The National Register. — London, England, 1808-02-14 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 101 • ~ . Lord Petty gave notice, that on Monday he should move an Address to his Nla ject y, for disp:ttches, or extract of di-patches, received by Ministc rs. relative to the ratification of the Treat) with the United States. Sir A. Pigott gave a notice similar to that of Mr. ilden, for a list of all neutral; brought into thiscountry, or who came into it, and allowed to depart, on Biting bonds. Mr. Ilwki,son brought up the Bill, carrying, into effect the Late Orders in Council, which was read a first, and ordered to be read a second time WI TMA:I.V. Mr. Ponsonhy intimated, that he should debate the principle of the Bill in that stage. The Curate's Suspension Bill was read a third time and passed. The Exchequer Bills Regulation Bill was read a third time and pas , ed. An Account was presented from the Exchequer of the Interest paid on Exchequer Bills for the last three year , . Several Accounts of Rum imported from the West Indies, ex ported from Great Britain, and cousumed at home, for the la.,t three years, were ordered.-- kdiourned till Monday. PRO ‘' IN C lALS. CimnrunGr, Fro. s.—The Rev. Edward Pearson. rector of Rempstone, Notts, and formerly Fellow and Tutor of Sydney College, was on Sunday unanimously elected Master of that soeiet.—The late Dr. Smith's prizes of 251. each, for two emmuencing Bachelors of Arts, proficients in mathematics and natural philosophy, are this year adjudged to Mr. Bick ersteth, of Caius, and Mr. M. Bland, of St. .Itihn's, the first and second wranglers.—T he subjects appointed h. the N ice- Chaucellor for Sir Wm. Browne's prize medals, for the presce , t )ear, are for the epigrams, Bratns expulsion nom regna pub. nicto.—Sa pphics, Vtri, cut:l;i( At the Annual Meeting of the Bath and West of England Agricultural Society in December last, Mr. Sitwell made the following commur.ieati 111 l :--`• Mr. Sitwell has found, that a disease in CaI%TS, Called the Norrl lit, or an inflammation of the navel4tring, that lakes place between the first and chilli 41:i after birth, is very presalent in various distriai, and in errs instance fatal. lie has been fortunate to find a cure, which is as follows :—lmmediately on the calf being taken ill, he r.i%es. in one table spoonful of bark, 150 drops of laudanum, and one wise glass of port-wine. 1: - .try four hours he foments the in flamed part with marsh mallows, or camomile flowers. The follow ing morning lie Ake', in new milk, two tea-spoonfals of rhubarb. lle repeats the bark, laudanum, and wine at night. and the rhubarb the following morning; which has hitherto effected a cure. Mr. Sitwell ste4gested, that tying a ligature round the navel string immediately after birth, and cutting nil' the remaining part, may he id some degree a watts of preven tion, but nut to be depended tutu " _ _ Fifteen thousand acres of laud were inundated on the coat of Sutli►lk, by the hi : 0111de of the 11th ult. The damage done to the buildings and stork 1 , incalculable. _ . . Oil of anv kiwi mad• be purified by mixing it with an equal quantity of water in which oak bark, or some other miming, has been infused, agitating it violeatly. and apply in. , to the liquid a boiling heat for about a quarter of au hour, lieu the oil is to beA-ununed off.--The refuse of fish-oil. from the above process, is used in making plaster or stucco, or in paints, putty, &e. ; it is likewise an excellent ingredieat for blacking for leather, such refuse being insoluble in water, and consequently resisting water. Sarah Smith, the Sussex Sleeping Sylvana, otherwise rolled the Steepiug geatity, has again fell under the influence of Morpheus, at a public house at Horsham, from whence she was removed to the poor house, where she yet remains io a dormant state. An operation has been suggested by eminent Ceutlemen of the Faculty, but which the unfortunate young oman has hitherto positively refused to undergo. .1 person named Robins, a considerable dairy-farmer at Brineard's-hill, near Wootton-Basset, was in the daily practice of drink iog to great exce , s, and in fits of inebriety, be would often bea, his w Ile most cruelly, and threatzn to kill her. On Sunday se'nuight the poor woman had expressed her fears that he would put his threats in execution, and had particularly re quested one of time men-ser%ants to sleep in the house ; but this request, unfortunately. was not attended to, and no one was in the house that night but Robins and hi ite. On Monday morning, at break of day, the first labourer that went to FEII. IL discovered Robins sitting bv the hearth-sid,g, in the back kitchen, and near him his