The National Register.
London, England, 1820-12-04 00:00:00

BARBARA ZRESS.

LANGENIVRO, Nov. 17.-1 enclose you a Ger-
man newspaper, containing an article relative to
the infamous Barbara Kress, who has so disgraced
herself and her country by her reccut conauct ou
the. Queen's trial. Observing that Lord Liverpool
seemed to place a loud reliance on the esetisaony

of this witness, I thought it might be of use thof
he, as well as hertlajesty's counsel, knew a little 1
her character. By the date of the paper you wit.
see that the article in question has been a considert
ruble time in print. I expected to have seen I
copied in other German papers, and thence trans.
lated into the English; but being disappointed in
the anticipation, from the strictness of the censor-
ship in most of the States of Germany, I find the
only way of giving it publicity in England is to
enclose the original copy to you :

[Extract from the New German National Chronicle.[
" Ellwangen, October S'S.
" It must have given pain to every well disposed Gentian to
see among the Italian canaille who have been employed during
etc famous process which has disgraced our age, to bring
charges against the Queen of England, the name of a German
woman named Barbara Kress, which, in consequence has often
been mentioned in aU the public journals of Europe. Her
declarations, lme, er, cannot possibly have much weight if the
same principle which prevails every where else prevails in En-
gland—that an unblemished character is unnecessary to give
validity to the te,timony of u court of justice. This is not the
case with Barbara Kress, who, when she was hi ssrvice some time
ago, in the country residence of the King of Wirtemberg, called
Afonrepoe, emitted theft, and was in consequence discharged
with a mark of iMainy. I leave it t., you to make known this
fact, the truth of which many respectable persons are ready to
attest."

ALARMING FIRE.-0,1 Thursday night about half-
past eleven o'clock, a fire was discovered in the timber-
yard of Mr. Baynes, Hollen-street, IVardour-street (very
close to the houses which were burnt on Wednesday
morning.) In a short time an immense volume of
flames burst forth and illumined the atmosphere for some
distance; the, fire soon spread its ravages to the adjoining
houses before any effectual means could be procured to
suppress it. Engines arrived from all (loaners, but for
some time they were unable to work, ill consequence of
there not being a sollicient supply of water. The act'.
sky of the fin men prevented the fire in some measure
from extending any distance; but the backs of all the
houses were completely consumed. A IVesleyan chapel,
in Little Chapel-street, was very much damaged, as
were also a ber of houses in Great and Little Chapel.
streets, ‘Vardour-street, and Hollen-street. The thieves
were, as usual, very active on the occasion. A detach-
mem of the foot-guards attended, which, with a strong
party of the Bow-street patrol and other constables, were
very successful in preventing depreadations and keeping
a free passage for the exertions of the firemen. No cause
has as yet been assigned as to the origin of this dreadful
fire, but it is so prsed that some flakes of fire must have
flown over un nednesday, and remained concealed until
Thursday night, when they burst 1011'1. The houses
were principally occupied by reit lodgers, who have
unfortunately lost their goods. Mr. Bay nes was insured,
but, we hear, not adequately to the loss he sustained.
AGRICULTURAL REPORT /OR Novimaxx.—There
is little novelty since our last report, for the universal
distress of the occupiers of the soil, and the labourers
who till it, are unhappily no novelty. Never before was
there so great a provision in Faulaud, of all the neces-
saries of life and of all commodities; but fur the former,
the grower finds no teunmeration, soil nontitos
the apparent low rate of necessaries, the country la.
bourers in constant employment are barely able to sub-
sist, and the considerable number iu many dis,ricts,
whom the farmer cannot employ, have nu other resource
than a parish allowance. A great accumulation of this
misery is apprehended in the ensuing winter season.—
Such is the strange state of our country,at the very summit
of opulence, and superabundance, and with the boast
of an unprecedented share of intellectual light. As a
curious atiunialy, we have lately heard of ninety pounds
per acre given for thin stapled, ordinary arable land, and
from seventy pounds to that price demanded for laud in
the county alluded to. Rents, however, in various parts
of the couhtry,aregiving wayam the average probably of
nearly thirty per cent., apparently the only obvious
mode of working the necessary change in the present
melancholy and dangerous situation of affairs. The late
conatderable reduction in the price of coin, is no doubt
full as much to he attributed to the pirvilly of the far-
mers as to the abundance of the crop. The low price
of store cattle may be referred to the same causes, and to
the almost general failure of the turnip crop, which will
render cattle feeding in the spring extremely expensive.
The young wheats look as healtity and well in general,
as they usually do at this season, but from casualties of
weather, the sowing of cousiderable breadths it post-
pored till after Christina,. Iu some parts the drought
continued too long; in others, particularly the north
wes:, they were deluged with ram In Scotland the crops
were fortunately secured. Wheat and Oats yea, ;
barley deficient, both in quint' ity and qieility. Potatoes,
a light but sufficient crop. Wheat sell got in. The
demand fur labour too great to I, supplied The wool
trade is reviving itt a slight degree, for middle and long
,tools; as firr English hue %%tads, foreign importation
ha, low.; since beaten them out of the field and out of
the market.

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to Potion erreeent, the wife off. J. Platt, elq. of two b4e: one
of thew still Dom.
At tuobridge wells.the wife of Dr. Mayo, of a suf.