The National Register. — London, England, 1809-10-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. artillery (four brigades), is encamped -near Badajos. The con valescent sick arc at Eivits—the worst eases have be en sent to Lisbon; the light cavalry is at Villa Viciosa and th e neighbourhood. The army is extremely sickly—about 1000 sick, wounded, &e. The light cavalry is almost dis inounted ; a remount of horses for the 14th and 16th ar rived from England, under Major Archer. The Ist, or Royal dragoons, commanded by General Slade, landed aiml marched into Balem (ten days from Cork), 700 sirovg, ur high order. . Seartely a transport in the Tagus, and only the Barfleur and Semiramis - sloops of war. Accouets were said to have been received, on Thursday, of the conclusion of a peace between Russia and Sweden, on the condition of ex. tufting British ships from the ports o f Sweden, the report is unfounded, and we are confidently ass:zred, that the swedrsh Government has shown no dispo sition to shut her ports against England. Three Gottenburgh Mails arrived on Thursday, A pacific mission from the Court of Slockhohn, hail sailed from I'staill. 00 the 25th August, and !ended at Stralsuud on the 29th, wheute the rrepties were to set out immediately on thee . journey to Paris. It is not improbable, however, that the: would change their destination, and proceed to the heard-quArters of N A FOLFON, at sienna. ft is reperted that the Duke of linuseivinek has received Welligetice that the Arnestice between trance and Austria has been broker), and that the Prussian army under Gene ral theca ca, has marched to the assistance of the Austrians. It is also reported that the of Prussia has repaired to Pelersburgh to consult r:th the Emperor. We are not in possekision of sullic;ent information to enable us to con firm or coatradict_ this account, but we cotifss it appears to us very ileprehable. The Earl of Liverpool hes transacted !he husineis of the 03lees of the three Secretaries of Stale, since the duel be tweet' Lord Castlerengh and Mr. Canning. e A Gentleinaa just, arrived trom France says, that in his tour through filet country he found all toe c o mmercial towns and ports dismnsted wile the system of policy, adopt ed by 1;apoleon, b ut r ;eat '' rive I'l.'mpereur," Ives the universal cry. lie added, that Doeap irte was endeavourilig to flatter the . weaknessel and , assions of his suby as, by the same artifices which Louis XIV, had engagee in his service ; he had swept down abqut 3000 houses in tile neigh bourhood of the Champ de Mars for the purpose of erecting in that conspicuous situation a magnificent palace for the imperial residence, superior to any production of art the mind of Pe; ault had contemplated. Wednesday we received New Yolk Papers to the 20th ult. and letters to the th ru mours in some of the papers, that' Mr. JACKSON had reached the city of Washington, and had been favourably received. The fact is, that Mr. JACKSON is not expected to reach the seat of Government until about the 15th inst. as we have certain information that the Mary Ann, MACK - /NTOSIi, from the Chesapeake, which she left on the 23d of August, spoke the African man of war, with Mr. JACK con on board, on the 29th ult, iii lat. 3S. long. 71. about two days sail from the Cape of Virginia. This being the case, it would require several days to bring him to Wash ington. and several days inure before he could procure an interview with the President, as the latter as retired to country seal. Several more transports arrived at Yarmouth in the course of Miinday, from Walcheren with sick. They were Chiefly Officers, and .tinong them are several of the Ger- Map Legion. The inhabitants of the Island have also been attacked with disease as well as the British troops. Nearly 3800 sick, from the Island of Walcheien, have been sent to the hospitals ia Portsmouth. The Medkal Report from Wakberen is—Died last week 575 men, and otlicnes—Beinain in the Hospitals 8600. The GovernOr of the Bank, the Solicitor-General, and several other Gentlemen, have already agreed to auHt iu 441'ectin o 'r the: Ovvive fll Cotcut,o-ardea Thcidro. • • • ligt Ai the Council Cl;amber st the Queen's Palace, the 27 tlt of September, it was ordered that there be a General Thanksgiving on the -25th or October. A distressing event happened in America about twe months ago. At Southwark, in Savannah, were.drowned four young ladies, three of them 14 to 16, and one iT years old. They had assembled near a pond fur the pur pose of picking cherries, but finding them scarce, en ed into a boat with a view to collect pond lilies; by some means they overset the boat, and before assistance coubl, be afforded, they all perished. Their bodies the next day, in separate coffins, were laid side by side in the same grave. The following affecting occurrence took place during tire disastrous retreat of General Moore's army from Spa* last year. An Officer of one of the British regiments, overcomt with fatigue and hunger, and no longer able to keep up I.yith his companions, tad dropped behind, lie espied a tuft of trees in a field adjoining the road, towards whick lie crawled, with a view of resting his weary limbs secure from the sabres of the pursuing enemy. On his coming ;war to the trees, he perceived a woman, seemingly a. soldiers wife, stretched upon the ground, and a little in fant laying near her. lie approached to render such assist ance as Was in his power. It was too late; the hand of death was upon her, and she was scareely able to utter these words—" God bless you, it is all over," when she expired. The officer sat down beside her, he felt her hand, it was clay cold, he had nothing to succour her with; a brook was near, he filled his hat with water. and besprinkled her face and hands; all was in vain, and Ws was convinced she was utterly gone, Having rested himself so as to be able again to go on, he tied the little infant in the poor woman's handkerchief, andhavimg fastened it to his back, he pursued his march; in this condition, procuring what sustenance he could for himself and the little orphan, he at last after a lour* and wretched journey, reached the Pert of Vigo, whic h 6 at that time happened to be unoccupied by the French; clere begot on board of a transport, and reached at'last Lngland with his little charge. IKis regiment (or rather the remnant of it) had arrived before him, and he joined it, still accompanied by the infant.--He . has it (it is a boy) always with him, and has one .f the women of this regiment to nurse it; and be declares, that this kitties orphan, whom Heaven threw upon his protection, shall, let his future fortune through life be good or bad, share 4 with him. ELOPEMENT.—An elopement of rather an extraordinary nature occurred at Kensington early on Wednesday morn ing. The parties are a Miss S. and a Corporal belonging to a Light Dragoon Regiment. The Lady was considered one of the most polite and accomplished girls in the neigh. bourhood ; she is twenty-three years of age, and has a very considerable fortune. She was missing on the morning of Wednesday. Having been seen at Chelsea in company with a ,Dragoon, whose regiment was quartered in thin county of Kent, and it being known that the young Lady was attached to her humble gallant, • the parties were purl sued and overtaken at Teederden, near Maidstone, ou Thursday morning. and she was resiored to her friends aG ter having presented the Dragoon with seven guineas in the; presence of two relatives who overtook her xOO,OOOl. Prize Money, to be had at No. 2G, Cornhill, Low don, and St. Margaret's Hill, Borough.-110ANSBY and C 0.., State Lottery Office Keepers, and Stock-Brokers, advise their Friends not to delay thpir purchases of Tickets and Shares, ail no Chance .can be obtained after the 19th of this month, the Drawing beginning on the 20th, and finishing on the same day. This new regulation meets with universal approbation. All Orders executed with the same punctuality, and at the sans* price, as if presents---In 1807 and 1908 Capi -' Prizes shared by Hornsby and Co. 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