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The National Register.
London, England, 1808-01-04

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

[This Gazette of this Evening contains a Proclamation re-
specting the adjudication of prizes to the captors : a permission
to the 25th Regiment of Light Dragoons, in consequence of
their good conduct in the battle of Leswarree, to bear the name
of that place on the front of their helmets : the capture of La
Sybille, a French privateer pierced fin• 14 guns, and with 43
men on hoard, by his Maje3ty's ship the Seine: the capture of
the Spanish privateer Amor de la Patria, with 3 guns, and 63
men, by the Bacchante and the Rein Deer: of 12 A lee, French
privateer, of 14 guns, and 66 men, by the Resistance; and of La
.Reciprociti, French privateer of 14 guns, by the Lion. By
orders from the Treasury, the bounties for refining sugar, sze.
are extended to the ports of Liverpool and Leith.]
London, England, 1808-01-04

C IT Y.

Bier. D.—Tuesday the Lord Mayor ordered the price of
Bread to be raised half an asiize, or a penny in the peck loaf.
The quartern loaf of wheaten will then be sold for 1l d. and
household 91d.

EAST INDIA A

'FAIRS.

Tuesday a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the following ships were thus timed, viz.
Euphrates, Sir William Bensley, Sovereign, Madras, and Ben-
gal ; Monarch, Northumberland ; Madeihk, Nladras, and Ben-
gal; Alexander, Madeira and Bombay. To be afloat iTth
January. Sail from Gravesend 2i th Feb.
Ilarriet, Madras and Bengal ; Iluddart, Bombay. To be
afloat 11th Feb. Sail from Gravesend llth March.

The Court adjourned at 6 o'clock till Wednesday next.
The Court of Director► of the East India Company, on
Thursday, ordered the following ships, viz.
Ocean, Ceres, Canton, Dorsetshire, Alnw•ick Castle, David
Scutt, and Exeter, to prepare for the reception of troops, to
be landed at Madras, in their outward voyage to India.
London, England, 1808-01-04

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Jan. 19. Thomas Tite., Daventry, Northamptonshire, auc-
tioneer, at ten, at the Woolpack Inn, Warwick.
Jan. 23. Arthur Lewis, Banbury, Oxfordbhire, mercer, at
eleven, at the White Lion, Banbury.
Jan. 19. Thomas Mason, Sheffield, corn-factor, at twelve, at
the Littleton Arms Inn, Staffordshire.
Jan. 19. John Kelly Graham, Fowey, Cornwall, merchant,
at two, at the Talbot Inn, Cornwall.

Jan. '23. James Ward, Banbury, Oxfordshire, dyer, at one,
at the White Lion Inn, Banbury.
Jan. 23. Benjamin Bower, Manchester, merchant, at two, at
the Palace Inn, Manchester.

Jan. 27. John Julian, Robber's Mill, Nottinghamshire, mil-
ler, at eleven, at the Blackmoor's Head, Nottingham.
Jan. 23. Isaac Rowe, Mile End Green, mariner, at ten, at
Guildhall.
London, England, 1808-01-04

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London, England, 1808-01-04

DIVIDENDS.

Feb. 9. Thomas Smith Williams, Mincing-lane, ship-broker,
at eleven, at Cuildhall, London.
Jan. 21. Thomas Weaver, Manchester, corn-factor, at eleven,
at the Dog Tavern, Deansgate, Manchester.
Jan. '27. Henry Jenner, Norwich, linen-draper, at four, at
the King's Head, Norwich.
Jan. 25. Anthony Johnson, Chesterfield, grocer, at eleven,
at the Falcon Inn. Chesterfield.

Jan. 25. Samuel Stanforth, jun. and John Cartledge, Newbold,
Derbyshire, potters, at four, at the Angel, Chesterfield.
Feb. 1. Edward Outes, Leeds, drysalter, at eleven, at the
Hotel, Leeds.
Jan. 28. Thomas Abell, Attlehurgh, Norfolk, grocer and
diaper, at eleven, at the Cock Inn, Attlehurgh.
Jan. 25, Robert Dawson, St. Paul's Church-yard, potter, at
ten, at Ghildhall.
London, England, 1808-01-04

IIOUSE OF REPRESENT.4TVES.

'FITE AFFAIR Cr THE eRFSAPEAKE.
WASHINGTON, Nov. VT.—Mr. Blount, from a Commit-
tee of the House of Representatives on a part of the Presi-
deors Message, reported this day on the subject of the at-
tack on the Cheslpeake. The report commences with an

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London, England, 1808-01-04

COVENT G., iiDEN.

At Covent Garden, on the same evening, was acted, for the first
time, a Pantomime, entitled Harlequin in his Element, or Fire,
Water, Earth, anti Air. The Fable is the composition of Mr.
Dibdin, who in his Mother Goose displayed so great a know-
ledge of pantomimic effect. But in this piece Mr. Dibdin has
by no means equalled his former effort ; and although the ma-
chinery is much more adroitly managed here than at Drury Lane,
yet both Pantomimes deserve equal censure for a want of appa-
rent connection in the fable and tramformations. There is, how-
ever, a stroke of satire here, w hick merits some praise, and
which is levelled against the parochial system of employing aged
and drowsy watchmen. We cannot help wishing that pantomime,
as formerly was the case, entered with greater freedom on the
fiel.l of satire. Miss Adams made her first appearance in this
Theatre as Columbine, and was favourably receive,L—Her sis-
ters performed a pas de trois extremely well ; but the dancing
at C.ivent Garden is still on the whote inferior to the dancing at
Drury Lane. Mr. Bologna was the Hari: qu;n, and Mr. Gri-
maldi the Clcwn. They obtained great applause. The Iliusic
is the work of Mr. Wear, the leader of the baud, who cuinpostA
the Music of Mother Goose.

