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London, England, 1811-06-09

MANUFACTURERS.

Colonel STANLEY moved that the Petition of the Weavers of
Lancashire be referred to a Select Committee.
Mr. BLACKBURN seconded the motion.

Mr. PERE EVAL said, that however desirous all were of allevi-
ating the distresses of the Poor Manufacturers, he feared the
present was not a time at which Parliament cou'd grant them
the expected relief. 1-le was therefore against referring the Pe-
tition to a Committee, as it would hold out to the P. titioners
hopes of aid, which could not be realized. If, however, any
benefit could be pointed out as likely to result from the motion,
he would not oppose it.
Sir R. PEACE regretted much the sentiments of the Right
Hon. Gentleman, and advised that at least a smell sum should
be advanced by Government towards the relief of the Peti-
tioners.

Ater some further discussion, in which Mr. Ponsonhy, Mr.
Wilberforce, Sir John Newport, and several others joined, the
motion was agrted to, and the Committee appointed.
The Petitiwis of the Weavers of Ay re, Renfrew, and Paisley,
were referred to the same Committee.

Mr. WLISTBRPAD brought up the Report of Mr. Mallison's
Petition, which was ordered to lie on the tab!e.

SUITORS IN CHANCERY.
The adjourned debate upon Mr. M..\. Taylor's motion, for
the appointment of a Committee to search the Journals of the
Lords upon the subject of Suitors in Chancery, was resumed,
and a long debate ensued which terminated in a division, when
there appeared—For the motion 37—Against it 26—Majority 1.
The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the
House adjourned.

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THURSDAY, JUNE 6.
Mr. LOCKHART presented a Petition from an elector of
Stafford, named Batty, which stated . thatjtichard Mansell
Phillips, Esq.nne of the Members for that Thirough, had received !I
50 guinea:, from him (in a 501. bill and notes) to procure the I
disch:lrge of a marine soldier from Mjesty's ua.vy, but that
in,.teaci of applying the money to the purpose agreed on, he had
;mid tne.Bill to a grocer at Wimbledon ; the zetitioner flirther
rated that he find indicted the said Richard netznsell Phillips, II
Esq. at the Surrey Sessions, for obtaining monel under false
pretences, to which indictment he could not get him to plead, •
the petitioner thc!refore prayed relief from the House.
At the suggestion of the Speaker, the consideration of the pe-
tition was deferred till to-morrow sennight, when Mr. Phillips i
swill be ordered to attend.

ADMIRALTY COURT AT MALTA.
Lord Cocilaitri z brought forward his promised -motion
relative to abuses in the Vice Admiralty Court of Malta. His
Lurd,bip, to prove tlu: necessity of enquiry, mentioned a variety
of instances, to spew the exorbitant fees taken; in one case a
vessel was sold for 11,000 rupees, and the charges for condemn.
ing her were lopik. His Lordship then produced the copy of
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DIED.

On Monday morning, at his house, In Tenterden-street, after
a lingering illness, aged 70, Henry Herbert, Earl of Carnarvol
and baron Porchester, of High Clere, in the county of Hants, .
Pcivy Counsellor, and L. L.D. He is succeeded in title an 1
estate by his eldest son, Henry George Lord Porchester, M. P.
for Cricklade.
Lately, of a fever-, at Coimbra, Portugal, the Hon. Joh
Wingfield, of the first Battalion of the Coldstream regiment o:
foot guards.
At Yarmouth, aged 70, E. Mapes, Esq. many years Lieut.-
Col. ;:f the East Norfolk Militia.
In Wiltshire, in. the 76th year of his age, Harry Blunt, Esq .
late Lieutenant-Colonel of the 4th, or Kin o Nil regiment:
he was present at the siege of St. Phillips, Minorca, in 1756,
and at the battle of Minden, in Germany, and also served in the
American War, under Generals Gage and Howe.
At Eriswcll, near Mildenhall, aged 101, deservedly respected,
Jan.ts Fuller, one of the people called quzkers ; whose tempe-
rate way of living was blessed with freedom from pain till the
close of his long pilgrimage ; he had children, grand children,
and great great grand children, to the number of 210.

Pit'CE OF STOCKS.
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Bank Long Annuities l6i 15-16
Imperial A:11. for 25 years 5 13-16 •
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Exacquer Biil,, 3d.
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ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, (S•c.

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'ednesday night, about ten o'clock, a most alarming fire
broke out at the Red Lion Wharf, in Thames-street, which de-
stroyed goods and premises to the value of f 30,0001. Messrs.
Todd and Co. and Alderman Wood and Co. were the principal
sufferers. The premises were insured. •
A few days ago, a man of very genteel appearance and ad- •
dress went to the house of the Sexton belonging to the Baptist
Meeting in Worship-street, calling himself a Surveyor, and
should be lad of viewing the inside of the building, in order
to take dimensions of the same, to erect another chapel on a
similar plan, when he had access to the same, and found
means to steal several Bibles and Hyffm-books, with which he
walked away undiscovered. lie is the same sharper [bat has
robbed several places ofworship in the vicinity of the metropolis.

