The National Register. — London, England, 1823-04-14 00:00:00

_ AJTOMMII .., 120 volt T.ONDDN, MONDAY, Amu. 14 Three o'clock, p. w. The first bulletin from the French army, an• ntruncing the comaiNacement of hostilities, is a pre cious slier:inlet' of empty boasting. A pert of the ieraud army has already shed blood, and bravely dispersed about 130 French, Italian, and Pied snontese refugees, who hod displayed the tri-eoluurcd sockude, and endeavoured to induee the French troops to desert: Victory crowned the first effort of the urroy,..ated and behold, we are told in the communication room Major-General Guilleminot, that eight men were killed and four were wounded. What an exploit ! The plan of the Duke of An gouleme, whose talents as a General no person dare doubt, is, to divide hie antis , into three 'columns — one to mask or to.beeiege St. Sebastian, the second to proceed to Pampeltina, am/ the third to take the rood dires:t road to Madrid. This will ociceeion. a •Sliunion of thef revel' forces at the eery commence-. spent of the war, And it, will scot, a pepeffile, from . the nature of the country, tuikeipArAssontasuaica eion between the three .dixisione,. which wili expose. them to great difficulties, even if there is only a .4=ll opposing force to obstruct their march. The ../commender in Chief seems determined to avoid every thing like . an imitation of Buonateirte, as .4{ , lch would be a. condescension to wined the Illus. eriout Legitimate would not deign to stoop.—The •Prencb Journals are evidentle filled with palpable .exaggerations and mis-statements, and we despair of receiving gay authent4e intelligence now from the „peninsula, except by the way of ‘ Corunna. Governmerd has at length, -in compliance with the wish,of the merchants, made some arrangements for meMtaining a regular communication with Spain by sea, now that the passage through !ranee is in irrupted. The Lisbon peeking are to leave letpers at Vigo, and call on . their return, fir those phieli may be in readiness for transmissien to s England.— I n the outward voyage, this plan .may answer; but it has not occurred to thevrojectors how Much time must constantly be lust in beating up the coast to Vigo on the return. The Lisbon packets have liitle.cliance of effecting the passage home in time, but by standing to the westward and getting out of currents of the Bay of Biscay. There have been) lrequent instances where vessels have attempted I to touch et.A'igo on l'ee return from Lisbon, of wive than two moutbs being lust en the voyage. filly not estahlah a distinct line of packets for tl? north ot Spain? A letter from Semlin, elated March 31'4, states, that a terrible conflagration has ravage; Constanti nople and its suburbs., 'lurks arrVd at Semlia. report, that the number of housed destroyed is be . t.ween 30 and 40,000, and that, the two great este bliiihments of the cannon-r ‘ oundery and marine arsenal, at Tersana and Taphana, are consumed. Letters from Havunn alt of the 20th of February state, that advices treat Vera Crux of the 3d had been received by v;sii of Tampico, auponecimr r' , that On the precedin; day a conveptiun was signed be tween the leteciers of the Imperialist and Republican troops for ,:.carrying into effect the declarations of Igusla:',,nd Cordova, and for establishing the form , uf g".4niment best adapted to the country. This ly,peceding, it is supposed, at once puts an end .to ithe short-lived power of the new ,Emperor Iturbide. A clause is introduced into the.conveni ion, however, for securing him against perantalmoleetation. Some letterteruentron his having taken the determination' to retire to a private station, IMPORTANT NEYrs.—The brig Hawke,' Captain''' . Jsitui Rue, alter a footage of 30 days tram Barba dulls, arrived at C,rk the sth inst. from which she Image intelligence that a few days before she left there a French spy boat from Martinique had been tbacerned a' there, expressly come tar the purpose or recouneitering the strength of the British force on aid station. Communications beving been made te,Commodore ,Qwen, he instantly despatched the 'crag to Martinique, where she found at anchor nine French ships of war, who expected to be joined directly by three French frigates of the first class. Ti.it forusidable expedition is supposed to be for the Wand of Cuba. A Poirtheistl Paper says, that as soon as the • Easter holidays are over, practical steps will be • 'liken to .invite : and to rem an extensive union of the landed interest, essel to convene meetings of the sande to mike into cosplderation the condition of the tif i ricultural and It ge property at this important Betz. . . ..