On the following Wednesday, Mrs. ll—Johnston, who has
far some time been assent from the London Boards, presented
herself at Beatrice, in Shakespeare's Much Ado usoait .Nsothin4.
Her private history had naturally created her some enemies
who, during the early part of the play, were exceedingly
boisterous ; their murmur gradually fell away, and rs.
Johnston is now, in all probability, engaged at Covent garden
Theatre. Mrs. H. Johnston is certainly a very pretty u ()man,
Jand so far she is qualified for the representation of Beutrice ; but
Beatrice is a wit as well as a beauty, and the character requires
intellectual powers far beyond any which Mrs. H. Johnston has
within our recollectian evinced. She spoke in a silver toile, and
walked in a delicate march : she displayed all the requisites
that we expect in the Lady Caroline of John Bull, but did not
convey that light, yet poignant satire, that keen good nature•,
that sparkling but energetic mind, which should animate the
Beatrice of Much Ado. Mr. Lew is played Benedick with infi-
nite spirit and whim ; the character that he represented was
highly diverting, but it was a Benedick rather of Mr. Lewis's
conception, than of Shakespeare's. In the lightest parts of all
these characters, Mr. Lewis Is inimitable : solos of licnedick's
London, England, 1808-01-04

THE THEATRE.

Dramatic Criticism, or something which bears that title, is
now so much in request, that a Newspaper can scarcely obtain
a great circulation, without presenting a pretty large portion
of such matter. We shall, therefore, devote a considerable
space in Tut; NATIONAL RI:GIiTER to this fashionable sub-
ject, although we do not intend to treat it in the fashionable
style. Of late, in the most popular of the periodical Critiques,
the absence of scientific principle has been supplied by the
supertit,ity of spleen, and the want of experience has been
compensated by the ebullition of wit. The fallacy has pleased
the Public : because every body can admire what is brilliant
in wit, but every body cannot detect what is erroneous in
v.( ience. The spectators in a Theatre are distant from the stage,
arid foil dazzles their eyes w ith all the lustre of real gold : The
readers of these current criticisms are remote from those circles
iu n hick the Drama is understood, and pointed antithesis strikes
them with the force of truth. In the columns of this Paper
we shall consider the criticism of the Drama not as a task
which may be slurred by idleness or blotted by caprice : but as
a science possessing principles as certain and as exalted as the
general criticism of poetry., of painting, of sculpture, or of any
other of the Fine Arts.

The Draam, considered as a Fine Art, which may become
the subject of criticism, divides itself naturally into two parts ;
the one iA the art of Dramatic Composition, which we may
critieke as fully as any poetry can be criticised : and the other
it the art of Acting, is hid, can be criticised as fully as we may
criticise Painting of Sculpture. To draw a parallel between
the art of Poetry and the art of Dramatic Composition
w ould be idle, because the latter is allowed to be a
branch of the former : but we are no less certain of our
ground, when we assert that there is a strong analogy
in the three arts of Painting, Sculpture, and Acting. All
equally tend to the same object : that is, to please by the just
representation of what is striking, interesting, or agreeable in
nature. Acting bears the same relative distance to Sculpture,
that Sculpture bears to Painting—for Painting represents Nature
by lines and colours laid on a fiat surface to be viewed from a
single point : Sculpture goes further, and represents the round-
ness and real proportion of Nature in ever; point front which
London, England, 1808-01-04

JAN. 4.

in 17 minutes, 2 in 16, 2 in 15, 2 in 14, 2 in 13, 2 in 17, and
the 6 last miles hi 54 minutes—total, IS miles in 146 minutes.
The pedestrian, it will be seen, had two miles to go in 4 mi-
nutes, when he resigned, visibly fatigued. He only halted for
about two minutes during the race, when he eat a mouthful of
chicken. and drank half a pint of mulled wine. The day was
extremely unfavourable for the pedestrian, who, if the report
be correct, did the distance in less than the given time, on
Tuesday last, whilst training. He is of low stature, and 35
years of age. His regular step was to do Y miles in 15 minutes.
London, England, 1808-01-04

TO THE PUPLIC.

The PROPRIETORS Of THE NATIONAL REGISTER do not
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TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Unbent
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1803.
London, England, 1808-01-04

POLITIC.II, EVNATS OP TIER WEEK.

Among the articles of intelligence which we have re-
ceived this week, the most important, or at least the
most surprising, is a new decree of BONAPARTE against our
commerce. One would have imagined that his last edict
had exhausted his schemes of vengeance; but the retaliat-
ing proclamation of our government has again set his in-
vention to work; and, since we are beyond his reach, he
has resolved to wreak his vengeance on all neutrals who
will not sacrifice their commerce to complete his schemes
of vengeance.
In this new edict, he decrees, that every ship, to whatever
nation it belongs, that has taken a voyage to England,
paid any tax to our government, or even submitted to be
searched by any English ship, shall, for that action alone,
be denationalised, be considered as having forfeited the
protection of its king, and become English property ! All
the vessels thus denationalized, arc declared to be lawful
prizes, whether they enter the ports of France and her
London, England, 1808-01-03

WEST INDIES.

SLAVE TRADE.

