The National Register. — London, England, 1818-09-07 00:00:00

982 FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. AMERICA- 7 n ASH INGTON, JULY 24. AMIASSINATION OW MII,%JuR BIICUSAIL-111 addition to what has been heretofore given of this melancholy event, we •.tract the hollowing from the Albany Register, furnished by Lieut. Scutt Ma or Birdsall was sitting in conversation with Lieutenant Scott.•at the cantonment between this city and the seat of Generiel Stephen Van Iteusselaer ; the company was coining on parade; Hamilton came within a few yards, took delibe rate aim, dud tired. On presenting his piece they rose, and ' when the Major was falling, he grasped the Lieutenant's hand, shook it warmly, and said, "Scott I tin gone, take charge of the 111144" and directly exclaimed, " My God, what can all this mean i" 51r. Scott impaired if lie was in much pain ; ire answered, " 1 ant in great pain." The Lieutenant expressed a hope that the wound was nut mortal, and was answered, ant gone." Three men ; erre immediately dispatched for surgical aid, mid a number of the faculty were ou the spot in a law minutes. The citizens rushed to the ramp in such* 'limbers, that the posts of the sentinels were necessarily riaubled, to give tdrsh air to the deceased. He expressed a wish to be with his family, and was cars ird to his residence, No. 155, North lilarket-:street;sentinels were immediately posted round tic" house to prevent the crowd foam stopping, the fit e tircula;iva of air. Ile said but little atter he arrived at the house, and experienced lice agonies of death, whilst the surgeons, at his request, were undressing him. He bi entli ed faintly ft,: many. minntes after, apparently tree front pain, and expired without u struggle, or visible convulsion of or wildness of mind. His humortal soul tinted to the inausion of rest, and left in its now mouldering duo, the index to a mind alive to every amiable and dignitii it recline of human native, and a heat t glowing with I tttttt anity and patriotism. There can be 110 possible reason dtvinctl for promoting the monster to so foul a -tier, but the satiating of a fiend use. liguity. We ate informed by' Lieutenant Scutt; that Hamilton Is at a refractory, quarrel-mile disposition, wittsvan ungovern able !eloper. He was seized, bowie, and iu Me guard-house iu tesi• than * ttt itt ute alter tieing, und kept till formally de. mandril of Lieut. Scutt by the civil authority. While in the guard-noose lie pot his head out tit' the oloduo", and said " have d • whin 1 have been naiiiing to do fur a long time." He devised a plan for effecting his purpose sect etly, by decoy ing the Major out of sight, but failin4 iii this, and heist upon the 111mA-hearted design, the hardened stretch came boldly to the was kof sleuth. A few days previous to the lamented eatastiophe, tar ilespeimio tuysicriorisly accosted the Major with " I vita tell you something that a ill ;make you open your ryes." The soldiers say he has I tequesitly hinted his intention, but they believed it iinpossibie cur him to he 'set ions. He ptoettrill powder and ball for the expresit perpone.- 14.441 . Olt ere:. been peenliiii.iy iiiiltitgeot to the mileteh, elide4l.ollled W conciliate /mil suf ru his savage relUelt) by 1111111 per>ilopion and gentle reproof. Hr funned a haired forum:Ur illbfeel MIS, anti frereutly threat. • cued to kill him. Anielie4 appears to hare suffered from intomtw heat equally .e Europe. A New York paper of the ldtl► July sap, 'I he theriainnoter, during the last two days, has iota. eared ir ~eater degree (Wheat than has been experienced, we behest., fyr the last eight or ten yentas. At three o'ctu:•k • un Saturday, the ones eury stood in the•shade at 93, itod at the ►aute-koer ott Sunday at 96." -JAMAICA PAPERS. KINGSTON, JULY 25. r The fbilowing extracts of letters received in this city ban: 'ln en publiAlted t " PANAMA, Juivit 23. " A launch has arrived f►om Gisapiquil, dsapatched ex press from the Governor of that place, informing our chief here, that he has received official despatches from theViretay of Lima, in which lie says, fliiit has been heard of-- the Spanish army after its diwembsukation in "falcalmana v and that lie is 'apprehensive it has 'nett) unsuccessful.' Pi