^ • Y• . , - i , 1 .. ~~ , i ~~ ~• " • I • 1) N., .. :.,._ EM mil Nl= 0 NAIIONAL itimitTrit MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. r• SAIVRVAY, APRIL 12.—" Two gentlemen named Lucas, who reside in Otturd-street, were indicted for no sunk upon John Pryor, the t of • Mr. Steel, who reides near the defen dants, and between whom and the defendants there has been a misunderstanding for some time. It appeared on the part of the prouention, that there was • gateway down whibb lay the &tallies of the4dainliff and defied dents, and that some disputes had.arisen rehttiae to the right of way ; that the prosecutor in passing slung was suddenly attacked by both the defendants, who tore the clothe* from his bark and b. at him. For the defence it was stated, that Pryor bad trespassed upon the premises of the defendants, and that they had merely col lared him to put hint in charge of the watch, who was called by them for the purpose. The Jury found them—Guilty, and the/ were sentenced to pay a line of 101. W A :7WICK ASSIZES. William Astbary, a yoneg alas of genteel appearance, wed .25 y cur, Mary, his wife, aged 27, and•flilarat mother, aged 16 sears, were plated at thu bar, charged .with feloniously forging and gotraterfeiting the win of this realm. The facts were clearly prayed in evidesei as far as regarded the man, but not the women. His Lordship they sinnited op the evidence, and expressed great doubt whether the evidence sufficiently affircted the fe males t o wirrau!the Jun=tur.ningsicdffilidiciseamy against them; but lett 4.0 them in rray r iteinuirs ionald be soy doubt of Anthory'e guilt. The Jury, in five ninnies, proatinseed W. Asthery,Ocßty, and the females both not Ga.lty, but reamismended the firmer to mercy, on armored erf his previous geed aharacter. •His,Lordship prooseded "cress simians of death epos the nonviot, the women. having.beire takes by his orders from the ,dock. His Lordship osiatt that led was the extent to which the eefortnnete Twists welsod waried ea the practice of coining , base money, that oliffmer he should mosey to the Crown the I nientemendatioe of tbs. try, yet the prisoner could not lope for 'lsere,. and he advised hire to prepare for the worst. ,4*o MILDER AND lijleCriwsl . SOONER Y.—Charles Thomas Seymour, (relative to the Marquis of Hertroid) a young man, elegantly attired in black, 2$ years of age, was placed at the bar, charged on, cn indictment with basing, on the night of the nth of August last, stopped one John Devil, on . the King's highway, in the parish of Aston, neer Birmingham, with feloniogaty shootiag him with a pistol, intending to reorder him, and with 'dealing from his pertain Its. fee. The trial of this ynotig gentleman", excited hi ails and the oeighboarlug comities. the greatest ietereat, and the Court was • 'weeded at an early boar." - • Mr. Common SergesoYDeorate slated that Ls was oottnitsl Ibr tut prisoner, and Ire believed he was insane and incapable of pleading.to the ~,Xdietment. MG Clark, tbertierk of the arraigns, read over 00 indictment, sad nailed limn the wormed to plead. The Judge also called • op to him 1 0Plsod, WI he reansined male. !The Jos; was impanelled to decide if be wee capable of plead jag, or if be was,suute through lbe visitation of Lod. Doctor Lew/rd sworn-4 bare r:isited lb. prisoner almost daily since JAnnary the Ifith ; I base been with him an hone together, aid I have bad a full opponenity of forming a corned opinion ciao the state of his mind. lam .decidedlg.coevinced that he's issue his lingerer' .is tooolaerost, tad elm cannot underridand what is said to Wu. 1 SO convinced that he is an. able. to know the nature of the indictment ; or to plead to it.