JAMAICA.—The House of Assembly of Jamaica have
made a Report on the Act passed in the last Session of
Parliament, for the Abolition of the Slave Trade. It is
the ohject of this Report to represent the stop put to the
importation of Slaves, as ruinous to the Colonies. This
has been always the argument of those who opposed that
benevolent measure ; hut it is obvious that if it were true,
it cannot be proved by any effects, which have yet resulted
from the abolition, as sufficient time has not yet elapsed
to shew either benefits or disadvantages of the Act. If,
however, the wisdom of the Legislature had not adopted
that measure, it is to be feared that the Colonists would
have experienced the dreadful effects of an abolition, not
brought about by the influence of law, but by violence.
The constant and unlimited importation of Negroes from
Africa would have finally reduced our West India Islands
to the melancholy situation of St. Domingo.
The following are the Resolutions of the Committee of
the House :

" Resolved, That the Act of the Imperial Parliament for
abolishing the Slave Trade, is pregnant with evils to this Island,
militating not only against its geineral welfare and interest, but
threatening its total destruction as a British West India Colony.
That depriving this extensive and yet unsettled Island of the
means of a supply of labourers from Africa, to cultivate the
soil, must be eventually ruinous to the proprietors and others
interested in it : many industrious and enterprising settlers, who
have braved the difficulties and hardships always attendant on
infant embellishments in the inferior and mountainous situations,
will, with their families, be reduced to poverty and wretched-
ness; and, when these settlements are abandoned by their pre-
sent inhabitants, they will become the haunts and fastnesses of
disaffected and rebellious negroes. That properties in possession
of mortgagees, receivers, guardians, and others, must shortly
tall a sacrifice to this Parliamentary regulation : because, from
their peculiar circumstances, they cannot be supplied with la-
bourers, the result of which will be, to deprive a numerous de-
scription of persons, from the earliest state of infancy to the
most advanced and helpless ages, of the common means of edu-
cation and support."

iesday, contain a
larders, Merchants,
is Colonies, which
!un-, has not, till
Country• In this

The Jamaica Papers received on Tile
Memorial of the of the Committee of Plai
and others. interested in the West India
though presented so long ago as last Ji
now, been published in any Paper in this I
Memorial the Planters complain,
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London, England, 1808-01-03

SPAIN.

MA nritn, Nov. 9. 6 . —Pon St. Jago Leniers, has sent to his
Excellency the Prince Generalissimo and Grand Admiral,
the official account of the events which took place at Bue-
nos Ayres, in the course of last July.
His Majesty, as a reward for the extraordinary proofs of
loyalty given by that city, as well as for the services ten-
dered by Don St. Jago Leniers, and by several officers, has
deelpred that the city of Buenos Ayres is to henceforth have
the title of Excellence, and that its Magistrates are to be callde
Seigniors ; that Don St. Jago Leniers is to receive the rank
of field :%larsha!, and is appointed Viceroy ; that all the
officers who served under him are to be promoted, and that.
the Viceroy is to name the rewards which are to be bestowed
on those who have distinguished themselves,
London, England, 1808-01-03

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

John Annandale and Edmund Jarklyn, of Dowgate-hill, rag-
merchants, from Jan. 5, to Jan. 19, at eleven and one, at Guild-
hall

11 I.NK RU PTS.

Joseph Pimblott, of Macclesfield, Chester, grocer, to surren-
der .lan. 13, at three, 16, at eleven, and Feb. 13, at two, at the
'Macclesfield Arms Hotel, Macclesfield. A ttornies, lir. Grinis
ditch, Macclesfield ; or Messrs. Bell and Broderick, Bow-lane.
Joseph Dorrocks of Bolton, Lancaster, muslin-manufacturer,
.Tan. 9, 29, and reb. 13, at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Bolton.
Attornies, Mr. Ralph Boardman, Bolton; or MeK:s. Meddow-
croft and Stanley, Gray's Inn, London.
Thomas Loci: ier, leas of Upper Thames-street, merchant,
Jan. 5, 23, at one, and Feb. 13, at twelve, at Guildhall. At-
tornies, Messrs. Dennetts and Greaves, K rms-y ard, Cole-
man-street.

William Bishop, of Strippleburst, Kent, smiler, Jan. 8,9, and
Feb. 13, at eleven, at the Ceorge Inn, Cranltrook. Attorniek,
Mr. Ottawas, StaplelturA ; or Mr. Ilithne, Brunbwick-square,
London.
London, England, 1808-01-03

DIVIDENDS.

.Tan. 30. Henry nutcher, of Hythe, Kent, sadler, at twelve,
at Guildhall. London.
fel). 2. Edward Wilhelm-It, of Queen's-row, Pentonville, in-
tiuranre broker, at ten. at Guildhall.
Jan. 21. Frederick Bartholomew and Joseph Merry,
tbf Binning:haw, porter-dcalen-, al cleten, at the Castle Inn,
ham.
London, England, 1808-01-03

HOLLAND.

HAVRE, DEC. 11.—The day before yesterday an Ameri-
can vessel, with a rich cargo of colon►al produce, came in
and anchored in our roads. The Maritime Prefect imme-
diate!y sent on board her an officer of the principal office,
and an interpreter. The officer put this question to the
Captain; " Have you not touched at England siuce yon
qu►tted the United States ?" " Yes," said the Captain, "
'►as forcibly carried into Plymouth by an English frigate."
Upon this declaration, which was in direct contradiction to
the decree respecting the continental blockade, the sessel
was prohibited from entering, and an order to withdraw
was intimated to her.
London, England, 1808-01-03

HINTS TO COMMERCIAL it,ITITLAToits.