isate letters agree that it has been completely vats. finished, and bulletins of the Inseirgents, announcing the same, laic been received at Lima." " LIMA, Arazt.,.2.5. " On the 21st hut. an 'American sloop of war arrived at Callao from Valparaiso, with the disagreeable news of the total desk action of the ttoyat Spanish army by ft:alma/gouts (Chili. . ..... " The action was foneht.en the sth Inst. five tildes distant front the capital, Santiago ; the enemy, consisting of 7,000 cavalry and 3,000 infantry, having decoyed the Spishish army insensibly from their place of their discullailation linaua) into the interior, tonk the adtantage of a filacteuh platirt,whereikeir cavalry could act with effect ; time battalion of •Bhr;os, and also that of the Infante, wet e entirely annum. Este,' r they were the best troops in the expedition. (4erteral Osorimr escaped; but the disterrrc to Talealmmiana, their only refuge being De leagites, it is tipsttght itnrcys.i!ile that h e can reAcit thhit place - t , about being taken. This is the current news at present; by degrees sr shell know inure all Lim.i will be itrinuorning, lot Overt. are hot te% familiesthat have nut some rei.mtivcs to dephie the iosll of. " Mote anlkt•utic p4i ticulars have ti anapire. ; printed bulistins of she Inset. gent army are. en I en' ve !timid may se nerve. • I have nut, however, Peru them. They say the Ile. feat was complete ; the prisoners taken antelmird to2,sthf men and 27 9fficeta, among them Brigadier ()Musics, go t•I nor of Conception. who commanded the Vanginsed ; Colonel Dun Joeigio.r;-Prineu Major General ,• and Cul 1 Murginty, commander - ut the cavalry; their officers are well dented and lodged with O'Higgins, the second in command of the Cleilian army. The Cumneander-in•Chief of the Insurgents, San Martin, • i " The Spanish General, o.orio, escaped from the field of battle, V 6 ittt , taty horsemen, but INaa mkt is subsequemily. The Royalists troops, which consisted of 3500 men, base all ri•b. perished, been taken, Or voluntarily passed over to the 1. - surgeon'. Jhe emancipated slaves were placed in trust, and a ear p% at cavalry put in the rear; thus siteatril, they weir• °Wilted to tight, or be rot to pierce by the hpurneumu ; they • so consrqueui e (ought like lions " 1V ill; respect to the ti3iti of irtillery, military chest, bet gage. anti vamp equipage, all were taken $ General Osurru bad 200,00!i dollars in the chest." 'I'M rome nu, the Mutimuttlltshsee Hills' 'hove ‘beesi ao ft 4111141111) tiettroed, th•t tit. t.ordy of JIII,UI 11,1ve ItePit •“nrier tho occeop.l:, of indcrilit nuh titers nruu t or . r!,t a ibt% liSt/O. virE NATIONAL REGISTER BUOVAPARTE. (CONCLUSION OF TUC CORRESPONDENCIL) St. Helena, May 7. Sir,--I am directed by Lientenant.Gencral Sir Hudson Lowe to acquaint you, that having taken into consideration the inconvenience that might possibly arise, if Napoleon (loun,►parte persevered in the nuforeseen and extraordinary resolution it is said by you and others lie has 'alter', of nut having remorse to your medical advice, though living under the same roof With him, and attending other persons of his family, iu Consequence of the unauthorised communication you addressed to Count Sertrand•ou the 12th of April, hewnl dispense with the observanee of the rules contained in the iu.trnctiot► transmitted to you try me, dated the 10th of the same month, from which the iinerences contained in your letter to Count Bertrand, so purposely calculated, as it appears, to mislead and embarrass, were drawn. You will, tlserefore,i he permitted to continue the exercise of your medical duties in thesuine manner as yonhave hitherto Ilerforlued them, until the, instructions or Goveroment may be received respe chug yen ; colitintaing to be considered, as you always have been, pursuant to your own °vigilant stipula tion, au °dicer employed and paid by the British Govern ment, and subject couseqttently 'to the Governor's authority and control iii every point Obit guards your communication with Napolrou Buonapai te, or the persons tletaitieditoder his custody as prisoners of war, on whom you are attending, ex. cept what relates to the plain and simple exerrise of your medical tunctions towards them ; being not permitted