MARRIED.
On Thursday, at Stepney Church, R. C. Tuffin, Esq. to Miss
Pittman, of Stepney.
At Gibraltar, Capt. Allen, of his Majesty's ship Franchise, to ,
Miss Sk inner, daughter of Col. Skinner, Royal Engineers.
At Pinner, Middlesex, Wm. Midwinter, Esq. Captain in
the Hon. the East India Company's. service, on the Bengal Es-
tablishment, to Ann, youngest daughter of Mr. Thomas, of
Pinner-Green.
At Twickenham, H. Benzin, Esq, late of the 15th, or King's
Hussars, to Dora, youngest daught& rof the late P. Mackenzie,
Esq. of Twickenham.
The Rev. J. D. Churchill, Rector of Blickling„ to Mrs. Chap•
man, of Aylshani, Norfolk.
The Rev. I. Fellow: M. A. youngest son of R. Fellowes, -
Esq. of Shoteshant Norfolk, to Susan, fourth daughter of the
Hon. T. r von, of Hetton-Honse, l)nrham.
Mr. John Moore, of Hitchin, to Miss Moore, of the same
place.
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troops tar different from those with whom he had
hitherto been engaged. He next gives an unwilling
testimonial of the superiority of their manoeuvres
over his own. 44 Scarcely had I quitted a height
which I considered convenient to favour my attack,
(why then leave it, unless driven from it, wnich
the following shows was the case) " when one
thousand cavalry and 6000 infantry came to occupy
it in my place." How strange that these 1000 ca-
valry and 6000 infantry should have, at the very
moment he was attacking them, found themselves
in the position he occupied previous to his attack,
and which his marching forward, had he done it,
would have left in his rear ! How strange too,
that the garrison of Saguntum 44 observing a move-
went in their view, in which they believed they
might anon (and did soon) take a part," should
have felt so much " enthusiasm" as to " throw

their caps into the air," and cry " come on to tic. .
tory." The confused relation which ensues, in
which it is vainly attempted to be concealed that the
garrison actually.o,made a sortie, took possession of the
breaching batteries, and though driven from them
returned and 64 sabred the French artillerymen,"
evidently proves that this movement was in concert
with the operations of the Spanish division of 1000
horse and 6000 foot, which had pierced the centre of
the French Army, formerly placed on the height
SUCHET tells us l,e so unaccountably lent, and which
were near effecting their junction with the troops
that sallied out. The guns mentioned by the Mar-
shal as having been taken on the " breast work"
are their own, belonging to the battery of nine
twenty-four pounders," the fire of which " could not
repress the enthusiasm of the garrison of SagUn-
turn ;" so that the Spaniards remained at the tine,
in possession of three French pieces of cannon. By
one of those sudden turns of fortune, which have
sometimes wrenched victory from the grasp of a
Commander, it appears that some terrible charges
made by the French cavalry and infantry, Nvho,
attacked both in front and in the rear, and outflanked
on their right and left, had no other resource left
but desperation, succeeded in checking the further
progress of the Spaniards on one side, and in driv-
ing back the garrison into the fortress on the other.
Having regained his former position, SUCIIET en-
deavoured tosetake the village of Puzol which he
had lost, and which was defended even after the
retreat of the Spanish cavalry, whose Commanders,
Field-Marshals CARO and ALMOYA, had been made
prisoners, had enabled the enemy to surround it.
Seven hundred Walloon Guards, the remains of
its brave defenders, were then at last compelled to
lay down their arms. Perceiving that the tide had
turned, General BLAKE preferred securing anorderly
London, England, 1811-11-24

THE NATMNAL REGISTER.

PIGEON MATCH.

A match for two hundred guineas aside, at seven birds
each, took place on Nolley Heath, near Berkhamstead, on
Monday last. The candidates were Messrs. Penley, Gre-
gory, and Norris, who challenged any three in the counties
of bucks and Oxfordshire, and Messrs. Ring, Andrews, and
Owen, opposed them from the two counties. The following
was the result.

KILLED. MISSED. KILLED. MISSED
Andrews . 7 0 Gregory . 7 0
Ow.n . 6 1 Norris . 7 0
Ring . 7 0 Pen ley . .5 2
This was esteemed the best shooting witnessed for some time
In this part of the county. Both Penley's birds feU out of bounds,
and not one of the forty-two escaped home. The parties are
matched again at twenty-one birds each, for a piece of plate,
mid fifty guineas in specie.

A Correspondent from Chichester writes, that Dogherty is
snatched to fight a man, named Burn, for a purse of 501. di-
rectly • and he adds, that the combat will he under the auspices
of a Magistrate! and requests that the London amateurs will
come forward with their subscriptions towards making up the
said purse of 501. as the country gentlemen are " very anxious to
sre an exhibition of the Lind!" The tact is. there are some indi-
viduals who have been di-missed as unworthy the pugilistic corps,
reconnoitring and mocing in the Southern towns, and John Bull
has been amused by a sort of match between Dogherty and
Zuni, the latter of whom is known as a bloodless fives-court
sparrer, who was beaten by the novice Silverthorne, and who
carred, and suffered his patrons to forfeit to the man he is said to
be about to fight, b. cause he wore too large shoes when stripped.

SKOCKING ACCIDENT.—On Friday morning' as a son of Mr.
BUNNEY, in Market street, St. James's, was sho ting small
birds In the field: at Kilburn, ac.7omp:ini d by i man of the
name of SWILTH, the gun went off at hall-cock, and lodged the
contents in the side of the latter, who was killed on the sr t.
The accident was occasioned by the gun-stock striking against
a bank, which Mt. BUNNLY was ascending. The parties were
baU !probers.

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DIS fURBANCES IN IRELAND.

The latest Dublin papers mention disturbances
in the county of Down. It is said, that a myste-
rious organization is in progress there, under the
semblance of Anti-Masonic Society; and that Free-
masons, whether Protestants or Catholics, are alike
the objects of this conspiracy. A few days since,
at Mackay's•bridge, a party of yeomanry, escorting
ammunition from Charlemont to Castlewellan,
were attacked, and a number of shots were fired
upon them. Those proceedings have excited the
vigilance of the Nobility and Gentry of the county ;
and a requisition to the Governor (the Earl of Low-
IDONDERitY) had been signed by Lords RODEN, JOCE-
LYN, CASTLEREAGH, and a number of Gentlemen ;
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COVEN 1-GARDEN THEATRE.