The enterprize of our countrymen is as surprising as
their capital is inexhaustible. They only require to know
where a market can be opened, and what articles can bo
sold; and, with a celerity unknown and impracticable in
other countries, vessels arc immediately chartered, goods
embodied, and the market stocked with every vendible
commodity. We account it a laudable undertaking to
second this energetic spirit of our countrymen by the com-
munication of every information in our power; and to
point out to them every outlet, for their enterprize, at a
period when our active enemy has resolved, if he can, to
raise insuperable barriers against it in CN ery direction.
The eyes of our mercantile adventurers, are, of course,
at present turned on the Brazils, as the most desirable
field which has lately opened for their speculations. It is
therefore of the utmost consequence to ascertain the extent
of this new market, as well as the articles which will be
chiefly in demand : Without this information, the embar.
-rossments of the adventurers to Buenos tyres u4ht be re-

•
London, England, 1808-01-03

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

EXTRAORDINARY PEDSSTRIAN lINDERTARING.--A per-
son of the name of Yardley, a victualler, in Berkshire, who,
it has been stated, recently sprung forth, to astonish the ama-
teurs of agile sports, and to rival the pedestrians of the day,
undertook, on Wednesday se-nnight, to perform 20 miles in two
hours and a half, for a stake of 50 guineas. He started on a
piece of ground about 4 miles from Croydon at 10 o'clock, yes-
terday morning, to go a mile to and from ; he ran 2 miles
in 17 minutes, 2 in 16, 2 in 15, 2 in 14, 2 in 13, 2 in 17, and
3he 6 last miles in 54 minutes—total, 8 miles is 146 minutes.
The pedestrian, it will be seen, bad two miles to go in 4 mi-
nutes, when he resigned, visibly fatigued. He only halted for
about two minutes during the race, when he eat a mouthful of
chicken and drank half a pint of malted wine. The day was
extremely unfavourable for the pedestrian, who, if the report
he correct, did the distance in less than the given time, on
Tuesday last, whilst training. He is of low stature, and 35
years of age. His regular step was to do 2 miles in 15 minutes.

CITY.
BR►AD.—Tncsday the Lord Mayor ordered the price oi
Bread to be raised half an assize, or a penny in the peck loafd
The quartern loaf of wheaten will then be sold for 11*d. an
household 91d.
London, England, 1808-01-03

BANKRUPTS.

Ccerge Divon, of Lancaster, glover, to surrender Jan. 2, 12,
and Feb. 9, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, Messrs.
Berr-. and James. Bucklersbury, London.
Villia►n Wright, of Queenbithe, provision merchant, Tan. 5,
16, a►:d Feb. 9, nt ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Sweet,
King's Bench Walk. Temple.
Jame: Howell, of Eglwysilan, Glamorganshire. shopkeeper,
Jan. 12, 13, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at tl►e Angel inn. Cardin',
Clamorganshire. Attornies, Mr. Lewis, Cardiff; or Messrs.
Price and Browne, Lincoln's-inn, London.
Elizabeth Juxon and Charles hi xon, of Birmingham, brass-
founders, Jan. 15, 16, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Shakespeare
Tavern, Birmingham. Attornies, Mr. Carter, Staple-inn, Lon-
don ; or Mr. Butt, Birmingham,
James Chard, of Anchor and Hope-alley, Red Lion-street,
St. George's in the East, painter. Jan. 2, at eleven, 9, and Feb.
0, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Dawne,
llenriccta-
street, Covent Garden.
William White, of Birmingham, tailor. Jan. 16, at one, 18.
and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the White Hart inn, Birmingham.
Attornies, Mr. Constable, Symond's-inn, Chancery-lane; or
Mr. Si►ncox. Birmingham.

Nicholh-, of Nlinehinhampton, Gloucestershire, clo-
thier, Jan. 5, at five, 6, and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the George
Inn, Stroud, Gloucestershire. A ttornies, Messrs. Sheppard and
Adlington, Bedford-row, London; or Mr. Wathen, Stroud.
Samuel May and John Spooner, of Great Portland-street,
Mary-le-bone, haberdashers, Jan. '2, 16, and Feb. 9, at eleven,
at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Drake, Old Fish-street, Doctors'
Commons.

William Tankard, of Bristol, cabinet-maker, .:an. 14, 15,
and Feb. 9, at eleven, at the Rummer Tavern, Bristol. A ttor-
nie.4„ Alt. Vowles, Bristol ; or Air. Bennet, Dean's-court, St.
Paul's.
London, England, 1808-01-03

DIVIDE NDS.

Feb. 9. Thomas Smith Williams, of Mincing-lane, ship-
broker, at eleven, at Guildhall, London.
Jan. 27. 'bonus Weaver, Manchester, cornfactor, at eleven,
at the Dog Tavern, in Deansgatc, Manche,ter.
Jan. 27. Henry .lenner, Norwich, linen-draper, at four, at
the King's Head, Nom Wt.
Jan. .25. Anthony Johnson, Chesterfield, grocer, at eleven, at
the Falcon Inn, Chesterfield.

Jan. 25. Samuel Sanforthjun, and John Cartledge, Newbold,
Derbyshire, potters, at four, at the Angie 1, Chesterfield.
Feb. I. Edward Oates, Leeds, drvsaltcr, at eleven, at the
Hotel, Leeds.
Jan. 28. Thomns Abell, Attlehurgh, Norfolk, grocer and
draper, at eleven, at the Cock Inn, Attle•burgh.
Jan. 25, Robert Daw son, St. Paul's Church-yard, potter, at
ten, at Guildhall.

onbon,
SUNDAY, JANUARY, 3, 1308.

POLITIC-IL EVE.VTS OP THE WEEK.

