The National Register. — London, England, 1812-11-29 00:00:00

21. 616. _ Ted, do; fur heir Of PI( ihe c e of ativ co . ;me fiv :ant full tic our sai EL• an coo ion 111 EA' of the 111 the pC ler. cr rnv w: ill m ich ;an .3: the as en, rce ous 51 tint v no, !Cla tali t . '1 a iers fac- -Om urs, La rid, v 't of iris c ee lean his vate easy had sin- , in ise ; 1 r be NOV. 29. doubted. When a General sacrifices the public good to his own personal resentment, as he did, in not opposing the ionction of SOULT and SUCH ET, his service is nothing short o f treason in tfee, and calls for little less than the punish ment due to a traitor. It is with regret we have to announce another naval counterpoise, for the glorious military success which is re corded in The Extraordinary Gazette " PLYMOUTIT, Nov. 25.- - -Arrived a Prussian brig, in five days from Bourdeaux, was boarded yesterday by the I'r°nch privateer which had captured the Racehorse (men foned in my last), which put on board twenty-five English sai!ots, taken in prizes she had made, besides the Racehorse and four others, whose names I have not been able to collect. She also captured the ship Mary, of and for London from Honduras; this vessel, with six others, were under convoy of His Majesty's ship Frolic, ('f 18 guns, and fell in with a large American frigate, on which the merchant ships dis per3ed, and to favour their escape, the Frolic brought the enemy to close action, 'which was maintained for three hours with the greatest vigour, during- which the frigate lost her main-mast and foretop-mast ; and lastly, the Frolic was to tally dimasted, and her colours went over the side %..ith her masts, and it is feared was taken possession of." Extract of a letter from an officer on board the Tenedos, 33 guns, dated Halifax 14th October :—" We shall sail Ina this in a few days, in company with the Nymph, 38, the Shannon, 38, and the Curlew, brig, is, in quest of Commodore RoDG ERS'S squadron, consisting of the President, Vinted States, and Congress frigates, with a sloop of war." MISCELLANIES. ANTWERP, OCT. 27 - The courage and generosity of a young woman, who substituted herself for her brother, a con script in 1806, and who has just returned from the army, co vered with honourable wounds, is now the subject of much conversation here. The story is true and the pai ticulars de srrve to be known. Virginia Chesqueire, born at Dclemont, department of the North district of Lille, finding that her brother who was or dered to march, was not in a condition to support the fa tigues of war, and that he was inclined to continue hii stu dies, obtained from her parents permission to depart for him. They were twins and very much resembled each other. She Presented herself at the depot in the clothes of her brother, and was sent to the 27th regiment of the line, in which she has served six years. She was raised to the rank of serjeant at the battle of \Vagram, for having saved the life of her captain, who fell into the Danube, and was in danger of pe rishing. At the battle of the 2d of May, near Lisbon, where the Duke of MIRA NTES commanded, her Colonel being sur rounded she demanded six men whom she could depend upon, with whom she proceeded to his succour; notwithstanding a gun-shot wound which she received in her left arm, she suc ceeded in saving him, besides making two insurgent prison ers. She also received on this occasion a wound from a bay onet in her side, was carried to the hospital of Ahneida and thence to that of Burgos, where she was cured of her wound without hersex being discovered ; but an illness has since be trayed it, and she has just passed by the city Courtray, to go to her depot, tq receive the recompence due to her valor►:, and to be decorated by the hand of the Colonel whom she saved with the honourable insignia due to the brave.— ( French Paper.) On Tuesday, a beautiful Zebra from the Cape of Good llope and three horses, as presents to the PRINCE REGENT, from the King of PERSIA ) arrived at Carlton house. TSIE NATIONAL REGISTER. f 47 Great preparations are making for the reception of his Royal Highness at the House of Lot ds, to-morrow. To com plete the works in progress, men ware kept working all last night by torch-light. A Court Martial is to be held at Plymouth, on Mr. P. W ALKER, Midshipman of the Sylvia cutter, for stab big a Corporal of Marines, belonging to that vessel, with his dirk —(Times.) Extract of a letter from Calcutta, of March 13.—" An earthquake was experienced at Cannanore about the 17th of last month. It was said in one of the Madras 'loners, that it was a severe gust of wirKl, by which the mess-room the•e was thrown down, and Lieut. PEARiON ki'led so; .e understand, that the accident was occationA by an earthquake, and not by violent wind. Almost every house in Cannanore is more or less injured, the walls of many being rent, and ~o ints of them unroofed. We hear that a meeting of some of Fir S. RO74ILLY'S ft icnds was lately held in Bristol, and a petition disprt. et! to London, praying against the return of Messrs. D v PROTHEIIOE for that city,on the ground of bribery and treat ing —( Bath paper.) A letter from an Officer, serving with the Marquis of WELLINGTON, states, that tile garrison of Burgos, to great bravery, added extraordinary ingenuity in its &fence. Among the various devices which they invented, wa• the of placing a huge beam flat on the top of the wall, which, when our troops mounted to the escalade, was let down, and swept them before it. A most distressing scene was lately witness , A in P , Than2l.- street, Spitalfields. The officers of the ry.rish of 'file-end New Town, distrained the goods of a poor in lust' ions heaver, of the name of JOT-I JrNS NGS, who has !we:) , been out of wor,k. and did not even leave him and his fau.dy a bed to lie upon. This poor man has hail tweatv ehil dren,—six of them twins ; and, to comple'.e a il - 16.6_7 i , one of his son's, now seventeen years of a 1. ;, ,, dof and dumb, and unable to do any qiing to get his 1) , (-ad. The session of the Catholic Prektes el() ed. Their proceedings have been profoundedly seep.- `F .e !e ion for relief—a Deputation to Parliament—a fi! , al ju , ;gment in favour of Dr. MILNER, against Dr. Pot NTER t er patrons of Abbes BT.ANcu ARP, 1 7 e.r.v Aux, •-no cation of scarce Catholic tracts—an episeou, .v.opoon ••f • Lancasterian plan of education ;—these, ard :l'er in teresting topics, are supposed to have falleu liberations. However, the result is to be (.ommun: t •, ,r e public in a printed form, by authority. Ei.,;hteen Areltbish , .l4 and Bishops attended. We understand a criminal information is about be • against Th e Independent Whiz, for the lattv,u,tge la •el 1 by that print respecting the death of qr.1.1,:5. The particular Attention qf Me P.Llir, as we.:l as numerous Friends of RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, .0. is most respectfully solicited to the very su.erior m - f the Plan for the grand distribution of the Canitds, LoVery of 13,00° Tickets, which, for magnr•: number, excels preceding advantag-s. ICH A ED:.• I• 7 LUCK, and Co. also recommend to the ,bservanc:' • •-; Public, that every Number in this Lottery i secs its own Fortune, and not to depend o t t . h...t of at: v er ; for this circumstance, so long sought for, f Drawing have been obtained, viz. the tith and 1:4!, (.t• nuary. Several of the Midshipmen, now prisoners of war in F: are promoted to the rank of Lieutenants. The Warspite, of 74 puts, is intended to take out Lord • MoIR P. to India. . I L. "I•