The National Register. — London, England, 1823-03-31 00:00:00

Ivr Their pq►ers confirmed the suspicions of a eonspi racy, which had been for some time e►tertained. It embraces many officers of the Army of Spain, some of whom would have been near the person _of his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. Two of the Aides•de.Cursp of General Guilleminot are im plicated in the plot. I have heard (though it does not rest on the same authority) that Gen. Guille minot himself; who is chief of the Duke d'Angon kme's staff, and who, from his high military cha racter, was appointed the Mentor of the Prince, is likewise implicated. The Minister of War will proceed post-haste to the army, and order the arrest of the conspirators in person. Promptitude and de cision in such a ease are necessary to success. I have not as yet been able to collect the necessary details either with respect to the extent of the con spiracy, or the object of the conspirators. ft of course was intended to effect a change of dynasty by means of a military ievolt, but in whose favour,. or by whose co-operation, I. as yet know nothing."' BAYONNE, MilltiCit 20.—The Marshal Duke of Reggio arrived in this city yesterday, to take the command of the first corps of the army. M. Sicard, the Intendant General, is also arrived. The move ment of the troops continues, and all go to take up cantonments on the frontiers, as they arrive.. Of the two battalions of infantry of the Guard, one liar gone into cantonments in the Bauline of Bay. onne,,and the other, which is to do duty about the Duke of Angouleme, remains in the city. It is im possible to form an idea of the immense quantities of provisions which are preparing, and of the large sums of money that are daily employed; and yet it is with difficulty that forage is procured at 13ay onne and in the environs. '1 he want of this article is much more sensibly felt in the three provinces of Biscay ; and it is impossible that Navarre, though fertile, should long support 18,000 or 20,000 horses, which there will be with this army. On Friday last the Police arrested, in the Bourg la-Reine, the Bourdeaux Diligence, in which were several military men going towards the South, with false passports, and under false names. Gen. Piat is named amongst the officers who have been arrest ed. Many reports on this subject are in circulation in Paris, which the future only will explain. It is said that a great number of papers, trunks, &c. which were fitrwarded by the Diligence, have been sealed up. It is difficult to believe that these pro ceedings of the Police have not been provoked by important indications. It will not be long before the intentions of these travellers, who were so soli citous to conceal their names and.their jenieney, will be discovered. Seville, to which King Ferdinand and the Go vernment are to remove from Madrid, is the most extensive and beautiful city in Spain. It is the capital of Andalusia, and famous for its University. It bears the title of the Royal City. The Metropo- ' litan Church and the Palace, called the Alcacar, are considered incomparable works. Travellers admire the town-hall, the bank, and the aqueduct, which brings water into the city. They have 120 hospitals and public institutions, It is a common saying in Spain, that " he who has not. seen Seville has seen no wonders." Among a great number of illustrious men this city has produced, we find Miguel Cetvantes, and Diego N'alasques. It stands on an extensive plain, abounding in all that is ne cessary for the comfort and pleasures of life. The beautiful Gua-del quivir runs near the city, which is about eighteen leagues from the sea. It is foe: leagues West of Grenada, 73 East by South from Lisbon, and 85 South by East from Matlrit; LINCOLN REFORM. MEIT/Nia.....PUMUSIM to a requisition, the High Sheriff of Lincoln appointed a meeting of the County to be holden on Wednes day last, at Lincoln Castle—at 1 . 2 o'clock the High Sheriff opened the business, and a very rational pe tition to the House of Commons for reform, was proposed by Sir Robert Heron, and seconded by Sir J. 'lhorold—Major Cartwright then proposed one of his annual parliament and universal sufliage circular nostrams, embodied in a petition as atlanaundment, which was negatived by a great tnaffrity and the original petition agreed to. Thanks were voted to the High Sheriff and the meeting was dissolved. .1 public meeting of the traders and others of Westminster will be held in the ensuing month, for the purpose of taking into consideration the present Insolvent Debtors' Act, and to petition the Legisla ture against it. Mr. Hobhouse, on being applied to, consented to preside at the meeting. KINGSTON, JAMAICA, Fes B.