Among the articles of intelligence which we have re-
ceived this week, the most important, or at least the most
surprising, is a new decree of BONAPARTE agpinst our
commerce. One would have imagined that his last edict
had exhausted his schemes of vengeance ; but the retaliat-
ing proclamation of our government has again set his in-
vention to work ; and, since we are beyond his reach, he
has resolved to wreak his vengeance on all neutrals who
will not sacrifice their commerce to complete his schemes
of vengeance.

In this new edict, he decrees, that every ship, to whatever
nation it belongs, that has undertaken a voyage to England,
paid any tax to our government, or even submitted to •he
searched by an./ English ship, shall, for that action alone,
be denationalised, be considered as having forfeited the
protection of its king, and become English property ! All
tl►e Vessels thus denationalised, are declared to be lawful
prizes, whether they enter the ports of France and her
~'lies, or fall into the hands of their ships of war or pri-
valvers. The British Islands are declared to be in a stale
of blockade, both by sea and land ; and every vessel, of
whatever nation, going to or from the ports of Britain,
or her Colonies, is declared to be lawful prize, To con-
clude this singular edict, it is declared to be a mere
measure of retaliation against England !
This decree serves to shew how far BONA PARTE may be
carried beyond the bounds, not only of policy, but even of
reason, by the headstrong fury of his passions. The damage
London, England, 1808-01-03

JAN. 3.

The PROPRIETORS of THic NATIONA I. REGISTER do not
come before their Readers with AN APO LOGY. They hare
►nade professions ; they have endeavoured to fulfil them and
bd the success of these endeavours they desire to be, udged, and
in stand or fail in the public opinion. At present they only
erme for►eard to pledge themselves that there will be No r 4 LI.-

ING (IFF or THIS PAPER; that the sante tatentl, the Annie in-

dostry will be employed to complete EVERY NUMBER as the
TTnsT; and they.feet assured, that if they have proved them-

selves worthy of the Public favour, it will be vouchsafed them.
It is truly satisfactory to their feelings, to have to express in their
First Number, their gratitude to en unprecedented List of
Subscribers, distinguished 11.7 their rank in society, by tin it poll-
Heal eminence, by their taste and learning. They feel proud,
that the very indication of their Nan has attracted such mark-
ed attention, and no pains or expence will, of course, be spared
to secure a continuance of the same fliittrth,g approbation.
They beg leave to inform their 'leaders, that an A p propriate
Emblematical Title-page was folded up in every Paper of
This Day's NATIONAL REGISTER, previous to its leaving
the Office ; but (f through any acri4ent it should not be de-
livered, Subscribers will be immediately furnished with it by
sending to the Office.
London, England, 1808-01-03

ITALY.

VENTrE, DEC, 3,--llis Majesty visited on the first of this
month a part of the Lagunes and the fort of Alalamocco.
Ye!ilectlaN, at ten o'clock, his Majesty witnessed the launch-
ing of a frit,;ate in the Arsenal. At two o'clock he was
present at the amusement of the Regatta. It was a match
of gondolas, in three parties : the first was between two
boats, manned by a single rower each ; the second and
third between boats manned with two rowers each. The
movie they took was the great canal hich crosses the city
from cac end to the other. The beautiful willies w hich had
served cm the first entrance of the Emperor, cut through
the crowd of barks, and cleared the passage for the 2,-on-
dolas, who followed in the race. His Majesty, with all his
Court, s situated in the balcony of the Palace, which
commands a full view of the canal. This charming sight,
the immense number of barks, and the joy manifested by
the crowds of spectators, displayed Venice in all its singular
beauties. The illuminations which concluded the day were
general, and magnificent bevond description.

♦MME:RI(A.

SF.V.4TF.--IVISHINGTON (-Irv, Nor. `.15.

Mr. Adams submittea the following resolution for cousi
deration

" Resolved, That the President of the United States he re•
quested to (It tt,e to he laid before the Senate, a return:of the
number of American Seamen impressed or detained by British
armed vessels, whose names hate been reported to the depart-
ment of State, since the last statement made to Congress, men-
tioning the names of the persons impressed, the time and place
of their impressment, the names of the ships, and as far as may
he known of the officers by whom they were impressed, toge-
ther with any material facts or eireircumstances in relation to
the came : stating also the whole number of seamen impressed
since the commencement of the present war, what number of
persons impressed according to the last statement of the Secre-
tary of State, has since been restored, and the numbers still de-
tained since demand of their restoration made, with the reasna
assigned for their detention."
London, England, 1808-01-03

EAST INDIA AFFAIRS.

Tuesda3 a Court of Directors was held at the East India
House, when the following ships were thus timed, viz.
Euphrates:, Sir William Hensley, Sovereign, Madras and Ben-
gal ; Monarch, Northumberland ; Madeira, Madras, and Ben-
gal ; Alexander, Madeira and Bombay. To be afloat 27th
January. Sail from Gravesend 27th Feb.
Harriet, Madras and Bengal ; Huddart, Bombay.
afloat 11th Feb. Sail from Gravesend 11th March.

To be

The Court adjourned at 6 o'clock till Wednesday next.
Tee Court of Directors of the East India Company, on
Thursday, ordered the following ships, viz.
Ocean, Ceres, Canton, Dorsetshire, Alnwick Castle, David
Scott, and Exeter. to prepare for the reception of troops, to
be landed at :Madras, in their outward voyage to India.
London, England, 1808-01-03

PORT N 1.:11.S AND LLOYD'S LIST.

