The National Register. — London, England, 1812-06-28 00:00:00

~-. 09S According to the recent letters from Paris. the late successes of the allied arms in the Peninsula were low it in Frillier. The officers servile , in Spein had. in their letters, co nveyed the most gloomy repre s'ent-ttlelt of itfr They complain of the harassing marches to which the troops ale subject, the half rations to which they are frequently Ttlilleed. and the comiterai letzerd and alarm in which the enterprisiii rsoirit of the Guerllas keep :hens. They fireless the utmost devotion to the sei vice, but complain there is eo prop et of their sutlerinese heing terminated. Fuel oaf's are granted only on the grits iti of ill health, aeo they must he attested by three sweeties Severed orders 4d the day hail !wen tratismit ed from Via, m, pirpurtiug to he issued t ree Iteatl wea ters, tid annouitcuig the ill, u ednee ke eee e teet o f th e peeieers herd, tele so. aI. Ctift 1 sT „ ,► f. fr,in a Heston Pore) . of 5.)—A • caese has been tried et Philadetpiita. in which the Kane of epein eas peeled. and David Pie isle Esq.th feedenr, for 11t.1.000 dollars. for ditties on a licensed Italie. The subject involved the question, Who n the Kele of Spain ? The cane ceopied I h days, and the July were three days in agreeing, to a verdict. t he Moe of Spain ea% cafe; ie Court the e times. pro/Mena, und uv mse answering in his behelf, the plaintiff' was netemi , ed. All the letters frem the country mentien the activity occasioned in the several departments of our menulactures, by the expects:4i suspen sine or abroeation of the Oilier. in Grimed. Those teen Liverpool aieicipate, tit t in less than tett days 10 000 tons of shipping will he ledt-n for the United States. There are ab me', jean esStIS at that port, which will priibably Le stipplied whit rat zoos C omposed itf the pt o d ace Urals!, i n dustry. unit m sty of wii ch had received their bellast to cross the Atlantic without ,ilecchandizt , . Several Grand trobses of the Leeion of Ho, our in Frniuce have tet n lately handed :demi in our fashionable C 11.• CN ; the cold boll in the centre is a striking resemblauce et liuonaparte, but the xv, tkmanehip altoe:her is badly eseenied. The line of telegiaphs betweesa the Admit:illy and Yarnto It arc to he forth. esent sliscentinued. Gut Fetes') Misstows.—ln consequence of the war, the usual intercourse between 'kennel k and her cobv.ies in (ireenlanil, has been much ititercepted. The Moravians or Cu'reti Brethren have thiee unary settlements, containine 18 NI :tries, who, as well as the colonists', have been in great dietress tot .0 ant of provisions for two or three year; past. The last letters loin the Alissionai it's, dated Aeeust 8, 1811, mention, that iii souse of the celonies they have been nesiserd to the necessity of supoerting life by eating small he:rings, muscles, anti even sea gr Our Government, in order to l ebece them, his just new permitted a Daeish vessel to carry out provisions. The vessel (tile Freyden) has arrived at Leith, anti fs new ellippin: provisions and other necussa ics fur the Missionaries. The ezttanelinary will of Mr. Wilkinson. the late wealthy iron master, in South %Vales, is new under the adjudicature of the .ledges, an Seeleants' Inn, its %hilt case many difficulties arise ri•spectmg the resideery legatees ; fur, alter specially begiteathine between three and jour linntind thousand pounds to 1w t persons, he dace s that the re rnaieder of his property. fleas Iv as much mote, shalrga to his illegitimate elspring, Without mentioning either their names or their Illsaaesicil amemit ; to when', therefore, and it; what portions this vest sum shall be decreed, is the question now pressiug for determi.•ation, the Chan cellor lusvime declared himselt incompetent to decide it. It is name;[ enouoi, iu -etch a case, that merest begotten claimants in plenty should have sprung up to prove their illegitimate affinity to so Wealthy a testator. Barnet Ilexes will begin the list July. Ills Grace of St. Albans, Steward. The Course has undergone some excellent alteration. TIIE LADIES' 17 1 V EItSAL DIiPENSARV, t' irey street. Lincoln's Inn-rielils„ For DELIVERING POOR. LYING-IN WOMEN at their Own II ibitations,ancl fir supplying them, a, aril as the Eetirde Poor in general, with Medicines, Medi cal Advice, and Pecuniary Ass:stance iu cas.! of Extre.re Distress aid long pros , trilled ((blest , . In aid of this excellent Charity, we haA e the plea ore to announce that Profes;or Feinaigle ha., with irne lieliev(1 1 1•114.0, not on‘s Iseco.ii• aii Honorary Csisernor of this Institution, but has also Limit:: offered to give a Public Lecture on Ni. most astonishing S stem of Meeinoilics and Methoilics, liy a Inch not only grown revamp' but exec children are enabled, by a few hours instruction, to acquire a perfect knowledte of any -cientific object, co as to answer the most abctriobe and difficult questions put to them by any of the audience, and also to aintitite a tho rough gramat ical knowledge. of any of the Laugusges, in the 'ante short t Lite with out their having any previous knowleke of than , which clearly show, w hat tlt • human mind is capable of accinnOshing, when directed by the simpie and genuisie principles of science. The Lecture will be given on Thursday, July the 2d, at Free-Mason" Hall, Great Quern-street, Liiicobessluu•Fields: to commence at One O'ClUek. — Adillit• Caner !wit. 6d. each Person. •.