to act for or to be employed by them, or to act of yourself, or through others, in auy matter whatsoever that regards them, in any other capacity, without a special authority irons the Governor to that acct. If, however, an itccasion iltotild arise for calling in the aid of any outer medical person unknown to the Governor (ex cept in cane of some sudden accidetat) ; itt con-equence of your absence, (which it will be proper to provide against, by acqintititing the orderly officer w here you ate to be found . whenyou doquit Lein:wood); tir,tkat yon shall break through, or to attempt t.i elude or evade, any - of the regulations esta blished on this island ; or by word or deed you are found to be in any case acting in opposition• to the ;tame, the Governo r will feel himself called upon to take such measures as the cir. cumstaners of your proceeding may appear to render it ne. cesvary for bins to employ, in order to enforce a due uh. servance of the several- regulatious established. To obviate any step of sit( It nature with respect to you, the Governor di-sites your careful perusal of the several pro clamations which have been published in this island (to which you have been so It (-fluently retet red both by letter and ver bally), an exact copy of which you w ill find at the :loon Major's office, stud only write out f• the same; as also of those parts of my letter of the 19th of Jaiiiiaty List, which refer to the sole ease in which yon use supposed to have partial exemption from their west strict observance, viz. " That you had not his authority for coo iiiiiii tit ming with Napoleosi litionaparty or the persons of ins family, ou any other subject than your tundital duties ; that he did not order yon not to reply on other points ; bat where yen did so, the r.sponsibility most rest atputs yunrselt, nyirr;ag you to tlie euntations in all other cases. He desires also the recurrence of your particular attention to the letter directed to be written to you by•Lieutenant (:olonel Wynyard, on the 3d instant, in referring to lilt bail ing points in whirls you nave acted counter to the above, and to other poiuts of instruction conveyed to yen, as well us to Abe neutral rules contained in-the proclamatio'. He further directs me to remind you of the injunctions contained in a letter transmitted to yuu, proceeding liOni the -Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, against publishing any information that may be obtained by urine ofliciany em ployed in this island; and to say, that viewing the peculiar delicacy nt your situation, commented upon by yourselt with so much sterns in your letter to the Governor on the 6th of Augnat, 1816, and taking into consideration the pledges into which you have entered with Napoleon litionaparte, of not repeating any thin; which may pass in canveisatiou be tween hint and you (the sole point of what may tend to his escape excepted), and that you can only repeat. unless by a breach of private loo,uur, what it is his desire or intention, or that of his followers, you should ; and the Gus eritor not choosing to tonsil to the discretion of persons situated as !bey are, iu•such point, onto yours, 1•e shall regard the relic. tition iu anyway whatsoever, whether on the I , ltillCl itself or elsewhere, of any information you may have obtained, m oney obtain, or of any conversation you may hare had at Long wood, except where you twee had the sanction of the Go vernor's authority fur it, as n breach in pi inciple of their Lordships' instrueslons, and t.f leis orders, and will report your conduct or art upon it seem dingly. In emiclnsion. the shore points bring artfully understood, it is the Guvernoo's desire not to uppuse to any manner what ap pears to be the wish of Najwieon Brionapuite, that you should .be co..sidered, wttii,t 'tat remain in this island, or until the orders of Government may be received respecting sou, as -a surgeon attached solely to his person and family, in fart, as his rioinestic surgeon, and in the exercise of your duty as such you will not be obliged to follow the advice or opinion of any medical or oilier peeson whatsoever, but be allowed tar act entirely upon your own judgment, where other miedical advice is not called for, only toeing prepared to give soils in formation as may be requiren hone )uo, 'Duetting the state of health of Napoleon Buoptspartr, through such channels, pro fessional or 011ierOilte, US the 0010Ctillif Islay vriall to-ob tain. Yeti will please to acknowledge the receipt of this letter by the beat er. I ant, Sir, your obetlirnt servant, (Signed) T. BEADE, Lieut.