— 'Nuts is somettiia4 vary particular about hie eyes, they are di. 'oiled, and it is likely he has water on the braio. His poise has :bees as high as 160. 1 dorsal believe he will ever recover from his present seelenelluly sitastioa. The Jury instantly prommaced him mote by the visitation of God. .'Phi l o used ,Judge osinuirined him under the statute to•side custody during his Majesty's pleasure. -•!-• . . Od the 31st of March last, John Townsend, the pedestrian, set nut to walk non' Coventry to Warn ick. . and return the 5.1:15t day, being 66 miles, whnli he WAS to walk within sixteen hour , each day, for sis successive days, being in the whole 396 miles, which he 'performed in the presence of thousaials, having 6iiished his labo• tidos task oil the sth of Ainal A baud DI music ' ushered hint into town. In the evening he walked round the stage ttf the Coventry theatre 70 and hill tins s, Isola a mile, in e-ght ininittes and five seconds. Berhshi-e Easier Sosians.—Chose sessions wese held at Newbury, on Tuesday lost.--•Seteral 'Jerson. were con: ,acted of petty offences, and sentenced accordingly...- John Becket' -vas Convicted mom two indictments ; tile one for all assault, with intent to cut ;;;;; it a rape, upon his niece, a child of urnr years of ag' 1 cud :the other for a similar offence upon Sarah Sherman, a child of clef en years of •tge. 'rise horrid delimit'• tit was sell fenced to three years hard labour, and, to 6titi surety in 501. for erten years. Malheur Stroud, fur assaulting Vliaibeth Pal tridge, at Wasutsgt...tu be coif 1W 12 ttttt us, all fined Is. Meadfra Accidoei..-4)o the 2d inst. as swo men in the employ of )dr. litook, brewer, at (..)id 13rentford, were returning home with a dray, laden chiefly with empty casks, übont rllll o'clock is, the evening, one of them took It's staipm amongst the casks at the I)..cit of the dray, and the other got up sideways upon 411 e hack of the middle home, winch started at the light nl a window ou Turnhout (Intel', and he fell off; the wheel turnoff then:llp of his head,so that a third part of his scull' appeared, anti the other side fractured, nutty' thstandina ' which, the pour fellow (who was rettiored to St. tit-urges Hospital) lingered untifTuesday last, when he expired. He hiss lett a wile and lime children to lament his fuses An thrplett WAS held on the body on Wednesday at Our' Turf I ais, Grosvenor-place, •Ati the Jury's verdict Waa l ' —" A cci , tental l)• th.—lleoluid Is. AN AOTIVE ScousrLatOSTta.-. , rooming la the German Pe• tlagogie Magagine, vol. iii page 407, died lately hi Spain, A av b a alaaaaler, who, fur lit years, had superintended a large institution with old-fashioned ity. From sn ge (erred by memo d recorded observations, one of the ushers had calculated that, in the ocsrse of his exertions, Ise bad gives 911.500 earrings, 124,000 floggings, 209,100 <restudy' 130.009 tips with the ruler. end 22,100 tasks to gm bo o b r it was further caloulaled that be made 700 trays fetid r 600 kpeel on a sharp edge of wood, 6000 we the (dot' , and 170 hold the rod. flow vast the quamity of hr" j 4 0;,;t, ;4 1 sr a Magi° perverse edunator. • ~.~ . • BIRTHS. • ,/ • Ir jimellaglere, the lady of E. L. Ogle esq. of a daughter. a or I. Fitttroyeqporo. the lady of M. Forbes, irsq. of a daughter. lice lady Wel Nle. J. Iloby, of standard street. of 4 kw. ' • *t IlailySibitylklase, to the coital, of Cork, tie lady of Moja? Clayloa, of a amt. MARRIED. At et. Pawnee nevi ellepeals.the der. L. T. Rieharda. A.M. Venom of Calms C:olletle.Ustrord, to Laura, eldest 'Weeder of Wm: Page, seq. of titer lay squirm. , • As the SUMP plebe, Mr. !nods kl`Carthy. to Mies buena* Nowise. of Lies endoo At Cheiteaham, George. one of W. Naugle. esq. of ACllkaldfy, is the county of Meally to Lacy Mary, only daughter of the law cold sister 10 itw presencitir Henry Joseph Tichboroe, of Ttehbocue house, llamprhire, bawl. AI lotteridge, howls, J. L. Fad Outing, esq. solleAtor, [taboo to Elisabeth Auue, eldest deefider of Jas. Eneur. esq. ol Tat lodge. Mr. E. thirds, of Lambeth. to Awl*, Aden daughter of Mr. Wilk Dagen ,ul bridge street, bleckblars. At Si. James's, Piccadilly, Mr. C.• Shackleton, of Poised street. and Chia'chord. Kest, elder daughter of tate Mr. 