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The National Register.
London, England, 1811-03-10

POLIIIC AL DM Q LYS/T/ON,

No. 1 56.

'TO NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,

FA?F.R:Dit OF THE FRENCH, KIN OF ITALY, NtOTFC'FCR OF
rHE CONFFDERAIION OF IHE KOINE, AND
,k:Di ot"IHE
711Jti1 1 EUR, &C.

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MIGHTY Silty.

Unawed by your threats, unensnated by your
rts, unsubdued by your arms, I remain in that
sl4te of content and prosperity, which induced you
eight years ago to break through the sacredness of-
treaties and to declare war against me. Freed from
nil anxiety by the enthusiastic valour of my seamen
and the-skill of my Wellington, I view your vessels
mouldering away in your ports, and your veteran
legions wasted by want, disease- and the sword, in
the Peninsula, and frequently amuse myself in read-
ing the political strictures with which your Imce-
rial pen -fills.the columns of the Moniteur. Like
those of our weekly patriolic writers, they are al-
ways fraught with spirit, but seiolom with truth.—
You see I express my opinion thinly ; but plainness
has always been one of my characteristics, and as
I i)elong neither to your senate nor to your legion of
honour, you will naturally expect to hear from me
something else than flattery.
I find by your paper of the 2c3th of February last,
that your Imperial Majesty has condescended to
review the Speech of our Prince Regent, read by
commission in the House of Lords, and to contro-
vert some of its statements by remarks of the Most
plausible, but unfounded nature. ' In kindness to
yourself, that you may not•a second time e.%ptlie
your ignorance, or your . wilful perversion of the
powers of reasoning to the eyes of Europe, and in
justice to the unimpaired resources which I possess,
the ability of my Statesmen and the talents and
Neal of my Generals, I cannot allow those obser-
vations to pass unanswered. The etTors which you
have committed and the misrepresentations of which
you have been guilty, will therefore be calmly, and
hope clearly unfolded in this epistle. I shall
follow in my reply thesame order in which you
have laid out the various subjects of which your
article is composed. • .
Colonies still form, I perceive,. the- chief object
for which your ambition pants. Your attempt at
disguising your feelings is unsuccessful. You open
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country could make no effectual tes;stam
the successive attacks of 12,000 !—Were you igno-
rant of these p.miculars, when, at the opening of
the present year, you published the former state-
ment ? Did you fancy that our squadrons had lost
" the command of the ocean," or our soldiers their
zeal and courage ? Had you given orders for erect-
ing battelics and strengthening garrisons, which
you have since found had never been transmitted ?
If you can plead neither ignorance nor disobedience

against

of orders, how can you justify in the eyes of your
people, and of the world, the glaring inconsistency
of your declarations and your conduct ? Have you
newly per,cived teat, ever since your accession to
power you had entertained, and caused to entertain,
wrong notions of the value of colonies ? Have you
at last,dispovered that instead of yielding to France
the inzpo;t advantages which you so often pour-

traced in the brightest colours, they drained her of
her wealth ? If you have, what must the Contiuent
C.ink (-)f your s tgacity, whenever the remembratice
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THE PRESS.

Mr. ituarin stated. that. he held .in his hand a Petition
from the'Printers, Publishers, &c. of the United Kingdom, ift
consequence-of the informations lodge 4 against them aid thuir
liability to such inforrnations.—The , petition was brought up
and read at the table.

lit set fotth that the press was subject to the most intolerable
hardships, chiefly in consequence of an Act of the 39th of the
Kittgw made only for a temporary purpose, and drftwn up with
a rigour arising only from the heat and disturbed natqw. of the
mes. It stated, that a Printer tilight, notwithstandiflgthe ut-
most vigilance on his part, incur penalties to the amoupt of
100,0001. in publishing a parcel of hand-bills, through the negli-
gence er fraud ofseri,onts.]
The Petition was laid on the table; and

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-Mr. MA wriNo ieotice, that in coinseqUenne of .the griev-
ances there stated, he would, on this day fortnight,-mQve fur
leave to bring in a Eill, to exoain and amend the :r3tli of the
King, relating to this subject. .
EAST INDIA COMPANY'S PAPERS.