-CW.4X A.G. Barry O'Aluara, Ecq. Lute wood. The Beth Herald-an— I,4st week a I:Ay going over Lams down nit* ....rig:ski/41 by a large ILK, -which hat:left two men that wile irarvilitig the same ionsi with a horse and cart, 4tid tolitiMe a l by Cie aoinial far ',Wow ; the a PliiiraVOtil ts. tn.tl.e her smostisie of boon:thing, uy Woking is her face, 1111.14 hi mile behind. Volim s is, soojeci, ' s ex; pLieell tailor:l . a° completely in new ill the olojeo t nt his io pi runs her proeueiliog (alines, still her •It..11 . :AII) no her N ee , 'D i e b i d ) brtauu•iAllier.llArl'seJ inn j.1.1g log, from the •r of the dog, who did not appint tallow., float throe was aims about los r wl.i. It Co; id i ; ol bit. atithlimt, milieu lit. sirs as owl I 110.4 i vier lace shawl vs's. , gone. •The nog. prreesrieu that (it Wtti at Ishcols owl. ea. I, thrheii 11.4 uk ; tu.• tire full , mial I • ; s: he 1111 lu the d im t wheir hc.. dikdkVi lay, /Whir &mein.: bite:, 'in to. ra. s si„ Maher taikosot ii up, au.( sevlsicirolA uti her pt. ...ni, uhr interesting criadiiiped sit tartly rail Glint fall staged utter his :'seater ocracently much delighted 1 SEPT 7 Front the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Sept. I BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. ABIOTT S. New•tourt, St. Swithin's-lane, merchant, from Sept. I, to Ott. 20. Litz R. Great Winchestcr-strect, underwriter, from Sept. 1, to 'Oct. 16. BANKRUPTS. MActENNat J. W. K. Old Souttursea-house. merchant, Sept. 5, 14, Oct. 13, at Guildhall. Au. Mr. Richardson, Clement's-Jule, Lombard-street. S7'c/stir 'l'. South Blyth. Northumberland. ship-owner. Sept. IL 23, Oct. 13, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Att. Mr. Flexney, Griefs Inn-square. SAUNDEES E. Peverskrun, Kent, grocer, Sept. 8, 29, Oct. IS, at Guildhall. Atts. Noy and Co. Bell -court, STErit ENS T. 'rorkington Cheshire. dealer, Sept. 14, 19 , Oct. 11. at 51anchester. Ails. LOngdill and Co. Gray's Inn. Coos W. Chapel -street, New-road, grocer. Sept. 12, 19. Oct. 111, at GuildhalL Attie Fielder and Co. Luke -street. GroilVerlOr- square. DavmsoN AV. Little St. Thomas's Apostle, wholesale stationer. Sept. 12, 19, Oct. 1:, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. James, Bucklec.- bury. Titoman R. Northumberland -street, Strand. dealer. Sept. It 19. Oct. t 3, at Guildhall. Att. Mr. Taylor. !•'eatherstone-buildings, Holborn. DIVIDENDS. W. Ilev:ins, Hinckley, Leicestershire, mercer, Sept. 15. .1. Saint, Lyiniagton, Southampton, iron -founder, Sep!. i 5. -d. Kirkpatrick, Liverpool, dealer, Slit. AS. • .1. Simpson, Kingston-upon-lin:1. oil- merchant , Oct. Y. .1. Richardson, - Kirkby-Kendal, Westmorland. house-critter, Oct. 19. C. Bishop, High-street, Borough, linen..!raper, Sept. 22. Penny, NVaniford-tsnirt, Tnrogmoiton-street, cnerciiant. Oct. 50 W. Lowe. Macclesfield, druggist, Sept. 26. A. Keating. Stranil. silversmith, Sept. 17. W. Stanley. Warwickshire, liquor-merchant, Sept. 24. A. Barzie.i, Cirencester. Gloccstershire, linen-draper, Sept. 22. CERTIFICATES—SerT.22. Coring. Little lie-street. Coadman's-fields. upholder.... Murton, 01t1 Bond—street, coach.maker.—B. Southall. Lamers. I !ado d 'hire. fa riner.—J . II orley. Gosport. Southampton. 4ap. manufacturer. COURT OF REQUESTS, SOUTH WA RK, SEPT. E. DENAPPZ V. JOIMSTONE. The plaintiff in this came was an apothecary, and in hie emu-at:ince, reminded Its strongly of our Winton/if Poet!. Mantuan Compounder of Drugs and Simples,—“ Sharp mi. sere appeared to have worn hint to the bone." But it seemed rather to , the misery of disease than of poverty. lie now sought by his appeal to timsCoinutiissioners, to ret over 14s. Gd. th e amount of his bill for drugs, and advice furnished to the defendant's sere ant. 'fhu delivery of the physic aml the fair. ness of the eharge.s were admitted by the dear/dant, a jolly looking son of Neptune, whose couinenance proclaimed to .11 around his sentiment—" Throw physic to the dogs; none of it."