—The death war. rant fur the execution of the pirates included ten in number, who were, about an hour before dawn of day yesterday morning, tnken from the gaol, under a guard of soldiers from the 50th regiment and the City Guard. The whole of the ten having been placed on the scaffold, and the ropes suspended, the drop was let dont'. Nendie being a heavy man, broke the rope, and fell to the ground alive, but was again suspended: he was for a long perked convulsed, and died hard. THE NATII ISTER LOSS OP THE ALERT PACKET. 1 - 10LYHIAD, MARCH O.—This mo.-titiat 10 a.m. the Alert, Morgan, Liverpool packet, limo Dublin in Liverpool, struck on the 'Nest Mouse• Rock near the Skerrie's Light House, and it► half an hour afterwards went down ; the Captain and crew, excepting boy and the steward were saved. Fruits 11l to 14 of the pas. tenger, were also saved ; about 130 perished I Boats from this place have picked up and lauded 26 of the dead bodies. (ANOSUCR ACCOUNT.) Nile have received the following melancholy intelli gence by a gentleOlan *no arrived in the Holyhead mail. He states he kft Dolslin on Wednesday morning, and sailed with Captain Skinner from Howth, at about eight o'clock, and reached the pier at Holyhead at about three in the afternoon. On landing he learned that a vessel had foundered about len miles from the Head, but no vestige of the wreck was visible. Boats were sent not in all directions ; when at about five o'clock, he was sent for to Spencer's hotel, to never he would go down to the beach to see if he could recognise the remains of any of the tinfortimaie sufferers whose bodies had beets picked tip. The bodies or about twenty.fiNle persons, principally females, were landed from the several boats, and were stretched out in dilTerent parla of a field near the water side- . . . . The 'mist awful and melancholy spectacle here pre sented itself tithe view. Mother. with their infants at their heart*. exhibited the last dying efforts to cling to life ; but, alas, they clasped nothing but) the itotoceut infant, who, with its frantic mother, so suddenly, and •n soon were immerged in a watery grave. Citilthen of the ages of two, three, and four years were found near females of between twenty and thirty years of age, pre sumed to be their mothers. The countenances oldie men whom he saw exhibited a strong contrast to the placidity which pervaded those of the laces of the infants, who, of course,.were uncon scious of the anticipated deaths which the adults mo mentarily expected. The only body which had the appearance of a gentle man, and which had been picked up protons to the de p inure or the mail-coach from Holyhead, was that of a Major Kelly, at-least so the papers which were fumed in his pocket led the custom-house officers to conclude was the gentleman's ?tame ; but although our informant was acquainted with a Major Kelly, who had been on the stalf,of Gen. Egerton. he could nos lake upon- himself to identify the corpse of the figure he saw, which certaisly, in point of- personal• appeararice, bore ait g resem blance tea that gentleman. Colonel a gentleman who knew him well, and who cause over in the same packet with our informant, expressed his opinion very strongly as to the identity of Major Kelly; but the fact is, the countenance was so completely distorted, that it was impossible to trace the resemblance of the features. There can be tio doubt that the body picked up was that of a gentleman, for that part of the drens he had on (heing.all but his hat, boots, stud coat) ascertained that point. Upwards of two hundred pounds was found in his pockets, which is safe, it isbeheved, in the hands of the Custom-house officer, together with the letters and documentsthat were found on his person. Our in formant, immediately after viewing as much of the ap palling scene, just described, as he could bear to look 111)016, endeavoured to find out some of the survivors, who It appeats were onlyeweaty-sinous of one hundred and sixty 11. He saw one, who described •hinnelf to be the only cabin passenger who-hail been saved.. He hail scarcely recovered front tile effects of having being in the wales nearly two hours.. and his answers to the few questions put did not give such NH information as could be de— sired. He stated his name to be M'Kenzie—that he had lately arrived (coin souse port of Scotland, and. sly beeit a few days in Dublin. Ile