• From what we know toy experience of Veinszle's System, we are certain he ittost collect a Lige auditory whenever he expi.iiiio and displays its power-, and therefore rejoice to see thst he applies tl.e revenue of his next Lecture to the "un ison a so laudable and aseitil an EAalilistplagot as the Ladies' Uoirersal Di— lienstry. • Ertllol6 I , THE NATION4L REGISTER. ebe pulpit. JUNE 28. As want of room compelled us to close our extracts from the Rev. Mr. Mout')Ewe's Sermon abruptly in our last, we think our Readers will be highly gratified by the perusal of the concluding !part of Mr. PERCEVA l's character In it tl►ey will tind a summary of human virtues, which are depicted with no less f:eling than truth. These, it will be granted, constitute a rare assemblage of Christi in Virtues ; and if to these we add Isis transacting multifarious concm u witit ease, regularity and dispatch, and that though so fully occupied with public case., he bestowed attention on every necesssiry duty in other departments in social life, we shdll have traced a conibitattun quilities char ieterizing the States►nan, the Patriot, the Scholar, the IHu►sband, the Father, the Friend, and the Christian, well worthy being held up to his contemporaries as a bright example. And now, if it he asked, what predominant 41'r:ility gave its preu• bar alai appropri rte cast to the whole character, and by which all the subordinate qm;lities were bronglit to act in harmony with each other, so as to produce their full effect, without any apparently extraordi• nary eff at on the part of their possessor ; the answer is, that ail this proccedino front one plain and simple principle, a never failing sense of duty. I fence many matters of intricacy were simplified, and fund! labour of thought and perplexity of deli's• ration were spar•d. This was the advantage of relig ious wisloin. No crooked rules of policy At: were brought into consideration. The straight path ado to was sllugla for, and pursued. That b. ing bitind, the mind was at ease; and the result was left to Providence. The business of one hour hieing d i .. cliarged, on its proper rinciple, new vigour was given for fresh CXII - and the business of the next hour was cot erred upon with theme elle:trio! alacrity. Thus time and lahour were methodizA, not mere. Iv by artificial arrange meat, but by tfe habit of intending to ey.ry thin.: iii its regular course, as an act of duty. That with this liilnt were united mental powers of no ordinary kind, must indeed he silt). posed. Rut it is important to observe, that these alone could tot have been adequate to the combination of so many rare excellenciesor to such mideOating consistency of conduct in the various concerns (+t rill% To the rams cause we must also attribute the humility, suarnv and candour, which marked his general deportment. Intent only .111 doing the thing winch is right, Ito galli•ig superiority was assunt ed, no bitter invectivo, no dishonest chicanery was necessary to i to support his cause. Consciousness of rectitude, while it gave dil:- ; nity and confidence to himself, disposed him to moderation and finn bearance towards Wier.. it need no adventitious aid. It hit o 1 wea kness; but trusting to the impression it must eventu a l!y iaal,c, le 1. lied on that fur its ultimate successor. FINE ARTS. BRITISH INSTITUTION—DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUNR 100. A Gypp/ and her Child. Ily A. RonEwrsos. — lt is not under the nodding plumes of a noble crad!e, nor in the nursery of the rich, nor even upon the ap of the com fortably situated peasant, that we are exclusive to look for infant beauty ; under the migratory tent, on the margin 01 a brook, shaded by the thick-set hawthorn of the protecting hedge, and nursed on the bosom of poverty, the gyr child and his mother present sometimes to the astotii.shek! eyes, features and traits of an extraordinary ca,t. Wando, ing through all parts of the globe, under pretence of fore . telling the event of future times, or revealing the tran,au. tions of the past, these people ori g inall y migrated frot" Chaldxa and Egypt, where all sorts of divinations, a nal, 1 1 particular chiromancy, were practised. Like the J ews of Vl lestine, scattered among , but un mixed with other nation,' they have preserved their habits, and they seldOm, if ever, intermarry with any individuals of the society upon which I they subsist. Their features have retained a character „I w o :, lis known , and is stamped with a somet ling u. _ in 31 and un