—and be now resisted the plaintiff's demautl, en the ground that he had already paid it once, and that in hia opinion was once too often to pay for inch stuff. About four months ago, he said, this servant wastaken ill. and Mr. De. nappe vas employed-to Make her right and tight again. As soon as she was well,alte sent her to thesDoctor tor her bill, and gave her the money. to pay it. Shortly alter, Dr. Deuappe (pitted their neighbourhood, without • calling on defeerla lit to say where he was goir; arid in about a month, subsequent to that period, delentlantliaving a siiropieitm that Sally was pot honest, her mistress having missed several pieces of ices, and uthergeer,lre paid her her wages and sliselotrgcd her. About ten days ago lie was surprised by a -visit from the Doctor, and a demand fur payment of his bill, arbieli it now appeared Sally had not discharged. He submitted, 4owt vet, that be was not li a bl e to ti l e payment a seeond time, since, but for the Doctor's neglect, in nut calling heroic he (retied the neighbourhood, he might have been paid hung ago. 'Me - Commissioners folly agreed in this opinion. —The plain tiff's loss arose out of his own neglect, .far isieich it-would be bard, indeed, to make the drtond•uet suffix. His octl seinedy would now we against the girl herself, of let could find her. The plaintiff appeared gi eatly dissatisfied with the decision, declaring, on 41 in• tiug the Covet, that the COMlllibsioners had gives) hun arpia, more bitter to swallow, and harder of digestion thaw any h.• had administered to a patient iu the whole.coorse of his practice. GREEN FRUIT IN WINTER.—Let cherries, straviherrics, raspbeties, "plaiuhs, p•eacbes, or •any other stiecident fruit whatever, be put into a•vessel, somewhat l►ke that used by common confectioners for freezing ice creams, around put salt and esuctly as they do: the fit:it will soon he Gown, when it should he carried to the ice -house, and plueod in 4 hole dug out in the centre of the ice, and uses the top cf the little* quantity of powdered charcoal xhiitad he placed, seemed by a common aateli-coat blanket. When the winter season arrives, the containing vessel may be opened, and the fruit taken out in its fi °zeta state ; then place. it in cold • water to thaw, and it a ill he fotind as delirious as when tirst gathered. %Viten salt and ice , iu the manner smiiiiryed by confectioners in geurraii shall be found inatlequatelit (reere some fruits busdenuughi.tha inivtare Ern ittothicitig fib' intense cold, as spoken of by Chuptal, the relent-ward ohymist, of salt, sattpct:•e, and Climb' salts,• a ill effectually freeze it very lurid. One of the Manchester collectors. fur lime body of turn-oat spinners called at a respectable public-house in "Dale Street la,t week and asked relief of the landlady, alien she gave 3s. which he seemed to enter as such in Ins hook. On going out, the landlord, who was not in at the time, diet hill', and inquiled if he had got something.; he isarswered in the attir mative ; the hulloed asked him to go in again, and he should have a gill of• ale, u p on which he set down, and the landlord gut his book. wishing to know how he succeeded, •• hen to his astonishment lie found the honest oullector had mitt led hint as having given 3tl. llegave luu►a reprimand, and ordered hire ta call no more. A ito ',melody occurrence took place at Greenwich on Monday tate' noon. As a young man, named Pried, of that place, aas amsoing himself, a-td a young lady named kattcr (to whom he was about to be martied,) by sntlimz t►n it Una Ines in a malt o:ott, tbe wind rose, acid the limit 1,..C11111l10; 1 . 10 /1 ,103, ted ble, it t' is Us esitti lira. Mr. P. and the young tray were precipitated tutu the .Witter. Two or thre • boats tmntedia►l:l) set tlt s t . rolll I lie %%titer side, b u t hi fore they at riv e 1 Ike panic's had sunk. The budieb were dragged for, but wets 01.1 f I. et: is sow shown to IliP curious is tile viciiittv af Tiverton, %riiiela to JO loaded 161111 fro:t as to rcquita titirt!' props to support its weighed down loutighs. ft is cateol ,, -t tient the owner will stake at least file liuzabe.oio o: ••t,:er 4,3• this mingle tree. '1 Pr F