appeared lobe co ted with some mercantile house, and it is believed hid been accustomed to a seafaring life. He sarikliai he bad been in his birth at about 10 o'clock on the mooing of Wed nesday, when it being a dead calm, with • strong current tide fluwittg, the vessel drifted on • rock called Mount Rock, near the Skerries, about ten mtless from Holy. head. As far as he could learn the monient the vessel struck the Captain ordetednut the boat to endeavour to tow her off. A sufficient number of the erew, with, it is believed; a few passengers wholot IMO the boat, entleat roared to tow her out to sea, and all hands were• ap plied to the I p. Although at so early an boor as ten o'clock tio signals of distress were observed; at least no relief was afforded. The steam-packet which left Holy head at eight.o'elock in hie nurtning, unfortunately for the unhappy sufferers, roust have pasted her by upwards of an hour before the accident occurred ;.and certainly no kind ofanistattee was afforded until it walk tau late. About an hour titer. the vessel struck the sunk. The death-deallog confusion which ensit.al may easily be imagined by tione who witnessed the spectacle, which our informatit —an eye-witness of the tragic scene, has attempted to delineate. The Captain, it seems, reached the boat, which was, however, too full to take min ; and he clouts to lice side and reached the nearest land. The cabin passenger, of whom every enquiry was made, could only answer for liiinself, that he had been nearly two hours in the water, having clung to a crate, which our informant saw. It is believed that three other persons endeavoured to save themselves in the salute way; but the crate could scarcely topport one, and that one was saved. itiatl.coach horn having summoned the passen gers away, they could heart DU further pilniClll.lri Ulllll it readied Bangor Ferry, when the boatman Mitigated tnem that the Captain (Morgan). had collie round by land, and had just crotsed the ferry on his way lo Liver pool ; he hail given little or no iliformation of the accident. Ol the wife/fol., the men appeared, fruin their dress, to he of the lower order. The ICits.tirs and children were all decetilly taut! comfortably clad. The former are supposed to be the wives of soldiers and tradatr-si. • • . , 101 - UNION-HALL COMIIIITAL OF Two DESIIIIIATIC HIOUWAYMILL—. On Saturday mo • g the street in front of this °Mee, the justice-roma, mid the avenues leading to it, were crowded beyond description in consegwence of the final examine ion iseph Hooper and Charles Hounie,tlse two daring highwaymen ...mot desperate eaploits have for some time been the terror of the county of Surrey. The prisonerm are bulk young men, and were very re-* spectably attired in black. Hoo v er is tall mid genteel, apparently about 12 years of age I and his cumpanion w Bonnie, is of short stature, about the same age The first witnessithat wee examined was a youth named' Henry Marsh, a bout 17 years old, yr Imitated. that between nine and tell o'cleeck on the night of AVethiesday last, a+ was walking with a lady along Paradise-street, Maar pond, iglien lie was attacked by the prisoner, Hooper,. who seised hint by the collar with his left hand, and with his right presented a pistol at• his head, threatening bins with laastsnt death it lie made the least resistance or delay in surrendering what property lie had about him. Tha' lady wits tarriMy Maimed and shrieked out violently—a a struggle took place betweew him and the prisoner, who' was now reii.:urced by smother ruffian, who was also armed with a pistol. Witness encountered them both, ac• well as lie was able, with • small stick lie had in his hand, and Id* assailants, finding they were likely to be detected, by the continued shrieking► of the lady, both fled—flee prisoner Hooper making towards Itotherhithe church.— Witness pursued him, calling "stop thiel,"—and ill the course of the pursuit the prisoner returned, and crammed his fist into his (x%ituirses) mouth, to prevent his calling out. Hie they hail another struggle, and some persons• coming up, lie again wink off, followed by • crowd, and. Ifs petrels; who at length succeeded in running him down, being quite exhairded. lie was with greet thigh molly settired r and when lie was tallest ha had • loaded pistol -in each-hand—he was handeuffi.t. and • marled to the wateli-houve. Here tho waters* we sortie produced, and Mr. Fester identified the sawn stolen from bir, mil the whole of the ap. peudeges. . . A French periodical work announces that a large quantity ufhealing