At this Theatre the only novelty of the week was the appear-
ance of M r. 13 a 0.% n nu x sT, from Sadler'sWells, in the character of
Paul, in the mu,ical.entertainment of Paul and Virginia.
was eaVuttlely ♦yell received, and his unassuming manner and
pleasingly placid style of singing, entitle him to much praise.
As the successor of INcr.r.ooN, however, it must be observed,
he is lamentably deficient. He has neither the energy nor the
harmony necessary to follow him with any chance of success.
G.

In the Court of Common Pleas on 'Tuesday, in a cause in
which no le;,; than five Learned Serjeants were retained, two of
them contending for the priority of addressing the Bench, Lord
Chief .It•ti(•e MANSFIELD closed the altercation with exclaun-
" well, g►► on each of ;'uu in your turn, awl you
way talk fora rn•.tnth if you will t who 15 next r
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER,

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
3 per Cent. Reduced 63 2 i
3 per Cent. CoUseris 64 3}
4 per Cent. Consols 79 Si
5 per Cent. Navy Annuities 9611
Bank Long Annuities , 6$
India Bondi; • 17s. pm.
Exchequer Bills, 3d par 2s. pm.
Ditto, 3.0 9s. ss. pr.....
Consols for Account 64 3i

TIDE TABLE.
lIIGU WATER Al. LONDON BRIDCE.

MORNING.

AFTERNOON.

M. H.
13 after 8
20 9
P 3 10
39 11
9 12
9 1
5

Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday . • . •
Thursday
Friday . . . .
Saturday


M. H.
46 after 8
.55 9
3 n
0 C'
38 12
37 1
30 It

ON vstmus's Clerical Chgracter of the REV. Jolt tromp,
Minist,r of Kensington Meeting, shall appear in our next
Publication.

IIE NXIIONAL IZE(aS.I

LOlOOll.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24., 1811.

DEFEAT OF GENERAL. BLAKE AND CAPTURE OF

SAGUNTU M.

The Spaniards have once more redeemed the ho-
nour of their arms, and however strange it may ap-
pear, by a defeat. Their most experienced General,
and their most numerous army have sustained a
sanguinary overthrow, but the skill displayed by
the former, and the valour and intrepidity of the
latter, are pledges of increasing ability and patriotic
zeal, which future success cannot fail to crown. In
order to do justice to our Allies, we shall trace back
the operations of the contending armies since the
late invasion of the kingdom of Valencia. Armei
with the terror which the inhuman massacre of Tar.
ragona had excited, SvcHET hastened liis nn into
the Valencian territory, with the hope of findin;
every heart appalled, and every hand palsied. He
penetrated as far as the town of Murviedro, of whin
he was allowed to take possession, as the fortress cf
Saguntum was alone capable of resistance. 'l'hi;
he closely invested on the 23d of September, ancl
soon found that if his late butcheries had alai mec
the defenceless inhabitants of villages, and led then.
to abandon their houses on his passage, fear had not
reached the soul of the Spanish soldiers to whom
the defence of the fortress was entrusted. Relying
confidently on the intimidation he fancied he occa-
sioned, he had no sooner effected, what his own ac-.
count shows to have been an impracticable breach,
than he gave orders to storm the place, and in that
vain assault was repulsed with a considerable loss,
the greatness of which may be judged from his. own
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POLICE.

MANSION HOUSE.
Fri Jay J&in Davie was brought before the LORD MAT on,
charged with watchinJ. little boys ring to the Bank and Bankers
tut- change, and forcibly taking from them the notes. One of
the,; b,, is charged the Prisoner with having rubbed lam of 111.
in not,,, and a few days since, as this: boy was going to the
Paul: for change, the Prisoner came to him and said he wanted
to spCak to him, and desired him to meet him in Change-311,y
u'Aen he came out of the Bank; but the boy recoll:cted him,
and immediately challenged him with having robbed him, and
the Prisoner.attempted to make his escape, but the boy held

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retreat, to endangering the cxisteuce of his whole
army by bringing his reserve into action, when the
other corps were too much divided to yield it any
effective support. He contented himself with main.
taining his original position, which covered the re-
treat, until the corps that had been thrown into dis.
order, had passed and fonnecl again at Betera, about
two leagues from the field of battle. The reserve,
being then outflanked by the advancing enemy,
moved slowly back, and the whole army retired
under the protectic,n of the British fleet, which fol.

lowed their line of march along the shore.
SUcIE•r boasts that 4500 prisoners, 2000 killed
and wounded, 16 pieces of cannon, and four stand of
colours, prove the magnitude of his victory. His
loss, which he modestly rates at 128 killed and 596
wounded, must at least have equalled that of the
Spaniards, whn so long prevailed over him. The
only real advantage which he has derived from this
sanguinary action, is the surrender of Sagunturn,
which took place the next day, in consequence of
the retreat of the Spanish army, and the probability
that the latter will be compelled to shut itself up
within the walls of Valencia, the siege of which
there will then remain no possibility of preventing.
The talents, intrepidity, skilful manoeuvres and
discipline displayed by General BLAKE and the
army under his command, were such as to deserve
a complete victory. They even render defeat ho-
nourable, and will ever remain in the memory of
posterity, a glorious pledge of the unimpaired he
roisrn of the Spanish nation.

REPORTED BATTLE BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND
PRUSSIANS.

A mail from Heligoland arrived yesterday, which
brings a report, that an action had been fought.be-
tween the French and the Prussians. It is admit-
ted, however, that the rumour wants confirmation.
FILLIGoLAND, Nov. 11.—Three boats arrived from the Elbe,
bring accounts that the garrison of Neuwerk, with all the guns
and military stores have been withdrawn. The ostensible cause
of the French having evacuated this island, which, from its situa-
tion in the mouth of the Elbe, is, in many respects, a point of
some importance, is stated to be i!s unhealthiness and want of
accommodation for troops in the winter. The real cause our
informant supposes, is the breaking out of some disturbance in
the interior ; and states, that at their departure there was a ru-
mour at Hamburgh of an action having taken place between the
,Prussians and French.
A cutter has been dispatched to reconnoitre the island, and
procure information, in order to ascertain whether or not the
statements are correct.
Nov. it —The Alert cutter, which had been sent to recon-
noitre Neuwerk, has been obliged to put back twice, in conse-
quence of tempestuous weather, which rendered it dangerous to
approach the island. The above account, therefore, still want,-
confirmation.