DEC. 31.—We are sorry to state, that letters
reached its last night, under date Tueqlay evening, stating the
octal loss of his :11ajesty's tine frigate the Anson, Captain by-
,tard, in Mount's Bar, in the hurricane of last Tuesday morn-
g, at six o'clock. The Anson-vas going from Falmouth to
her station off the Black !locks, and we understand got embaved
nn Monday night. She parted all her cables and anchors just
te'fore •ix o'clock, and went plump ashore, where she soon beat
to► pieces : unfortunately Captain Lydiard, his first Lieutenant,
and 60 of her crew perished, ere they could reach the shore;
all the other Officers, and about ltiOsof her ship's company, got
rafe on shore in Mount's Has.
The Grinder, from Halifax to St. Domingo, and the Atlantic,
Neil, from New York, have been taken ; but both re-captured,
and carried into Jamaica.

The Queen, Forbes, from Portsmouth, to Cadiz, fur the fleet ;
I!i' pat into lurk, datuagedt and beeu obliged to unload.

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London, England, 1808-01-03

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

6

Levant, and that which, at a toore dist..nt period, we shall reap
from our indigenous culture, not unsuccessfully essayed, will
suffice to supprt, in a great measure, our manufactures ; but in
the expectation that some of them may experience privations,
we must have recourse, as far as possible, to hemp and flax, iu
order to provide occupation fur those manufacturers who would
no longer he employed with articles of cotton. 11 were desir-
able that we would circumscribe our consumption within the
products of the materials the growth of our soil, and restrain the
uuhappy effects of habits and taste contracted for manufactures,
tbat would render 136 dependent upon foreign countries.
" The materials for dying ma) become scarce—but many of
them may he replaced by the productions of our soil. We will
dispense with the rest by a elight sacrifice of some colours,
which may please from their apparent rrcater beauty, without
adding any to the intrinsic goodness of the article. Be-
side.:, no small reliance is to he placed on the genius of our ma-
nufat furors : it w ill triamph over those di Nicol ties.
" The channels, which in spite of these usurpations, will
remain open to importation, may not suffice for the consumption
of siqar nod cottee ; these objects of a secondary utility may
become scarce : but the great mass of the nation will not suffer
from this temporary. privation ; habits of indulgence too widely
indulged lv iii be counteracted and restrained by the rise in the
price.

" And besides. is it to he supposed that the Great Nation
will allow itself to he intimidated by the privation of some
futile ruin mews ? ller armies have endured, without a mur-
mur, t:re mo,t p;oching wants : that great example will not
have been licit! ow in vain ; and when we have in view to re-
conquer the it:dependence of the seas ; when we have in view to
rescue and redeem commerce from the ruinous arts of piracy
that are juridically exercised against it ; when we hose in view
the vindication of the national honour, and the breaking down
of those
.fen•rce caudinw which England is attempting to erect
upon our coasts, the French people will support with the di:,-
nity and courage that belong to their great character, the mo-
mentary sacrifices that are imposed upon their taste, their
habits, and their industry.. The commerce of Europe will soon,
no doubt, he rescued from oppression. The interests of nations;
the honour of Sovereigns; the magnanimous resolutions of the
most powerful of the Allies of France ; the power and w ish of
the hero who rules over us; the justice of a cause• to which
Heaven will grant its protection ; every motive• concurs to de-
cide the contest; nor can its issue remain uncertain. Accept,
Gentlemen, the assurance of my sincere esteem.
(Signed)

44 CPETFT."

JAN 3.

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London, England, 1808-01-03

DRURY LAN R.

On Monday the 28th of December a Pantnmiine was produced
at Drury-lane called Furibond, or 11a,•fup.in Negco. This
piece was so exceedingly defective in its machinery, that on the
first night it very narrowly escaped a total condemnation. Nor
can we discover that, independently of the awkwardness of work-
men and the rottenness of ropes, the plot of this pantomiiie is de-
serving of commendation. It is difficult to comprehend the mo-
tive or use of the tricks or scenic exhibitions : and the piece has
accordingly been little successful. Mr. Hartiand is a graceful
Harlequin, and Mrs. Sharp is assuredly the best dancer who has
for some year represented the Columbine. Nor can we ;Mow
the well-earned popularity of Mr. Grimalrii, the Cown of Co-
vent Garden, to obstruct our praises of Mr. Laurent, Iv ho acts
the blunderer at Drury Lane. Mr. Grimaldi is famous for put-
ting all his limbs most ingeniously nut of joint. Mr. Laurent
deserves to be at least as much admired for employ in his joints
with the greatest possible agility. The one has had the glory of
turning bodily nature from her common course, the other merits
the praise of having cultivated her to her highest perfection.
The Music is by Mr. C outlet).
London, England, 1808-01-03

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

41 the Court at Windsor, the ISth o'n.y of December, 1807,

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present, the KinK's Most Excellent Mo- jesty in Council.
His Majesty is pleased, by and with theadvice of his Privy
Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that nothing in
His Majesty's Order in Council of the 11th of November
last shall extend, or be construed to extend, to permit any
vessel to import any articles of the produce or manufacture
of the enemy's Colonies in the West Indies, direct from such
Colonies to any port of this kingdom t and it is further
ordered, that all vessels which may arrive in the ports of
this kingdom, direct from the Colonies aforesaid, shall, m
Tertheless, be released, upon proof being made that the
charter-party or other agreement for the voyage was en-
tered into before notice of this Order. And the Hight Hor.
the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury, Ilis
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, and the Judges of the High Court
of Admiralty and Court►► of Vice-Admiralty, are to take the
neceasary measures herein as to them shall respectively ap-
pertain. W. F./UWE/VER.

JAN. 3.

