJRA, DATED AUGUST I. "A t the different gates leading to the city of Caraccas, are the heath of the traitors, stuck up on.poles, and, underneath written, 6 this man has died tor befog 'a traitor to his country.' Two men were hung yesterday; th y were cendemoed by the Patriotic Sudety; Unit crimes "were not made public. The time for ` ~ ~ r a ..... ~. - •.:,._