LiooLAND, Nov. 10.—The Rtfour cartel, NIALZ, master,
about whose safety apprehensions were entertained, arrived this
day from Tonningen. After having landed the Danish prisoners
she had on board, she had been three days aground at the mouth
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As soon as the Judges opinions were pronounced, the Attorney-
General rose.—He said, as the demurrer has been allowed he
legged the Court to appoint a day for the trial to go on. He
understood it was the wish of the Traversers that no delay shou'd
take place ; and he hoped they would not object to Wednesday
next. The Traversers could not complain that the delay which
had taken place arose from any one but themselves; the bills
might have !leen found on the first day of Term, and the trial
might have gone on ere this.
Mr. Barriares, for the Traverser., expressed the wis% that this
Term should not escape without the trialgoing on; but that he had
witnesses to summon from distant parts of the country—and he
hoped the Court would allow a longer peiiod than the (LI men-
tioned by the Attorney-General. I hat as to the delay, it could
not be said to have arisen from any frivolous or unfounded cause,
as must be acknowledged, when the solemn deliberation that
was given to the case by their Lorships was considered, and the
solemn manner in which they had delivered their opinion seria-
tim. It was not an urdhlary case, and he hoped a longer time
would be granted ; he mentioned Monday se imight.
A conversation here en;ued between the Court, the Attorney-
General, ard the Counsel for the Traversers. which ended in
Thursday next I:eing appointed tor the day of trial.
The Attorney-Gowns! then begged of the Court to order the
nigh Sheriff to return a numerous pummel on that day, that no
delay might mine fur want of Jurors.
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moment, as a taper blazes brighter before its total
extinction. Our loud and repeated calls at last
burst your. political slumbers, and all was discos-
tent, complaint, and alarm. Encouraged by our
example, you ,began. to inveigh seriously. against
Government, , Your complaints, whispered at fizAt
in private circles, were soon uttered more loudly
in debating assemblies ; and. at last, when impunity
dispelled all apprehension; were thundered for,th, in
public meetings. From that moment your inde-
pendence and your rights were secured. The ac-
cusing *voice, froth a whisper, had swelled into a
roar ; it re-echoed through the land, and deafened
your Opponents. Inquiry was the prevailing cry.
Abuses were pointed out, where no , one would
have even dreamed of their existence, and not Wit-
hstanding the stout resistance which corruption
'made, reform and patriotism triumphed ; for to the
:good, the virtuous, and rublic-spirited, punishment
is a- triumph. They exult in feeling the iron
•Weight of power in a just cause, and after' haying
so long talked of oppression, iejoice in being able at
last to produce an instiince (4 it in the sttfferings
which t‘y endure them,selves. . They arelnartyrs
in your cause.? tat shall pia forsake them ?. To
redeem your rights we sacrliice our liberty and our
health : we brave the wrath cif the law and court
the gloom of dungeons : we yield up our' truth
and loyalty, but we cannot bear the people's
neglect. It is the rod that would break our
lofty spirits and subdue our courage. But how are
you to prove the lively interest which you take
in our fate ? Words are not sufficient : they are
sure tests of patriotism, and may even be admitted
as proofs of the confidence which you place in your
champions, but can never be deemed pledges of
gratitude. That sentiment, the noblest that swells
the human heart, can only be expressed by deed
Forrn subscriptions in our behalf, and we shall
clearly see that you are guilty of no neglect towards
the defenders of your rights, the victims of their
energy and putriotism. Let your liberality amply
repay our sacrifices, and you will thus awaken emt
lation in other breasts. Whilst we are removed
from the field of action, new patriots will spring to
fill our places, and posterity will grant you the im-
mortal praise of having by your generous conduct
fed the 'sons of liberty, and kindled ablaze of eti-
ttusiasm, the glory of which will lighten vp Ana*
ages." :4

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ItEGISTERTL-
London, England, 1811-02-24

CATHOLIC COMMITTEE.

An animated Debate took place on Friday in both
Houses of Parliament, on motions for the produc-
tion of papers relating to the conduct of the Irish
GovernMent towards the Roman Catholic Com-
mittee. The min on was lost in the House of Lords
without a divisi6. The Hon. Mr. WARD brought
for war the question in s the House of Commons,
where it was opposed by Ministers on the grounds
that the papers demanded would not give sufficient
information as to the motives by which the
Irish Government were actuated. From what
fell in the Debate we ;ire more and more convinced

that the moment is not yet come to comment on
that most important question. We are friendly to
the cause of the Roman Catholics, but we wish to
See their claims urged with moderation ; we wish
to be convinced that no desperate party lurking
behind the most respectable Noblemen and Gentle-
men who compose. the Committee, and unknown to
them, can have an opportunity of stirring the peo-
ple to mutiny in the name of religion ; and lastly,
we wish, like Lord. GRENVILLE, to see national
conciliation established between the two Sister
Countries on the broad basis of mutual concessions.
London, England, 1811-02-24

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

These Sessions commenced at. Clerkenwell, on Monday.—
Thomas Baker, a dustman, was convicted of vi-licntly and
grossly assaulting NI r. Collins, dust contractor for the parish of
St. Mary le-bone, and sentenced to three months imprisonment
in Coldhath-tit Ids. It appeared that Mr. Coliius pays the parish
15,000/. fur three years.
Wednesday Joseph Long was found guilty of assaulting Mr.
Godfrey, the proprietor of the Rainbow Coffee-house, King-
street, Covent-garden, when he was stopped for not paying his
reckoning, and was sentenced to be imprisoned 14 days in the
House of Correction.