' Mr. CREEVItt rose pttrsuant to the motion which he had
given for that day, of moving for Papers relating to the divi-
dends of the East India Company. He conceived, that the late
conduct of the Court at Directors had violated the laW; and
'those papers which he was proposing to move for, would lead
to a most convincing proOf against them. They had declared a
-dividend of ten ataa half per ant. on the prtsent state of their
affairs, and yet there was, ar far-from beingspofit, a very great
delicientt in answering their public debts. He begged leave to
lay the following motion before the Houser
' That there be laid before the House, the amount of the Divi-
dends helirsV eight per Cent. and the f2apital .Spcick with its rate
per cent. sach as it was produced befxire the Court of Directors
at Midsummer, )810.'
Mr. Grant expiathed.--41otion agreed to.—Adjourned.
fternMile
TUESDAY, MARC;! 5.
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• MTILLERIES.
The CuAllcr.u.oß of the EXCILEQUEtt postponed Ms motion
respecting distilferies and it was agreed to, that the Howe
should'resolve itself Intoi a Committee, upon a future day, to
consider the duties payable on 'Wort or "Wash made in England
for extracting spirits for Home Consumption.
SLAVE TRADE.
Mr. 134.44 m /is rose, pursuant to notice, to move. f,..7,r !rave
, to bring in a Bill for more i:flL!c'ttally preventing the Trade cf
Slaves. He did not deem it necessary to enter into any length,
.iin shewing the nto,ral and political necesSi.ty of totally abolishing
a traffic pf which the House had sa ofteatestified its abhorrenc( •
14 e 411 u %ate) tbat the ?nodes hitlitrto rcw:Led to for t.
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ipiaiGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCIi PAPERS.

Monitcurs to the 27th ult. are received, in which there are
voluminous series of notes In-on the speeeli delivered to bth
Hou-,es of our Parliament on the 1 nth of last month, in :he
name of his Royal Highness Vie Prince Regent. It is a trios
copious and laboured performance. The following is a sma 1
specimen : •
Note in the lifoniteur.—P) The naval superiority of the
enemy necessarily placed at his disposal all the sm,llFnuich
colonies. Martinique, Guadaloupe, the Isle of Remits t, the
Isle of France, must of course belong to the squArons
had the command of the ocean. Their garrison couldneont
here amounted at most to more than 2,000 Alen. Had
more numerals, they could not have procured means of subsists
eoce. It was evident that 2,000 men, at a thousand leagues
diAtant from their country, could not make an effectual resistance
when they should become the object of the successive attacks of
12 000 men.
But is the occupation of these colonies by the English, a
fortune to France under existinz circumstances ?
'Fliese colonies suffered much from the- strip t bl ckade itt
which they were held. The connexion which binds ti.ese colo-
nies to the mother country will become more close, and Their
hautiness will increase under the tyranny of a Government whicis
finds no greater pleasure than that of humbling every thin.J,
fals under its power. The inhabitants of Canada, who have been
separated from France for a century, are still as much French as
the inhabitants of the banks of the Loire.
In the present state of affairs, Martinique, Guadaloupe, the
Isles of Reunion and France, furnished nothing to the parvat
State, and cost it. more than twenty millions a year. Thee
twenty millions would build ten ships of the line a year ; which
at the end of the five or six years that the war may probaiili
last, will produce fifty ships of the line.
The coffee, sugar, and cotton, which .these colonies produced,
are at so cheap a rate in London, that their sale will not pay the
expence of carriage to Europe. It is doubtful whether these
islands will support the expellee of the Government and the:
miFtary which the English Government will be obliged to main-
tain there. They must keep up I.;arrisons in them. In scatt:r-
ing her forces England will b.:come vulnerable in a great num-
ber of points.
The colonies occupied by England w 11 be restored to the
mother country at a peace, or when the empire will have P.to
sail of the line, and WO frigates or smaller vessels. This period,
which is foreseen and calculated, is not tar distant from us.
The posterity of having so great a mined force, arises from 'le
particular situation of the Empire. The .wood of Istria, Italy,
France and Germany, reach us by the rivers of which we coin-
maned the navigation. The Adriatic, the Zny,'er Sea, tle
Scheldt, the roads of Brest and Toulon, the coasting trade of the
immense maritime borders of the Empire, F erve to it strict our
sailors, and furnish us with the means of manning all :Le
i! vessels we can build.
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,onle their creed. Feeling,