Jan. 19. Thomas Tite, of Daventry, Northamptonshire, auc-
tioneer, at ten, at the Woolpack Inn, Warwick.
Jan. '23. Arthur Lewis, of Banbury, Oxfordshire, mercer, at
eleven, at the White Lion, Banhuri
Jan. 19. Thomas Mason, of Sheilield, corn-factor, at twelve,
at the Littleton's Arms Inn, Staffordshire.
Jan. 19. John Kelly Graham, of rowey, Cornwall, mer-
chant, at two, at the Talbot Inn, Cornwall.
Jan. '23. :Fames Ward, of Banbury, Oxfordshire, dyer, at
one, at the White Lion Inn, Banbury.
Jan. 23. Benjamin Bower, of Manchester, merchant, at two,
at the Palace Inn, Manchester.
Jan. 21. John Julian, of Robber's Mill, Nottinghamshire,
miller, at eleven, at the Blackinnor's Ilead, Nottingham.

Jan. S. Isaac Rowe, of Mile End Green, mariner, at ten,
at Guildhall.

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

[The Gazette of this Evening contains a Proclamation re-
perting the adjudication of prizes to the captors : a permission
to the 25th Regiment of Light Dragoons, in consequence of their
good conduct in the battle of Leswarree, to hear the name of
that place on the front of their helmets : the capture of La Syhille,
a French privateer pierced for 14 guns, and with 43 men on
hoard, by his Majesty's ship the Seine : the capture of the
Spanish privateer Amor de In Palria, with 3 guns, and 63 men, by
the Bacchante and the Rein Deer : of L'Aigle, French privateer,
of 14 guns, and 66 men, by the Resistance; and of La Reciprocity",
French privateer of 14 guns, by the Lion. By orders from the
Treasury, the bounties for refining sugar, &c.:are extended to
the ports of Liverpool and Leith.]
London, England, 1808-01-03

GERMANY.

VIENNA, Prc. nun! Ga-:ellc of this day con
tains the following article from Turkey ;

" Tranquillity is again disturbed in the frontier and East-
ern provinces of. the Ottoman Empire. The following parti-
culars of the passing of the Bozaw a by the Turks, have been re-
ceived from Serajevo, the capital of Bosnia :
_ _ _

" At the commencement of October, this both, of Ottoman
troops on the Drina, which amounted only to 16,000 men, were
secretly increased by successive reinforcements to t 5.000. On
the Bth of October, Hassan Paella assemnled all his force at
on the Buzawa, not far from Seniza, and on the 10th
he passed the river. lie immediately advanced against the her-
vian positions ; hut the latter fell back at every point, and in
the evening the Turks reached the Castle of Rocco. On the four
following days the Servians made several attacks, and on the
15th, having received large reinforcements, they repulsed the
111ussubnen. Follow ing up these advantages, they re-passed the
Buzawa, and advanced to Vartz, a few miles from Tarakvo.
To stop their progress, Bekir Pacha, Vizir Travenick, sum-
moned a levy en ma. against the Liervians. He tnarched out of
Travenick on the 18th, with 2000 men.
" Nothing respecting the evacuation of Wallachia or Molda-
via has yet taken place. A new Russian corps has marched
from 31ohilow towards these two principalities. General
Prince Apraxirn, Brigadier of this corps, is still at Bucha.est,
whither Prince Prosorowsky has also repaired from Yassy.
The advanced posts have been again reinforced, and all corres-
pondence or communication with Turkey is rigoronsly pro.
hibited."
London, England, 1808-01-03

.!Ar4. 3

newel, the market be overstocked, the commodities be
unsuited to it, and the result to our commerce be, at first►
distressing instead of profitable.
The extent of the Brazils is nearly thirteen times greater
than that of Great Britain but its boundless plains are as
yet almost wholly uncultivated, and its population does not
exceed above one million. Of these not above three hung
tired thousand are whites and freemen : the rest consist of
the natives, who have survived the oppression of their
Portuguese masters, and of negroes imported from Africa
to dig their mines.
It thus appears, both from the extent and nature of the
population, that the market of the Brazils must, in its
present state, be limited. We are, however, to take into
the account that a large number of emigrants Nvill now ac-
company and follow the Court from Portugal ; and that
these new settlers are much more accustomed to the con-
venieneies of the old world, and will consequently have a
much greater proportional demand for its productions. We
may also take it for granted, that the whole supply of the
Brazils will be in our own hands, since the Amer►cans, the
only other nation that can at present be permitted to trade
there, are in want of almost exactly the same articles as
the Brazilians.
The commodities which, at present, will be chiefly
wanted, are all articles of dress. Cotton, both coarse and
line, will be in great demand, but woollens will also he
much required, as the more southern parts of the Brazi!s,
and even the higher ground of the more northern, arc
subject to colds and damps at particular seasons of the
year. Hats, shoes, boots, and e% cry manufactured ar-
ticle of dress will be equally in requisition.
Here, as in North America, every article of furniture,
both iron anti wood, is imported, owing to the total want
of internal manufactures. Hardware of every description,
je% ellen', saddlery, ail utensils both for the mines and for
husbandry, must also l►e ,;:)plied from this country. The
consumption of these I:01er art irks must rapidly increase
with the progress of cultivation, and we may in a few
years, find the demand for them in the Brazils not less than
they arc at present in North ,Inierica.
Wines, and the various luxuries of Europe, which were
formerly- procured from Portugal, must now he drawn
Inns this country.

The pr:neipal imports which our merchants will derive
from the Brazils in return, are articles capable of further
nElqulact tire, and consetplently extremely beneficial to our
couffirs. Cotton, NV 001, hides, tallow, the precious metals,
nitre, and wood of every descriptio►t both ti►r furniture
and ship-building. Nearly all the principal articles, which
we have been accustomed to derive from the Baltic, may
be proc•uu•ed in this new kingdom ; and will, of cours,-., in
fhe pre,o94 state of things, be that part of its produce
chiefly in demand at home.
London, England, 1808-01-03

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CERTIFICATES. JA N. 23.