Wm. Freeman was indicted for assaulting Esther Mather, an
infant, under seven years, with intent to violate her. The
whole charge was proved, and the Court sentenced the criminal
to six months imprisonment in the house of Correction, Cold-
bath-fields.
We understand a match has been made between two gentle-
men of Canterbury, to produce• a man to go nine miles in one
hour, 17 miles in two hours, and 2.1 milts in three hours, at one
start; and that It will take place on Saturday se'nnight, and is
to be run in the following manner miles in the first hour,
and to turn 42 times-17 miles in two hours, and to tarn 80
Unless—and 24 miles in three hours, to turn 112 times. Betting
IS S to 2 against the performance.

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P. D. COLVILLE.

The account. of this rfu•son, whose detention has
• been made a subiect o! in the Ilcuse of Co:IL:lolls, is ex-
tracted front a ncw,paper; but we cannot voech for the authen-
ticity of the statement
age ; he is a Frenc7arran of the aacicanc :!&htesse, and •unt z. Por-
tuguese, and was an officer in the Freoch Cavalry prior to the
Itev,>futi: in. He was :In emigrant, hitt allowed to return under
the General Aninety, and.w.is theri co loved as an agent of the
Divectory, to the disaffected here, and the relit 1s in Ireland. In
MS, he was ordered out of this count; y; tut during the Peace
of Amiens, he returned with another agent of Napoleon, who
sv.is conrerned with Despard in the plot to hiR Ma-
jeAy. Upon the harpy-detection of this conspiracy, he retut nod
to France. Shortly after the re-conunen,:ement of hostilities,
he was sent to kian:hurii, whers hie practices excited the at-
tentiin of the Solicitor to the Bank of k:igiand, and he iva,, one
of the chief agents in the arrest of Si! (teorge Rumbold, the
Briti.h Amba-sador, in that city. From Ilantburgh he went to
Vienna, for the purpose already stated. In 1805,11 e again made
his alikarance in this country ; and I,,as then confined in gaol.
1-k was liberated on Mr. Fox coming into admini.tration. He
returned to i•rance, and was sent first to (h many, then to Po-
land, and afterwards to Spain. He was at Madrid the day of
the massacres in May 1808, and then went to Paris lohded with
booty, where he co:.tinued till ordered on a new mission to
Hainburgh in 1809. He was next heard of as a Portuguese, at
livligoLnil, where he had the temerity to pass himself off as an
acct edited agent of Lord Liverpool. From this place he carried
on a re':ular correspondence with Bourienne, the French Minis-
ter at Hamhurgh, whom he informed of what English commo-
dities were destined for that port, by which means they were
coudemiled on arrival."
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MR. EDITOR—AI' T see by your writings that
you have not suffered yourself to be dazzled by, the
glare of. modern popularity, and, unlike most of,
your contemporaries, still dare to maintain the .ori-
ginal principles of 'your Paper, I shall trouble you
with the following observations on the newly in-
vented method of making a fortune. In former I
times the honeity -of our forefathers rendered ho-
nour and industry the only paths to Wealth ; in our
own the credulity of the. people has become the
ladder of the ambitious and designing. 48 We are' ,
Patriots," they exclaiin, «and .you are an op.
pressed and insulted nation. We step forward in
your cause, and-you mist support us. You have
a House of Representatives, but what do they re-
present? BOroughs and -Counts, not Freemen.
pigt
They do riot Aittfr yoUr setitlinC and,lnver - ill.
quifiegibtet yakii*ishei ; 'Wit I ' -.lt is only to
disappoint rent,. -bluffly. , We: ate Ow 'Only, true,
representatives of your feelings and thoughts. You
have not-elected ua, it is true, but the purity of
our 'motives, and the sensibility' of our heatts are
our credentials. Our zeal in the execution of the
important duties of our office, stamps them with
legality. What have we not done, or will not do,
to redeem your independence ? We have felt what
you ought to feel. You were sinking, in the midst
of so many causes for grief and despair, into con-
tent and peace! Heavy tang were imposed upon
you to feed Continental wars, and you paid them
without a ,murmur ! The kingdoms of Europe
fell around you, and yota foolishly exulted, because
you remained untouched ! The enemy excluded
your vessels from his ports, and yet you expert-
en:ed no alarm, because you found your trade en-
creasing I Into what a state of-apathy had you
rot fallen ? You laboured undefea strong delu ion.
We alone enjoyed unclouded light ; we pitied your
weakness ; and boldly sprung forward to rend the
.'ell which blinded your minds. Our writings told
you that destruction hovered over your heads ;
ti tat 'you were plundered •of, your treasures with-
out any benefit to, the State ; that your trade
must soon be annihilated, and only flourished for a
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London, England, 1811-02-24

FOREIGNER IN COLD-BA-I 11-FIELDS PRISON.

Lord FoLxa•roNE, in the abFtence of the Horiourahle Barout
(Sir Francis Burdett,) who fast introduced the subject to the
notice of the House, wished to learn whether, now that a week
had elapsed, the Secretary of State was prei ared to communicate
to the House the particular informatien relative to the foreigner
so lo:Ig confined in Cold-Bath-Fields Prison ?
The CIIANCELLO a of the ExcuEguElt said, that the Inquiry
had been commenced, and was at present in a state not pro-
per to be communicated to the House. He, however, gave no-
tice of his intention to bring it forward. in a Committee on
Tuesday next.

IRISH CONVENTION BILL.
The Honourable Mr. WA R D stated, that as no objection was
inteoded to the production of the Circular I.etter of Mr. Secre-
tary Pole, and that of the Secretary of the Irish Ciltholic Com-
mittee, it was his intention not to wait for Friday, but then to
move that such documents should be laid before the House.—
He at the same time wished to know, whether the Chancellor
of the Exchequer was willing to produce any other communica-
tions which the Government night have received on that
tubiect ?

