The National Register. — London, England, 1813-08-29 00:00:00

TliF NATIONAL AUaLTSIT 99. cit.oaeieriie that c-rp... Eagiisli lost 91)00 men. The Loss of the Fiend' is estimated at '2' , 00. Ar t " th e t wo assaults which the English made on the town of San Seta..,tian, and in hotti which they were repulst.d, amt left the hit-Aches and (Welles with their dead, they remained very quiet on the .6th, but on the V7th, pe . ceiving the progress made by the Duke of Dalmatia, they made ..); - eparatiens for raisin(' the siege, and traosported toeir artillery lute the harbour, in order to put it en board their ips. The brave soldiers of the garrisott of San Sebastian, who had re pulsed troll %%ids so much vigour, sallied out hetore day-light, with r the c‘ymitriol Litit.-Col. Lape, commander of the mountain ya ger, anti cut down *Ally thing the fomiti in the trenches. comitcd tic•Ati bo , nes, anti 3 - -'2 prisoners, among 40.1itiii: vet re 30 oftit err. It is belie sett that the Duke of Dalmatia will limo; chtered ittoria on the 31st ofJstly or Ist of August. We may, therefore estimate, that since our re-commencing offensive °yen' Coos, the loss ttf the E tsltsll. Portuguese, and Spaidsli army amounts to tn,.)00 men, 11111 'Nhicii are Bor 9000 English. Another letter from that comely contains as follow Th e Doke of Aliaitei a evacuated Valericta on th.e :its July, leaving gar -ohs in the citadel and Ittrt of Sagentum. He pa-sed the Ebro at Tortosa and a erivcd a t m i :Tagona, where he had the good fortune of fold io t‘itii a composed of one-ronrth English, and the other three-fourths Spa:dai ifs %chum he put to flight. He • made 1.-oo• prisoners. took ad their cannon, and killed and wounded a great mitotic'. of their men. " Gm. Graham, the second in command of the English army, is dead of his womals. " In the actions which took place on the fl4th, 'Vitt), and 16th, the Englitth and Sp odardsh td covered the different hills over which the French army had to puss with entrenchments ; all these works were carried bt assault. " columns of the Basqlies, which had joined the French army, ant) gone round a mountain, did the enemy great damage. The Eng lish were in full flight on ad •=ith heat! quarters of the Duke of Dalmatia are e‘pected at Vittoria." PROVINCIAL ASSIZES, 4c. WARWICK. John Britain was indicted for the murder of his wife. On the trial of this unhappy man, the principal evidence against him his own son, who un the sight of his father, was scarcely able to sastain the shock. His countenance betrayed his horror at the li:dant part he was called on to act ; nor were his feelings confined to himself : Jud,4es, Council, Jury, and spectators, were alike affected at the scene. After some time had been allowed the w itness to recover himself, the Jn:lge iSir S. lA' Blanc) told him that the task was, indeed, a painful one; but that it was a duty be owed to his God, his country, and the memory of his deceased mother, to state to the Court such circumstances of the murder of his deceased parent as wk re within his knowledge reeolleeting that his father haul broken the chains that bind society together. After repeated encouragement from the Counsel, lie proceeded in his testimony with but little interruption, and in the course of it stated the follow ing facts:— . The witness was sleeping, on the morning of the btli of April, in the tame room with his father, mother, and a younger brother; about sis o'clock, on being suddenly disturbed by a noise that proceeded from that part of the room were his parents slept, he rose and went to the spot, and there foninl his &tiler standiw , in a threatening attitude over the bed in which his mother lay. " 'On examining the bed, he found his mother ‘veltering in her blood, wick flowed from a wound she had received from a bar of iron which his father held in his hand. The prisoner was again in the act of raising Ids hand to strike the deceased, when witness milted up to him, and wrested the bar from his atop, exclaiming at the same time," 0, my dear father, have merry!" and in his endeavonr: to obtain the murderous weapon, received a violent blow on ore o' his arnm. On his father oscoming cooler, witness went again to his mother and saw that she was much bruised about the head and face, her blood flowing very fast ; her speech was gone, and she appeared to he in extreme agony. lie wiped the Wood from her face with some water, and his father in a short tune came to the bell and assisted him. Witness left the room to call fur the assistance of sonic neiglibomra, and then proceeded in search of onedical aid. The witness further stated, that he had often been disturbed in his reit during the last six or seven months pievious to the morder, by his father's singular behaviour; as for instance, by his getting out of bed at :light, going down stairs, and misplacing the furniture, and by tue sf Wimp exiiressions. He ‘itas convinced that hi, father TA' 611 lakoured, at time , , under