'flu•s: kubio.ou, of Fleet street. VIED. At bis.lather's house in Air Meek Pleeadilly, Au the 21.1 year of his age, Mr. William Drury Peacock. At besuld, Westuturelautt, Jobs Joao, esq. of Goldsmith street. Obesquide. Ist *Aiudoorterrace. City rood, Usk youngest daughter of Ike late Mr. I. Walker, ut the Stocks..,ockley, Wel cesterelds e.. At Iluattou, Devon. ',eats, F. La Metal ter, esq. formerly his Majesty's woes! at Deere de brace. At his Lures at Mises, pursue —limes Stearns, esq. la Nlbnut welt. bionswick agleam, Mts. Eltsabeth Culvert. aged G 7, relict et J. Calvert, es.i. formerly ti Q:.: never -••• •• At his house in Chudsultursirmq. aged". LONDON MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, MaxuaT, Arno. 14. The importations of Oats last week Vert considerable, but 1111 they arrived early in the week, they mere got off without any reduction in priae, aft: this morning fully main.ain our last quotations. The same will apply to Wheat, which, although not very brisk in sale, is without alteration. • Barley, however. can be scarcely quoted so high as on Monday last, the extrema price not exceeding 36a. In aU other grain the .price is without 1....%t Of 4:14A1N FOB Tr "ter Iteasure of Eight Bush 1 MONDAY. WI:UN:Ian. A. S. , C. S. Old Wheal s6 a Ili 34 a 4.1 New lied Wheat 46 a 60 46 u 64 New While de 1 52 a 51 52 a 453 Itye li..rley .... Pule Molt 52 a 60 52 a 60 Feed Oats BreaurPolnuddo. 1 21 a ::7 1 23 a Y 7 New Tick Beaus . I 26 a 3 50 1 1.6 a 30 Old ditto .. I 26 a 32 1 26 a 32 New Pigeon dale 211 u 34 28 a 34 Roiling ['ease Grey Pease Knurl...l.d periusl 241. 14, 26‘ I 24/. a ila/. CUltick.Nl l'er K latch, t. 1Y F.lE:l1 .le. 4'11.1U . 4 Yr 36 a 48 a 3 34 a 38 24 a $ll SO a *7 51 a GO 21 a VS 23 a n 26 a 31) 1G a 34 28 a .14 32 a 40 98 a 33 241. *t 22 AVt.I(AGI•.YKIK.EOpLtntN , quarter, 01 the 1 . ttr. • ot Maritime thatricts of ENGLAND and WALES, fur tt • Week eudiug Apill Atli, extracted from Satuitleo a Gazette. Wheat... 40s ad Harley... 351 i id II Beaus .....l0• $1 Rye aft 0 , 1 i Oats..." VI , ill! Pew' *I _ PRICE OF FLOUR, Rae &tel. of I'ix• littaitolx, ur 1004 M, • Mobtlay. a. a. Aluuday. a. a. Fine•Enjlish.Fltfur 4 aAO Norfolis &Suffolk . 35 a4O Seconds ditto .... 40 a 4 Weat Country 40 a 44 BREAM. 04d. to 7 . . the Ottartera Loot. - - !MOWN -Olt MUSCOVADO SUOA !t. • Average Price front the Returns wade in the Week ending Woduesdtke lest. Sas; tiid. per cwt. exclusive of duty. PRICE OF TAL NICE UM FAT, per &tune at Wis. .OW, SOAP, Arc. M. d. Towu Tallow Knaaiu do. Condit., .0 0 White do. U U' Melted Moll doto•••. Grams b U Gaud Deep • b 0 Curd Soap Mottled Yellow do, 14 0 _ .. d. Whittclaspel Market 1 4 Jawss's Market Chloe Ma'am 0 0 4 ii Average 9 4 Price of CAN itLgs—Muillds, 112. bd. ANION OF HOPS, Pardols. € r. € s. Farnham... 0 0 a t 0 I dent busses 2 2 a I$ Erowt Yearlings 1.41 1, * e a. '. .r r : 0 a 4 lu ›,..„ I Is a V I I IV a It 4 .. u U a 0 U 81417 . 1 MARKET. foitaw•ir, Arail. 14.-44Ajoseguencesof the supply being shoet . chte day, omit J 4010pCjad considerably, and Mutton bus been i n sood lluoapi, Al jib edvence tired. I:er stone above Fri. Prloak,-breat and Verrcupvort the auvsnce of that day. and Lamb Pjpy berwOod full 10d. per atone above F'riday's statement, relit kale $404 demand, at the pelage of law market day. n 100.141i10 'onset stotement of the prices and numbers at itrei.r F: of NEAT. exclusive of the ()dal, which consists 01 kittatljfriott ails mud .1 - .1 tile, awl is worth *bust. Id, per ponoill.--Rer alone of bibs. • -111 ,1 11 1 av• eutose. Beef is 8,1 to Si 6tl Beet 3 , b t 11/ 4. 60 4lisill o P4a 2d to Os p 4 Mottos. A. zd to 4. 10 Loom. 86 6d to Os Id Lamb 4, (Li w LI ' vat is thi to Os 6J Vest 4s 01 to 6, 61 PoHrykutlXCaBtita.tto 4 1111111 7 kt 6 1. 1 r I Pork Js bd itnAir4. O rk.l: i 111341 ti t? „ • • . • 1 6,1 3 0 Jtatep 0 ISO l'i;s 0;e11 l2O C.IIII,MII. . . . la* Hiy Clover • Straw tiAl-Nl‘oh A 3 0 Q iv t 4 4 0 - - • A $0 o id j 4 11l 0 • • - • kt i 0 0 t , 414 0 LONDON: Printed sad PlP:disked by She Proprirtor, JOUN TWIGG, at As Op., 7U, nee -Strut, whsi f ail LOW. Si t !editor, (pat it be addressed. gIALERs' pe► do. ...-r t . I. a ;t ,_.