wife, ling on the ember', burn! in 3 dreadful manner, and quite dead. The murderer It as nppre limited, and lodged in Devi Leq Simmons, the wretch it 1,0 murdered ti'' two ladies, ut ;hid ilesdon, a fe‘% months di.'d, it is said, last V. et‘k i d llen ford gaol, ravinn - m:id. Ile had, it seems, refused to take huy food for arveral days helm.. LONDON GAZIITTII EX rit.toRDIN ARV. Downing-.9reet, reb. 8. Captain Berkeley, First Aid-de-Camp to General Bowyer, arrived yesterday morning. at the °Hive of Viscount C::sticrea:!ti, one of his Majesty's I'rin• ipal Secretaries of State, NI ith a Dis patch from the tieneral, of which the following is a copy : Santa Cruz, Der. Y 7. Mr Lon n--Ileing - in a state of preparation renslin,•ss to move a sufficient force against the Danish Islands it, these se.s ,, , in con;equence of our Lordship's dispatch of the sth of Sept. no time %I al. lost (after the arrival of his Majesty's lino; com mands, signified to me by Lord I lawkesburv's letter of Nov. in sour Lordship's absence, by the Fawn sloop of war, w:. arrived early on Tuesday morning the 15th inst. at Barba in embarking the troops at BarbadOeli On board the me,, e! . •• • appointed to receive them by Rear-Admiral Sir 11ex. C,o•ii • ho immediately dispatched others to the Islands to leelSa . :,' take on board such-as were under orders in each of them, wi' • directions to proceed to the general readezyous, the whole which, except 100 rank and file of the 90th regiment front St. 1 ;invites, joined the Admiral before or soon after our arrival off* the Filand of St..rhomas on theVlst inst. It w then tbought proper to send a summons to Governor ton Scholten, in charge of Ilrigadier-General Shipley and Capt. Fakir, commanding his Nlajesty's ship Filiation, to surrender the Islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and their dependencies, to his Britannic Majesty, which be did the next day on term!: agreed upon between Ilia) Major-General Maitland and Capt. Pickmore. of his Ma sesty's ship Ramifies, whirls were afterwards approved of and ratified b% Ilea dmiral the lion. Sir Alex. Cochrane and my •elf, r copy of which I have the honour to inclose, and hope they will meet w ith his 'Majesty's approbation. hi the ‘234, in the evening, after leaving a garrison of 300 men of the if ti h regiment, with an Officer and detachment of the }loyal Artillery, at St. Thomas's, under the command of Briga tlier-General Maclean, whom I have also directed to assume the Civil (Osycrement of the same, until his Majesty's pleasure is signified thereon, we proceeded to Santa Cruz, the Admiral havin,z• pre% ion‘ly c . ent hi. Majesty's ship Ethalion, with Briga dier-General Shipley . and Captain Fable, to summon that island; ho returned the next morning, the 2 Ith, with a letter front the Governor, olferiog to surrender it to his Majesty, provided we would allow three Danisli Officers to view on board the ship; the number of troop; brought against it, which we per mitted, that hip I...N(1111'111W% military honour might thereby not hr reflevted oft. These has hig made their report to their Governor, ruturned early the next looming, the ‘4sth, to the flag ship with a message, that the f iovernor was willing to treat for the surrender of the island, when Major-General Maitland and Capt. l'lrk more were again sent mi shore to settle the terms of capitulation, a copy of which I also transmit ; which being approved of by the Admiral and myself, troops were landed, :sod the forts and bati cries taken ple.session of in the mime of !cis :llajesty the KMg of the I'nited K ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, a royal salute being fired on the British colours being hoisted. I slotild he ungrateful in the extreme, did T not state to your Lordship the great and many obligations I conceive myself, the Officers, and soldiers to be under to Rear- Admiral the lion. Sir Alex. Cochrane, the Captains and Officers of the Royal Navy, who have smiversally atforsh.d us every comfortable accommo dation in their power, aud 1 am sure much to their own im•on venienee. I am convinced that had it been necessary to have called for the exertions of the sea and land forces employed upon this expedition, that they would have added another laurel to the many already acquired by British salour and discipline. Copies of the two letters of suntmons, with the nostril respective Governors, are hereby transmitted, together return of ordnance, and ordnance stores, taken posse! b tth at St. Thomas's and Santa Cruz. - . Thus dispatch will be presented to your T.orll.hip by Berkeley, of the 16th infantry, an intelligent °nicer, , 1 rrs of tho rr 11 ith a bssiuu of Captairt % Ito v, iil