The National Register. — London, England, 1811-02-10 00:00:00

9) seize again their property under some frivolous pretences. Dutch Papers to the 26th. ult. have arrived in town. They state the important fact of the Swedish Government having demanded of Denmark the re stitution of all the ships taken during the last war, and indemnification f)r those condemned since that epoch. This may be considered as BUONAIARTE 2 S first step towards carrying his projects against Den mark into execution ; and we are much mistaken if that country be permitted to continue many months longer an. independent State. The reinforcements embarked and embarking will make Lord WEnumrroN's army 47,000 British, besides the regular Portuguese army under Mar shal BERESIO:*.D, and 9000 Spaniards, now com pletely clothed and armed. Not only have the sea men and marines been formed into brigades under Navy Officers on shore, but a brigade is making from the sailors in the transports on the Tagus. he whole of this grand combined force, Spanish, Portuguese, and British, is under the command of - .Marshal General Lord WELLINGTON. The whole cf the Grand Army is stated in the last letters which e have seen, to be remarkably healthy—the whole sick in 'hospital not exceeding 4000. it is certain that the PRINCE REGENT will not go in pe soon to open the Parliament—and the reason is, that his Royal Highness thinks that any shew of pageantry or State during the continuance of his Father's illness would be indecorous. The Parlia :Tient will be opened by Commission, and, we believe, on Tuesday next. Friday, the Demurrer, in the case of Sir FRANCIS DETT and the SPFA KER of the House of Corn- Ino . as, came on to be argued. Mr. HOLROYD, for tlw plaintiff occupied the attention of the Court for five hours ; a report of which will be seen in another part of our Paper.—The further discussion is post poned to next Term. The Earl of LAUDERDALE :and Lord KINNAIRD were present.—The Court was crowded at an early hour. THE NATION MJSCELL4NIE S. The following anecdote. extrac!ed from an American paper, is a pretty accurate connterpart of la kle , and l'ariav : " .-ioine few months ago, a black woman, named Clarinda Nraw, belonging to New London, in Connecticut, but originally of the West Indies, where she has two children living, both free, and one of them possessed of considerable property, advertised in the Columbian for a passage to . I•lontserrat. After a while Ole found an English brig bound to Antigua, the Captain of which a.ngaged to give her :a pa sage for her services in cooking and waiting upon him and the INtssengers, and she put her things on board, and embarked accordingly. We are now informed, 'that the Captain, on his arrival hi the West Indies, sold Ciariada as a Slate!" During the /ate embarkations of the 61 . 4-non horses, at the Dock-yard, Plymouth, two of them were found so completely ungovernable as to frustrate all endeavours to sling them, and they 'were, in eousequence, sent back to their barracks ; hut on 'Thursday last, a singular, occurrence happened during the em barkation of the 11th ..tragoorts--a tine spirited horse had baffled Oil the 'efforts of the dragGons, &c. to, sling him, and became so lingteirentable as to render-It . dangerbus to apprcacli him ' - how ever, a 411.,r, \vith characteristic indiffer;:nee to danger, dragged the animal to :he Jetty Head, and proceeded to put the slings under his belly, hut he Anon received a severe kick on his fore heud, which laid it ripen, and the horse got loose and dashed off, v. lien to the astonishment of tbebratanders, he wheeled round, and returned, to tbe.sailor,, who lay .at his full length, near the jetty:, - orier,ind with his right fdre fOotptishcci hiM off the jetty into the sea beneath. 'flit safNr, `though nearly stunned, swam to spure, In: Anted the jetty ) scizzd the a•ainul, and s wet and L REGI§TkR. bleeding as he was, finally succeeded in slinging and sending hiss on board. A correspondent states, that by the following simple process the most unkindly working barley may be brought to make good nialt.