plaister, for the use of the Duke d'Angouleme, lei been forwarded to his Royal Highness at Toulouse, by the chymist of his house. hold ! Mr. Jekia Elvin, a pupil at one of the Borough hospi- - tale, stated, that the same night, about eight o'clock, he accumpanied a friend of his to his home 111 Sutton-street, Mass-pool, for the purpose of genius' • case of surgical instrimeents. On going into the pinhole, some fellow Col- . lowed to the dour r but turned back said ran awav r iii a few noinnterafter lie and his Wend left the house, and line scarce got to blaze-pond, when they were attacked by three fellows e who presented pistols at them, and swore' . that if they did not instaiitly deliver up their thonerther would blow their brains out. Witness was very mach: alarmed, and gave up • saleable double.ease silver watch, a ;gold chain, Pa ("gold seals, and U. ITs. lid. in cash.— His friend hoppetsed to have no property with him. All three of the tubber* thew raw till; and lie was almost pail• tire the prisoner Bonnie - was the man who attacked 'hem, He could not speak to the person of Hooper. William Penny, watch-home-keeper, meted, that as his was conducting the prisoner, Hamper, in a coach to this office, he requested p 'asion to call at No. 19, Webb , ' street, Berinondsey ; witness acereded to his request and stopped there, wheu out came the pt leather. Bemis, who gave l t liooper some money and wished bins luck. Hall, she chief officer, said that, in consequeure of in formation lie received, lie went to Nu. 19, Webb.street r foe the purpose of apprehending Buniairoa hew, au genitors: .• into lisintondsey-street, lac serf him such his wile, wlru was carrying a atuall handle; witness enquired where they were going, and was told to hlaldstune ; lie took both hue custody, and in seasehiug the bundle he fawn' it con tained five watchcase', appeudiges; -clue of them was a gold repeater, with • chased dial plate, manufactured by Grimaldi, in the Strand; there were al.o • number of loose gold seals, blether with chalets, keys, rings, and other trinkets. -Aries be had *sensed the premiers, and Mao the plunder, lie proceeded to Reuele's lodgings, at thshuuse •of a man mined Hometown, in Webb-es/eel, and, in going into the room occupied by Bowie, be f I, ea the tester of the bedstead, a paper containing powdrs, another coma' g ball, and 1 implements eon- - meted with fire-arms, such as a amok{ to cast the bullets, screws, am On searching the cual•hule, be fonnd under ' the coals Iwo brace of loaded pistols, quite new, and a Creekiews's lantern. He conveyed the whole Of the articles to the office. Here the watches, &c. were pm duced on the table. Mr. Jekin Elvin claimed the one that had been stolen from him, as before stated, amongst these found on the wife of the prisoner Bonnie. Mr. Reinhold Thomas Forster, naval eterebeeper.at hie Ma jesty's Doek-yard, Woolwich, stated, that or the matting of Mondsy last, between seven and eight o'clock, be was going from Woolwich to Grevuwich ; when ea Blackheath, sear Myrtle.place, be was stopped by three men—one se:sed his by the collar, and the other two stood before bin, and each presented pistols at bit head, and demanded bin to give op his property. Oin of the uses tore from his fobirock .11 a gold French bunting watch, to which was attached a steel chair. flee ancient gold rings, one gold seal and a key. Witness then gave hint-his purse norstaiaing nine sovereigns. They then stripped off his great coat, and snatching bin- umbrella out of his 1141144 and made elf toward* Lendon, desiiing wit. neva to proceed the contrary road, or be should UMW with his life.. Mr . .. Robert Johnson. No. 20, Lower Cherry-Cordes-Main, Rotherbithe, basket-maker, stated that un•the evening of Sun day, between seven and eight o'clock, be was returniog fruits Peckham across the fields. When in the lane lading into the Kent Rued, he was stopped by three men, who presented pistols at bum, and swore, if be did not stand end deliver, they would shout him through his heed. lie gave them his silver watch, to which were attached three gold *mils and a' key, together WWI 10s. in silver—they then desired him to return to Rocklin.", for tbe pistol was rocked and they would fire ; they then made their' esespe , the prisoner liunper was the man who first seised him,. and to the best of his belief, the • prisoner Bonnie was.one of the others. Tim watch and seals new produced are his property. . • The prisoners declined sayin g any thing in their defence, and they were fully committed. 1 ..»~;.+ r. .‘,