The National Register. — London, England, 1808-09-26 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 612 liberty. The enormous sum of 60.000 piasties in silver, ;4000 ounces of gold, a large quantity of phoe, and other aluat:e3, stolen in the town of Cordova and other places, have been from him here, nod lodged in the treasury of this cit-. '1 he people ": , •re of opinion that a prisoner of war had no oc clsion . so much wealth. V e 'into. A re,. 31.—Baron Strogonoff, Ambassador from It tisia to our Court, set out yesterday for Lisbon. It is not certainly known m hat is the °eject of his journey, but it is sup hosed to have some relation to the Russian squadron lying there. Eery thhig her- is perfectly tranquil. The recruits are con tinually exercising, espeei :11y titose why are immediately to set out for the arm. A Rerwards we shall have leisure to train those w ho are to remain brie in gar. ison. r...ter' ID, SEPT. 3.—The troops who compose the Division of !ieueral I.lamar left us yesterday ; they seem to direct their ....arch to eria. This day we expert Gen rag Copigoi, with his troops, who were in Toledo, and are to march from hence next Thursday, with the Division of Gen Lapina. The two latter Divisions consist of 17,000 men, and the first of 6000. The army of Arragnis which marchen from Saragossa in pur suit of the French, and onshcd on rs Far as Tudela, has been obliged to make s 'retrograde movement to Burga, because the army which mar iced fi um Bur t os to attack the above corps on the right 11:: iik ~c I' bro. anio . riled to 18,000 men. V no Mart t uis de Castelar, who is to cotn•• , .o.' the Ca di..n is expected here. Don Cuesta goes to A..drid, having been elec.. ! a Member of the Centmi Junta.; Dol. Castasios k directing his march by Finnasierna and smite of his troops are this day expected at Aranda. GIJON, Snrr. 15.—Letters front Oviedo state, the French, after collecting the chief oar of the.: force from Navarre and Bisca , , to :he amount of 30,000 men, had suddenly 'tide an irreptiou into Arragoti, with the view of getting possession of Sarago • ; when they were within seven leagues of the rity, the' cceived such iiitell4;enee as inducea them to retreat, and their head-quarters ^re now at Miraodaer Ebro, in Navarre. Fetal - ow had If: :lei. hack to Burjo, hearing that the enemy had advanced with a force greatly superior. A letter from Madrid states, that 10,001 :yailiards were on their march to Saragossa. It is probable, 0.1 the receipt of this intelligence, the French fell h . k. Blake is supposed lobe by this time at Burgos : the last accounts let aim at Re nasa. Castanos has resigned the col:an:nal of the t:astilian army, and is succeeded by tbe Marquis of astelar. The former is chosen Deputy to the central Junta at Madrid for the Province of Old Castile. CA RTH A GEN A, AVG. !O.—Yesterday a merchant vessel at rived here in eight days from Palermo, the Captain of which asserts, that the French are precipitately evacuating Naples, the whole kingdom being in a state of insurrection against the French, in consequence of having learned with certainty the occurrences in Spain, and the victories gained by the Spaniards. Me adds, that va lien he can't• away, the EuAlish were embark ing in all the vessels in that port, troops, arms, ammunition, and provisions for Naples. V ICH, AUG. 18.—The city of Gerona has suffered a second time a blockade of more than twenty days, but the result has been as fortunate, or more so, as the former, since the enemy abandoned precipitately the field of battle, leaving behind them a gnat quantity of artillery, muskets, and ammunition. They divided themselves into two columns, one of which took the direction to Figueras, and the other to Barcelona. In the night between the 13th and 14th they threw into the city more than 400 bombs and grenades, which did great dainage to several edifices, particularly to the church of the Capuchins, that of the Dominicans, and the house of the Conde de Sul terra, where the Junta holds its sittings. SEPTEMBER 26. farms in tam neignbourbood, and at t se mur of twelve'-cluck were attacked by a number of men in al ins, dr; see-' w:th shim and head-bands to conceal their faces ; they were eutrrin tea by a man in coloured clothes, who da-ingl: , without An. ca d . real/nem, seemed to direct all their peaceedings- —lacy first or dered Mr. f;rarly and i'ts I alute.or, to on't the ho i s diately; notwithstanding their quickly d.)ing so, this fellow ordered his party t.o fire and pursue., but pruvidentiallv know the country well, they Atided their sanguinary pursuers, who frequently took short cuts, and fired to prevett, their e'cape. The secone. plrtv were not so fortunate; the. ~err alga( kw; in