—His method is to dry all barley intended for malt on the kiln, so that all the moisture it may have imbibed in the field be fore housed or stacked, may be evaporated, and this (he observ ed) may be done at a trifling expence, if the barley is put on the kiln as soon as the last working comes off. His reasons far this are : " that it often happens from dampness," and not being equally dry, that one third of the clevels never come to malt after being taken from the cistern, as they will not work equal in the couch or floor, which requires them to be turned„ in or. der, by giving air, to check the forward clevels ; the doing this, however, chills the backward clevels, so that the back spear or shoot, which is essentially necessary to constitute malt, never comes forward; and only by the mode above stated, can such barley be converted into real malt. The Lords of the Admiralty have directed Admiral Otway to distribute SOW. amongst those who so meritoriously exerted themselves in preserving the crews of the Nymph and Pallas frigates, lately wrecked on the coast near Dunbar. In the night between the 24th - Ind 25th ult. Parma experienc ed a very severe shock of an earthquake. Several persons, going from the midnight mass, were thrown down in the streets. In Genois•street all the chimnies tumbled down, and several houses sustained considerable damage. Every thing seems to indicate that the city formed the central point of the commotion ; and in other parts of the department no mischief of any consequence had been done. The latter end of last week two old swans, and four of last Spring, were stolen from the Serpentine River. Information of the robbery being given, that active officer LIMBERICK, of Bow street, apprehended a man with a bag containing two skins of swam. He acknowledged he had four more skins at his lodg jags, stating he had bought the whole of them at Leadenhall market. They were skinned like a rabit, bit not in such a com plete manner as if done by a poulterer. The skins are valued from four guineas to five, for making muffs. He underwent an examination on Monday night last, and is remanded for to morrow. HORR/D Mtioneit.--Frorn an American Paper..--Jacob Baclgley, a stone-mason of New-York, lately committed three horrid murders ; being under the influence of intoxication and insanity, he went into a house in Hester-street, and struck Mrs. Eleanor Jackson on the head with a hammer; he then made a stroke at Catharine Mitchell, but Mrs. Jackson falling dead be tween the witness and Badgley, he missed his aim, and then turned upon Elizabeth Jackson, mother-in-law to Eleanor, and brought her to the floor with a single blow on the bead. It seems that he then took a razor, cut his own throat with it, and laid it un the mantle piece. Physicians were immediately cal led, and attempted to save the two last, but on examining the cut of Badgley, the blood started afresh, and he soon expired. Eli zabeth Jackson is still living, several pieces of the skull having been extracted ? land scarcely a hope of her recovery remains.— The floor of the little room in which this dreadful work was executed ran with blood, and the Coroner's Inquest could not enter it without drenching their shoes in it. The spectacle was shocking almost beyond description. FIR .—Friday night about seven o'clock, a destructive fire happened at the Printing-Office of Mr. iarnard, in Skinner street. It was occasioned by an accident in the press-room, where a great number of sheets were hanging. Some of the paper having taken fire, the men at work immediately endea voured to extinguish the flames, but their exertions were una vailing; the blaze spread with astonishing rapidity, and it was with great difficulty they escaped from the room. In a short space of time the upper part of the house was envelloped in names, and a conflagration more luminous has seldom occurred in the metropolis. The engines soon arrived, but the house be ing in a confined situation up a long narrow passage, it was some tithe before water* could be thrown to produce any effect. The whole extent of the printing-office continued burning until all was destroyed. The adjoining houses of Mr. Chappel, pork butcher, and the gunsmith's have suffered some injury,but the greatest damage is done backwards, towards Snowhill. DIED. On the 6th ult. at Leeds, in Yorkshire, Mr. Richard Walborn, aged 27 years ; a young matt much respected by his friends and numerous acquaintances. The poor huge lost a kind and faith ful friend, he was truly an honest and uptight man. 1 1 / 4 4r.1r. Bland, attorney, of tletratk, on Saturc.ay s'e'nnight, in consequence of drinking some liquor at the Hotel there, which had been given hint as port wine.. coconer's . Verdict, Di:A bp pois9n.-The passengers by the Ilighllyer stage coaCk had nearly shared a similar fate, the lame -eonnEosition having been tendered them as wine, but on tasting it, rejected it. .