or

at least the outward appearance of it, has long
since been lashed out of their hearts : memory and.
judgment must now be erased from their minds..
Compelled to believe that it was expedient they
should spill their blood and waste their treasure to
conquer on the Continent, the necessary appendages
to a great Empire, Colonies : they now must as
faithfully and submissively consider possessions
separated " by a thousand leagues" from the mo-
ther state, as not only totally useless, but even inj:u.
rious to its interests. They will of course assume
the placid smile of acquiescence. They will per-
haps publicly extol that wisdom which proves that
every loss they sustaiu is evident gain, and that every
acquisition we make only tends to hasten our ruin.
Some of your Senators will no doubt approach your
throne with an address of congratulation and thanks
for having discovered, or redeemed from oblivion,
this great political truth. But however loquacious
or_silent the lips of men may be on this subject,
thought unexprcsled still is free. You may have
degraded, terrified the human mind, but madness
alone, not tyranny, annihilates consciousness and
reflection. Derived from the everlasting source of
life, on them death itself has no power, and can you
boast more terrors, or more authority than the
grave ? reo.ection remains, your conduct
will be canvassed at the bar of every man's con-
science and your deceptions known. Whilst con-
sciousness exists, your injustice and oppression will
be felt. This investigation will be secret these
feelings will be concealed. But secrecy and con-
cealment encrease danger. You have chained the
storm that would have openly assaulted your throne,
and rashly dug a mine which will burst unexpett-
edly and will shiver into atoms the ill•connected
limbs of your gigantic Empire.

• save appearances and confirm the belief,
artfully but wrongly spread among your people,
that fortune has never abandoned you, and only
snatches Nvhat you do not think worth retaining ;
you 110 W tell theM that 44 the occupation of your
colonies by us is an advantage instead of a misfor-
tune !" But let us examine by what arguments you
attempt to establish the truth of this assertion. -You
first say it is advantageous for France that we should
be in possession of her colonies, heca-ase •66 they
snffered much from the strict blockade in which
they were held." If this argument be well founded,
it must apply equally to whatever place iS strictly
blockaded and suffers frrn blockade. Why then
not surrender at once all your ports and the Conti-
nent to our arms ? Aro-not the former incessantly -
watched by ,our cruiscr4, and the wide•extended
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your notes with a dissertation on the inutility of
Ilistant possessions to France, but almost every ar-
gUrrent which you employ, besides warring iNeith.
your former declarations, betrays the secret longings
of your soul, andthe bitterness of disappointed hope.
After telling your people and the whole 'world for
years, that you did not wish for any increase- of
continental territory, that ships, colonies, and com-
merce were the sole objects of *which France stood in
need, and for. the aeque:nont of which t)le calami-
ties of war were protracted after boasting that
you conquered them en the-Continent, and from your
car of triumph, whilst captive legions defiled before
you, exclaimiag, ships, colonies, and commerce"
form all my wants : after thus proclaiming to man-
kind the importance of your intended acquisitions,
how do you now, unblushingly atkmpt to prove
that colonies were not only useless, but a burden t•
France? What could produce s') sudden, and so ra-
. dical a change in your opinion ? Sudden I
because in your last Expose, after drawing a
ed picture of the—prosperity of your Continental
empire, you directed the attention of your subjects
to the excellent state of defence, in which your re.
,maining and most ttscfid, colonies were placed..
You then dwelt with complacency, if not with rap-
ture, on the aciewit ages which they yielded to their
mother state. The Isle of France alone-was a mine •
of wealth ! k was stored with the. plunder of our
Indian trade ! It was crowded tvi,h frigates, which
~after acting -%ome -time in an offensive capacity, re- -
turned to Europe, disarmed of their guns and richly
laden with colonial produce or eastern treasure, in
bold and successful defiance to our numerous
cruizers ! It was the seat of a rising navy, where the
best sailors in your service were formed, and which'
would one day assist in the overthrow of my Indian
Empire Conscious of its importance, you had
lined its natural and almost inaccessible rarripartS
with batteries : you had filled it with troops corn-.
mantled by able officers, and in .the *rain exultation
of your heart you declared 'that •it Would • baffle the
attacks of thirty thousand of m,y Warriors'!—What
is cow ycur language ? You• say that our naval
superiority neceszarity ,pirted all your colonies at
our dispryini 1 that they must of coarse Meng to the
squadrons that command the oceans that their
Oairrisons did not amount to mon, than %,000 men!
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OLD BAILEY.