The CHANCVLLOR of the EICHEQuER, in answer, observed,
that he bad no 'objection to the immediate production of the
two documents alluded to. GOvernment had certainly received
other communications from Iteland, but he abstained from
giving any answer on that point, until the Honourable Gentle-
man made a mote specific statement of his object.
The Motion for the two documents was then agreed to—Mr.
Ward reserving to himself the opportunit, of moving, on a
subsequent d .y, for the prothtctiun of such other 'papers as he
should tint:4 necessary.
The Report ut the Co umittee of Supply havttl been brought
The CHANCELLOR ef the EXCHEQUER moved, that the House
should, on tolmorrow., resolve itseif into a Committee of Ways
and Means,' to- consider Of the Supply to be granted to his
Ma ty. •
An Account of the usual Annual Estimates being ordered,
tii A djourned. .

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WEDNESISAY, FEE. 90.
Mr. HORNER gave notice, that in the firbt or second week of
April he would troVe for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the
rank Restriction Act,. • ' •
• • • 'SUPPLY.
The House having resolved itself inro a Committee of Supply,
14vIr. YORKE rose to move the usual' supplies for the navy,
Le an.utliii, which, he laid, should the 'Bata as those
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that afterwards, being somewhat more mused, he answered,
when this latter question was again put to him, " Yes !"
This was corroborated by two other persons.
Oa the cross-examination of those personsi it turned out that
the deceased had been completely deranged, on account of mis-
fortunes in. trade, seventeen years ago, and .that be. had been
tontined in Bethlehem Hospital, Moorfields, and that he had also
some years back attempted to destroy himself. . .
Mr. Fox, a respectable surgeon in the neigbourhobd of Nor-
ton Falgate, saw the deceased, whom he was In the habit of
visiting proiesslonally these eighteen months pest, on the Sun-
day before he died. He had nh doubt but that the wound was
the cause-of his death. lie had the appearance of having been
bleeding some hours when he saw him, which was about eight
O'clock on Sunday mr,rning.
On his cross-examination, he unequivocally stated, that the
prisoner was uniformly careful, tender, and attentive to the de-
ceased ; that he was almost in a state of childhood, from abso
lute weakness' infirmity, and old age - and that she slept on
the side of his bed every night for the sole purpose of taking
every possible tare of him. •
was the case on the part of the prosecution.
Fur the defendant it tumed out, that if she could possibly
save derived any advantage from the deceased, that advantage
was only to be obtained by the prolongation of his life, and went
away fro a her completely by his death. Her character: was
also good.
Mr. Justice HEATH summed up the evidence. The Jury
retired for some time, and brought in a verdict of—Not

CUTTING AND NIA VAIN'G WITH INTENT TO KILL.
Josef Francis' Cardoso, aged (2•2, and Lawrence Jalto, two
Portuguese sailors, stood capitally indicted, for maliciously and
unlawfully cutting one James Sterlin, in the back with a certain
knife, with intent the said James Sterlin to kill, wound, or do
to him some grievous bodily harm.—Guilty—Death.

SATURPAY, FED. 23.

Walter Preston, Q 2 years of age was tried on an indictment,
e.hrging him with assaulting John Keunc:;y, on the King's high-
way, putting him in fear, and taking from his person, a metal
'Watch, key and seal, and part of a steel watch
it appeased from the testimony of the prosecutor, who is a lad
only 15 years of age, that he was passing through Tottenham
Court Road, on Tuesday evening, the I:ith instant, about nine
o'clock, when he was surrounded by the prsoner, and seven or
eight rnen.—The prisoner knocked him down, and while he
was on the ground, endeavoured to get his watch from his fob,
in this attempt, however, he failed, as the chain broke. He
then went away with his companions, but was pursued by the
prosecutor who called the watch, and finally had him secured.
• These facts were corroborated by three other witnesses, and
the prisoner was found Guilty--Death.
No other trial of public interest occurred.
London, England, 1811-02-24

CERTIFICATES-I%4mm' 12.

George Taylor, of Sheffield, York, cordwainer.—John Lee, of
Sise-lane, packer.—lsrael Burrows, of Mlrfield, York, corn-
merchant.--John Harcourt Smith, of Bristol, linen-draper
James Bull, of the Isle of Wight, corn-factor.—Thomas Dic ins,
of Chapel lace, South Audley street, tillor.—Peter. Dupuy
Abbott, of Powis-place, Great Ormond-street, insurance-
broker.—Thomas Bennett and John Chirnty, of Carlisle, manu-
facturers.—Richard Beech, of Market-street, Hertford, straw-
piat-dealen—Walter Beaumont, of Crossland, York, cotton-
spinner.—William Higgins, of Newport, Salop, stwking-manu-
facturer.—Alexander Cock and David Cock, of Marshal-street,
Wt steninster, army-clothiers.

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.
LORD CIIAMBERLAINIS OFFICE, FEB. f.'3, 1811.

His Royal Highneis the Prince Regent will hold his first
Levee at Carlton-House, on Tuesday the 26th instant, at one
o'clock; and his Royal Highness's next Levee will be on 'fues-
day the I2th of March.