Davie Keer, Framlingham, Suffolk, surgeon and apothecary.
William 'Fortnum, Ball-alley, Lombard-street, stationer.
William lload, Fareham, Hants, butcher.
William Orgill and .Joseph Burton, Manchester.
William Beach, Ludlow•, Salop, mercer and draper.
London, England, 1808-07-31

JULY ST.

Farley, Mrs. Gibbs, and Mrs. Liston, were very• successful in
their several parts, Mr. Thompson seemed to have at last mas-
tered his countenance; Mr. Liston to wish that no other candi- '
date for theatrical fame should ever excel him in.his character,
end Mrs. St. Leger to exert herself, just enough to avoid being
hissed, but not to deserve praise. It is the misfortune of this
lady, that the most pathetic scenes seem to produce on her aiu-
dicrous impression. Like King Midas, whose touch converted
every thing into gold, she converts every circumstance, however
atilicting,—every speech, however moving, into a subject for
laughter. Iler manners were not those of an African mother.
and her shape far from that of a famished woman.
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486

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

FltOM THE 0V I EDO AZETT E.
INTELLIGONCE I'IIOM CATALONIA.
OVIEDO, .1 I LV 13.—The little information we possess rela-
tive to the state of Catalonia, must render the following news
received here very interesting,.
Restrained by the Governors, Aleades Mayor, and Plana
I%la vor, the Catalonians succeeded in di3emharrassing themselves
of their impediments, or, in their own words, made a finish of
them, to the middle of June there were already at• the Moli-
nos del Rey 151)0 men front Lerida; 500 from Tortola were soon
e y petted, and as Many Inure Valencians; to lay siege to Barce-
lona.
The French in Barcelona are greatly in want of powder and
provisions. A vessel loaded with powder, and another .with
pork. have been taken from them. In consequence of this scar-
city. the people were in the most critical circumstances, and the
Fre•uch were quite at a loss ti hat to do. If they tried to escape
by sea, there was an English squadron t• if by land, there was a
cordon of troops drawn from Moncado to Mawr). Their at-
tempts attainst the first of these places, and also that on Monett-
legre, terminated rather unpleasantly for those heroes, as they
fancied they could take than without any trouble; but nothiug
ran deprive them of the glory of having laid waste the whole
plain of Barcelona, all the cultivated fields, all the villages, and
the churches. They have also burnt down a great number of
houses in the towns of Nlatorell, Nlolinos del Rey, and
other places, all within the district of the city of Bareelona.—
Lastly, we are assured that a great firing had been heard be-
tween Figueras, Ampurdan, and San Fernando. The Junta at
Catalonia have established themselves at Lerida, in order to ren-
der the communication with Aragon and Valentia more certain.
London, England, 1808-07-31

POLITICAL DISQUISITION.

NUMBER THIRTY-ONE.
SPAIN AND lIER COLONIES.

Spain still continues to fix exclusively the public atten-
tion. The exertions of her patriotic inhabitants are read
and listened to with avidity. This strong interest has spread
through all the gradations of society ; and its effects are as
visible in the discourse of the mechanic, as in the discus-
sions of the turned. This universal sympathy in the af-
fairs of a nation, which, only a few weeks ago, excited as
general a degree of contempt, blended with pity, on ac-
count of the despicable servility and moral dotage of her
Government, impresses on the mind of the observer the
awful consideration of their decisive importance. No mo-
tive, inferior to universal liberty or subjection, could effect
so quick a transition in the sentiments of the public. They
appear to feel strongly that the success or miscarriage of
their exertions will decide, whether the States of the Con-
tinent are to enjoy the blessings of freedom, local institu-
tions and emulation, which was productive of some dis-
adv:►ntagcs, and of inestimable advantages : or become
the exclusive patrimony of an individual ; who, in order
to acquire and secure it, is compelled to pull down all the
fences, which experience and virtue have planted against
the inroads of cupidity and self-love. Such are the awful
reflections which force themselves on the political inquirer,
as often as he makes Spanish affairs the subject of his dis-
quisitions. Impreried by the magnitude of the subject, he
wishes to disembarrass himself of impressions, as far as
they arc local and individual, in order to bring coolness,
impartiality, and judgment to the comprehensive investi-
gation. But the heart is too warmly interested, not to
communicate its warmth to the head ; and he declaims,
when he should reason.

But if the danger of that country be great, the resources
are ei7tal, if not superior, to it. If traditionary accounts
and the annals of mai,: is furnish too many examples of
vice triumphant over virtue ; they afford us at the same
time the encouraging lesson, that every community, ani-
mated with a strong Sense of resistance to the encroach-
ments of a foreign tyrant, has been almost invariably suc-
cessful. Nationii, like individuals, when exposed to ordi-
nary dangers, never display a tenth part of their vigour.
It is when the peril becomes excessive, when it is aggra-
vated by flagrant injuries, that those extraordinary
energies are developed, which confound calculation, and
insure success when it is most improbable. Such is the
situation of Spain. Had the lawless insatiable ruffian, who
founds his greatness on the misery of so many millions,
acted with less refinement of villainy, her fate had been
already decided ; and she would have been hurried, with
very little resistance, into the vortex of his ambition.
But she is not abandoned to her own resources and exer-
tions. A people, and wir are proud to say it, who have the
will and the means to assist her effectually, have declared
their intention of throwing their entire weight into the
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