the Mallle ui'nr.ei ; one unfirtunate man was ti -et wound( dby a ball iu the arm, w icarcely etfee I, M ,rat a se :mid shot perforat , J his neck and got not a! his mown, o f wh.rh he inst.tittly expired, and with :mottle r .11-f%tei valuator, whom they also slot through tle bud ,-. Not sati4-cl wt oellectingtheirbluudvpurpose, t heir itif”. ill us leader di reeled sick of the party a., reserved their fire to dischte.ge their pi e , es MI the °belies of these unfortnetate victims. P. Griffin, Lsq. ofsha nagolden, htunanely sent a car and men to take the hud;es charge, and had tome, interred ; they were Tiddler' in .1 moot horrid way from the many shots they received. M Lindsay, of Tarbert, hat pened to code ny at the time I •.3, ate., io,is score was performiug, and has deellred before the coroner, tiro these villains were about 13 it. umber. amid tiled off into on , of the adjacent fields after Pi.: minder, where they performed the manure exercise with military preeisi.n. Taatnr., Seer. 13.—Tuesnav night last, the Hon. ant; Pa.,. Frederick :elullens, and Sir W. iiutlfre; , Bart. acco• :p;;;iie,t by a party of the Milltown yeutuatirv, proceeded it. the Cro , . of Coo!bane, in consequence of ha% Mg reef.. .1 •• - i'ormitoo.l there was to have been a neeetiog of 'V tote Boys 'here on thot nignt, and apprehended a man of tne name of Jame- n't.ll, Of Lisstnacsinnane, in the Paris' of Kil:or.lin; on his a; ,. prehension ackuowleclau that he be.lsaarn w as .t White by a Capt. Col vane; •Lt atomded their met lia r . fur some nights previous, and that Clio. Culvane lived at ruhrid, at the-top of Meanus. On receiving this information, t St. p - rty proceeded to Culvane's, whom they succeeded in apprehend Out Kelly expressed the greatest reluctance in being soul u.ud with him, adding, that if it %vas disco‘ (Ted ezat he save any in formation against Culvane, he would not he left a cow or Intl before morning. Kelly was fully committed by a warraat Irma the Rev. W. Godfrey. The harvest is nearly closed throughout Ireland WeA ther, for the last fortnight, has proved ti,„.lly tine, mil the grain, which is abundant, has been secured in fine order. SCOT!. IND. - -....D...-- On Saturday, the 17th inst. about half past eight o'clock in the evening, a smart shock of an earthquake was felt at ( ukt nock, near A and the neighbouriu,c plhces. At Leachills it was so distinct and violent, that the inhabitants were very inn.7ll alarmed. A loud rumbling noise was heard resembling thunder, and the shock appeared to strike upwards from a great depth in the earth : several persons were nearl}• thrown down, :11 , 1 great numbers of people left their houses in the utmort env:ter nation. In the course of about fifty mi►,utes after the tirq shock, no less than thirty different lesser noises were heard: the progress of the first seemed to be towards the North-west, hut afterwards more to the Eastward, during which no damage whatsoever was done. It PM A ItK [mu OCCURREVCr.—Mr. Maul French, wine merchant, Leith, being shooting upon the lards of Coloiwi Col in - mike, in the parish of Craw tOrdjohn, and county of 1.;:1ar,.. his pointer dog having stopped Fhort, and making a remarkable noi,e, attracted his attention, and going up to the spot, 14%0 ;14011101CA to see a large adder in the act of swallowing a lark : being half erected in the air he fired at it, and after blowMF: head entirely off, it measured no less than :b inches in length. IRELAND. Donr.tti, SEPT. 17.—Thursday, the Solicitor-Gene ra l l e f t Tralci, for this town, att en d e d by two dragoons. Ilefore his departure, ne understand that he and the lfommrable .f udge 1)a, (both of whom m e t th ere i n t h e i r pr i vate capacities), had a confen,,ace respecting the melancholy state of that country. through which disaffection is every day extending. These per sonages, as we are informed, :treed to represent to Government the great necessity that exists of very considerably augmenting the military force of the said county. LIMERICK ? SErr. 13.—0 n Saturday last, a most shocking qurder was perpetrated on the lands of Ilstltihahitl , near Shatut golden, in this county : sotne proctors and farmers met on that day to ascertain the value of tytlies they bad ten 4d3 . -**4llllCiagvitille,- --"'" 7 PROS I\ CIA LS. The cafe of Lord Porcheiter'lt Merino Ryland flock took place on 'ltterely 134 near Dulverton, though !Alt few par chaser% attended, they went off at the following hii;ll pricc9:•- - 59 Full-mouthed Merino Ryland Ewci, in five 106 4 . 1: . 30 0 0 fetched. 5 55 Four tooth ditto 60 Nlvritio Ryland Shearling• 1.. t% es 9 \Llino tt 4 i, k g, rrf the ptir,:1)1044... 166 17 1791 ,; : IL , I 0 (. 1 .. or--•• Id _ Aaa iii f I I ~i ~~~ .1I