CARLTON-HOUSE, FEE. 23, 1811.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent has been pleased to
a?rbint the Honourable Frederick Lambe to be His Majesty's
Stzretary of Leg4tion to the Court of Palermo.
CNOWN-OFFICE, Frs. 23, 1811.
Member returned to serve in this present Parliament.
BOROUGH OF A3IIBURTON.—The Right Honourable John
Svllivan, in the room of Walter Palk) Esq. who has accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Benjamin Rouse, jun. of Ash, Kent.
_ BANKRUPTS.
Gerard Nelson, of Liverpool, cow-keeper.
Samuel Hammond, of Levenshulme, Lancaster, silk and cot-
ton-manufacturer..
Stephen Silcox, of Beckington, Somerset, clothier.
Richard 'Prow, sen. of Gray's Inn-lane-road, cow keeper.
Nathaniel I,akin Caswell,of Chelmsford, innkeeper.
Joseph Midwuod, of Manchester, merchant.
Joseph Greening, of Crooked-lane, orange-merchant.
I high Wagstaff, of Manchester, merchant.
Joseph Blissett, of Burleygate, Ocle-Pitchard, I Icreford, Cord-
wainer.
Matthew I.ongsdon and Peter Longsdon, of Manchester, and
George Witlion, of Ironmonger-lane, London, merchants.
Joseplt.Burton,of Liverpool, merchant.
Peter Bogle, James Bogle, jun. and Daniel Jo; son, of Ringley,
Lancaster, calico-printers.
Thomas Holcombe Scott, late of Tiverton, Devon, spirit-
merchant.

Roger Leigh and David Armstrong, of Liverpool, merchants.
Thomas Richardson, of Liverpool, soap-boiler.
James Greenhalgh, of Elton, Lancaster, whitster.
William Kimbell, late of Goswell-street, coal-merchant.
John Watson, of Liverpool, merchant.
John Higginson, of Manchester, cotton-manufacturer.
George Newton, of Maidstone, sadler.
Samuel Griffiths, of Old Boswell-court, Carey-street, taylor.
Thomas Coldinan, of Ockley, Surrey, shopkeeper.
Samuel Marsion, of Grange-road, BermiLidsey, baker.
Augustus William Sorgenfrey? of Liverpool, merchant.
Lewis Kerti 'and-David Muller, of Amen-Corner, Paternos-
ter-row, furriers.
John Shoolbred, of Broad-street, merchant.
James Detuon, of Burnham, Ewa, seedsman.
London, England, 1811-04-21

COVENT-GARDEN

Has been still morebarrin of novelty than the f.yceutn, bitt
new Comedy is promise for the ensuing week, called " The
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irstraordiziary Gazette.
Monday the Rev. RowLuid Hill preached at Surrey chapel ro
boys oily, to the number of between sit and saves- thousand.
(Yu Tues.lay he. preached to the same nurab•:r of girls. The fol.
lowing was his text on the occasion :—" As uieedient children
not fashioning yourselves according to the farrier lusts in you;
yin
hitt as he Vle) hath calted you is Maly, so be ye 41,4
in all manner of cnnvorsatien."--=l'tie'Lev. Gereleman presented
all the children with an aierueriatst. writtea by Liiinscii
1(4 occaaiou.

EINEM
London, England, 1811-04-28

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LYCEUM.

A etinz, called a Comic Opera, was last night performed at
this theatre, under the title of " The ilry,ricans." it is the
worst thing, even of the khd, that has been pro. .ictd for some
time, and it was most coniplerely, and, certainly, most descry-

edly damned. This piece is understood to be the production of
MR. ARNOLD. If this be the case, it will probably be again
performed. The Manager's orders may keep it going for some
time, but I am very much mistaken if any thing can ever make
it go alone. The Music, by KING and BRANAss, deserves
praise, but the condemnation of the piece altogether was so de-
cisive, that I shall be almost surprised, if the bills if Monday
state it to have been received " with the most unbounded ap.-
plause," as is common in cases somewhat similar. Productions
of this kind we have long been told ought only to b,‘ regarded
as vehicles for musk. I must, however, observe, that if some
improvement be not made in these vehicles the regular stage will
be likely to break down.
London, England, 1811-04-28

18th March.

14th Light Dragoons-1 rank and file, 1 horse, wounded.
Ist Light Dragoons-1 rank and fi.c wounded.
19th March.

16th Dragoon .-1 rank and file wounded.
lit. Hussars, King's German Le
_ion-2 rank and file, 1 horse
killed ; 2 horses wounded.
20th March.
Ist llussars, King's German 1,-gion-3 horses wounded.
• 28th March.
Ist Batt. 95th Foot-1 General Staff missing.
9th March. _ _ • _

Ist Hussars, King's German Legion-2 horses killed ; 1
horse wounded. _ _ _

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30th March.
16th Light Dragoons-3 rank and file wounded.
vd April.
Royal H ,rse Artillery-2 horses killed; 1 rank and file
wounde:l.
loth Light Dragoons-1 horse killed; 1 horse wounded.
Ist Hussars, Kings German Legion-1 horse killed; 1 rank
and file, I horse, wounded; 1 rank and file, 1 horse, inissing.
2d Batt. sth Foot-1 Lieutenant, 1 Ensign, 1 serjeant, .5 rank
and file, wounded.
Ist Batt. 43d Foot-1 Lieutenant, 1 setjeant, 6 rank and file,
killed ; I Major, 1 Captain, 3 Lieutenants, 4 serjeants, 2 drum-
mers, 61 rank and fi:e, wounded.
1-t Batt. 45th Foot-2 rank and file wounded; 1 rank and file
missing.
Ist l'att. 52d Foot-3 rank and file killed; 1 Captain, 1
Lieutenant, 1 serjeant, 17 rank and file, wounded.
h Batt. 61th Foot-2 rank and fi.e killed; 1 serjeant, 1 rank
and file, wounded; 1 rank and file missing.
2d Batt. 33d Foot--1 rank and file wounded ; 1 rank and file
missing.
Ist Batt. 88th Foot-2 rank and file wounded.
!d Batt. 88th Foot-1 se*atit, it rank and file, wounded.
94th Foot-2 rank and file wounded.
Ist Batt. 95th Foot-1 Lieutenant, 1 rank and file, killed; 1
General Staff, 1 Ensign, 12 rank and file, wounded.
2d Batt. 95th Foot-1 rank and file killed, 2 rank and file
wounded.
Portuguese Army-1 rank and file killed, 9 rank and file
wounded, 1 Lieutenant-Co onel missing.
6th .April.
Ist Hussars, King's German Lsiiion.-!-1 horse killed, I rank
and file wounded.
7th April.
16th Light Dragoons-1 rank and file, 2 horses, wounded.
Total British Loss—l General Stall, 2 Lieutenants, 1 ser-
jeunt, 15 rank and file, 8 horses, killed; 1 General Staff,
I Major, 2 Captains, .5 Lieutenants, 2 12.nsigns, 8 seeants,
2 drummers, 117 rank and file, 11 horse's, wounded; 4
rank and ale and 1 horse missing.
London, England, 1811-04-28

SAII LIRDAY, APRIL 27.