mental derangement, Ina nothing had oceurredyf that description Mitliku a month previons to the murder. Some other evidence, in corroboration of the facts anive stated, was gone through, vrlit tr, the prisoner was called upon t'or his defence. ite accordine'y uttered a long arid uneonnectt.d addresi, partaking more of a soliloquy than of any thing else Hescesued to rely on his insanity at the time the fatal deed was coliimitted, and on the act being involuntary and unpremeditated; The Learned Jndge, in stowing up, stated to the iiry, they had to confine them , elves to the qiiestion, whether the prkiiiee• was sane at the time of committing the tired, the tact, of the Iceeased having met her death at his hands bcin4 intlitputalift% The Jury in ten nintats returned their verdict--Guilty.. YORK. Joseph Fourniss anal George Wilkinson, otherwise George Chew, were charged with burglarionsly entering the dwellihg house of George Holroyd, of Clifton, and stealing therefrom a quaetity of bacon, butter, and eggs, on the f.Oth of April last. George Holroyd, a clothier, who resides at Hartshead, stated, that he was disturbed in the night of Friday, the :loth of April, awl awoke from his sleep about one o'clock in the moron:};; the first object he saw was a person standing at the heti-head, with a shovel in his hand, who waved it over him in a nu naring attitude, anti threatened to take away his life ifhe did nut deliver up al the money 1w had This person he stated to be the prisoner Foul niss ; witness almost immediately alter, saw another man; witness replied they might take all he had, if they would only spare his life. He said they thea demanded a candle, and that he directed theta allure to tin(' one, which whit n found. they lighted at the fire. They then demanded his gun, anti witness told them where to fiat! it. Fourniss also got the gun, and demanded of the witness why it Was cocked ? Witness told him it was only on the halfscoek. Fonrniss then came again to his bedsside, and drew a tabloskitife front his 'metal, and said., it' he del not teti him were his notes were, he would certainly take his life. He assured them that he had no money worth their notice, but they might search were they would. and take what they would, if' they would only spare his life. rourniss said, money they wanted, and money they must have, anti asked hint were his breeches were. IVitness told them they were laid upon a chair by the bed side, but there was only witywnee in the ~ockcts, which was all the money he had ; he did not bee them take it out, but in the mo.ning lie found that it was gone, and he was sure that it was in his pocket when he went to bed ; after that, Fourniss agaia• threatened to kill him with a knife ; they bath eaate to his bed-head, anti Founds., said that as he would not into, to them were his money was they w• add kill him; witness Vice requested time for prayer. Wilkittsan said to Fourness," let him pray," and the • witness prayed a few minutes whilst the pilsoners stood over him, when he had done praying, Wilkinson seemed to t•eiviit, for when the other Aaitl,"lle nib not show us where the money we must kill him!" Wilkinson said, No Iwe will not kill him." Fourniss thea went into the. cellar, leaving Wilkinson to shim! over him with the knite. Wilkinson told the witness .he need not tie afl..id bat might lte down and sleep, ter lie should not be hurt if he mild help it. When Fourniss . came out of the ceder, he went into a heck place where his loom was. Witness said, that when they were standing over hin, flirt atenieg to take lite, he told them it' they would spare his lite, he would eet them a new mites from his ;laughter, anti lay them in a hole at the hone end fur them, which they might fetch away the -following night. Withess said, they remained in the house about all hour, and took away nine or ten pounds of bacon, a quantity of butter, and about fen ty eggs: they took the key of his door, and went out of the back window, which was the way they entered his house. The Jury retired for abort (ma' as, hour, and on their return intq Court found the pr;soners— Guilty, but reeomutentleti Wilkiasiin to mercy, on account of the compassion he had shove. :=_.._ COUNTV OF DOWN ASSIZES. MOCK PARSON. DOWN! , tTRICK. AVG 17.--Michael Mllvena was indicted for represeiiting himself as a Clerzymao of the Eqablislied Church, mil also as a Pari , h Priest ; atnd for s‘iltidly and feloni , in , ly cciOnati%t; marriage, he beit;g a Lyman ; anti al?ro in, another count, for asyiii,t -i ng in the seduction of Mary Hair. Mary Ilair sworn.---Lives as servant to Mr. John Knox, Drumaiusekan, Hear Dromore ; went to keep lag Chri .dr with her father and mother at lia!linahinrii; on her re' day, she :net one Christopher Jeiming.; on the road, with was formerly Requainteti, who took her Into t ptiVic house Itc r, and pi ;tp , )..t d marriage to List, as he haikoften done ' A•tmas-tigy loin, !flex:. I Wilms) slit or to trt3t Wore, ta