TIIP SrF a. K F K having counted the !,11.,,ibers assembhql at four
o'clock, ;And only fourteen he!: 2 ptbent, the ;louse adjourned
till Monday.

RELIEF OF THE PORTUGUESE.

Wednesday, a General Meeting was iseldsat the City of Lon-
don Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of netting on
foot a subscription for the relief of the unfertunate sufferers in
Portugal who have been Flat dered and oppressed by the French
armies. At half past one oiellck, John Whitmore, Esq. ws
called to the Chair; who opened the business of the• l`sleetleg,
and, after several prefatory obs,:rvatio.tut, remarked, t hat.the oh
ject which he and those who neat :I him conteml,:ated, was one
that recommended itself most itoi)resdvely to the attention and
the sympathies of all men —To depict the dls:resses of the Por-
tuguese was far beyond his powers '• .11. e wants of the whole coun-
try were extreme; thousands of t.:tched Individuals were
without clothes, food, and every other cornmai. ne:essary of
life. He was happy to 'sod that thvobject for which they were
assembled was one .in which no political difference of opinion
existed ; he therefore trusted that that s.:irit of bentficence, so
eminently cortipictious ariongst the Pritish people, would not
expire without some prac. icat extenew, of its blessings to these
p;t,.:b'e objects, whose sufferings had etched their sympathy.—
Mr. Foster and Alde man C. Smith- caul a few serliGs, atter
which Mr. Warm-, late Consul a' Oporto, Moved severat resolu-
tions, for entering it:to a svbsr!..pt.io4l for the purposes staled;
and appointing a Committee to te)licit doration,, and superintend
the application of the same. After the thanks of the Meeting
bad been voted to the Chairman, books were optsted, aitd up-
wards of 20,000/. hat already beim subscribed.

The front of the house in South AuOley.stre et, inhabited by
his Excellency t'aie Portuguese Ambassatio, . was t-,.t Thurs lay
n.ght most brilliantly tllutr•tiseted,to cci'brate the cxpul,'o.: of
the French amy from Port utal. A fuperb r•-tv was
on the obtuse angle of the pediment, and .;m1 f...Acto is,
and various figures, formed by variega:ud -. -,rodticed a
luminous effect, seldom seen ill Cie inetropo:is. tae centre
appeared the ar.:-Is ci the Prilce of l'ortvgal. The etiel'l was
supported by i.nd surmounted by the ernwn. .hove
all, on a scroll, with el% and laurel leavt:s entwined, were the
words, 66 Johannes, Lusitanz, Princeps." Underneath, in a
scroll." Patria, numor.

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IVO•
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POLITICAL DISQUISITION.
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• No. 162.
THANKS TO LORD WELLINGTON.
Lord WELLINGTON has at length triumphed, not
only over the hosts of France, but over the opposi-
tion of his own countrymen. Entrusted with the
command of one of the largest armies that ever
quitted our shores, and with the fate of Portugal,
his post was too elevated not to create envy, too
difficult not to require the constant undivided at-
tention of his mind. Patriotically regardless of his
own injuries, his eyes were incessantly fixed on the
duties he had to perform, never on the unfounded
attacks with which the press daily teemed on his
military character and abilities. He saw the ene-
mies of his country, and was blind to his own. He
beard the cannon of the invaders thundering in vain".
round the impregnable lines which his foresight and
activity had forrned,and vas deaf to the reproaches and
calumnies hurled forth against him by the jealousy of
disappointed parties at home. Conscious of the excel
lence of the plan which mature reflection, and an inti-
mate acquaintance with the sources and local advan-
tages of the country which he defended, had led
him to adopt, her pursued it with unremitting con-
stancy, until it had brought forth the glorious result
on which be had calculated, the evacuation of Por-
tugal by a powerful and inflated enemy. When
rushing from the Portuguese frontiers he conquered
in the bosom of Spain, he had been charged' with
imprudent rashness and a careless disregard
for the lives o': his soldiers. When,. secure with-
in the fastnesses of Lisbon, he saw the vain
impetuosity of the invaders hurled back
from his lines and their numbers perishinhig at a
distance through disease and want, s pru-
dence was, called timidity, and his defeat or
speedy expulsion anticipated with expressions of
confidence and almost of exultation by every
patriotic writer of the day, as well as almost every
impartial man whom adverse fortune had seated on
the benches of the opposition. He had lost the
glorious opportunity of freeing Portugal from the
oppression of France! On the banks of every
stream, on the summit of every hill, he ought to
to have battle to her advancing legions, and'
could, after such a display of ill ina.iiagement and

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TIM tkIATIONAt 11ECIr SrrEtt.

-TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE,i,

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Borough of Newport;
Cecil Dishopp, Esq. in the roam of Lord ViIeCIUM Palmer-
ston, who has ac opted the Chiltern Hundreds..

Borough of Ludgersh all,
The Right Hon. Charles *inn Alianson, Lord Heidiey, Ba-
ron Allanson and Winn, of Aglutdoe, in Ireland, and Baronet, in
the room of Joseph Hague Everett, Esq. who has accepted the
Chiltern Hundreds.