Wednesday, the Sessions commenced at the Old Bailey, be-
fore Baron Macdonald, Mr. Justice Cbambre, and Mr. Justice
Le Blanc.—Gustavus Lowe was capitally indicted for forging a
draft tor 121. purporting to he drawn by Major Ramsay, of the
2d. Royals, ore the holee of Cox, Greenwood, and Co. The pri-
soner had been an Officer in the Queen's Royals. On the I,st
of November last he was at the London Coffee-house; in Croat
Surrey-street, and he employed a porter, named Harper, to take
the draft fur paytreet. He told the man that he should wait
for him until his return. N'ilien the draft was presented, it was
discovered .to be a forgery. The Bow-street Officers were sent
for, and the porter was taken into custody. Te porter then
conducted the officers to the prisoner, who was also apprt,
hentied. At his examinatinn, he alleged that he had received it
from Major Ramsay, and that it was a good draft. 't he -pri-
soner, on this occ:ision, repeated the same story in his defence,
and said that he had written to Major :Ramsay, but had not
received an answer, as he supposed, in consequence of the Ma,
bor being on foreign service. The prisoner .was found
ut recommended to mercy. He is a fine loo.king yoltriig man,
about 25, and he burst into tears on hearing the verdict.
THURSDAY, JAN. 10.
CHAKGE OF RAPE.

Edward Wynne was pu.
a rape on the body of Sarah
the particulars of hr.:r case,
and modesty ; but in her cr
facts as went to her
Lord Chief Baron at leng
that his patience was exhat
the patience of the Jury, an,
—Verdict Not Guilty, to '
heard it.
Mr. Alley earnestly entrcate.d kis toti!ship to -allow Aim
''sti4ri :wo more .to rl-.4ll`.••••the.

%KUL or is.nrr..
It to the Bar, charged With committing
ah Howe. 'The Prosetutrix detailtd,
with an appearance of retuctilite
cross-exarainduon, she admitted such
own complete crimination ;ii e
gth interfered, arid told Olt £' tinsel
Lusted, and so, he was Conf3ifge4;*sui
and that they must acquit die prii 6rfer.
the universal sets/action -"of ail ::
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PRICE 9lt_

Even at the hour of triumph Lord WELLINGTON*
liStened to the voice of prudence, so often drowned
by the shouts of victory. His bold interposition
had given time for the removal of our magazines,
he fell back, and gradually retired to his fortified '
pbsitions in frbnt of Lisbon, attracting the eneiny
beyond the reach of his supplies, and enabling the
Portuguese. Militia to annoy his rear, and intercept'
his communications with the French army in Spain.
Secure behind these entrenchments, lined with our
warriors, the inhabitants of Lisbon, and the flying
population of the invaded Provinces, collected
beneath its ramparts, beheld MASSENTA hover at a
distance, disappointed and indignant at the superior
skill which baffled his plans: They saw him after:
fruitless attempts to decide the fate of the war by'
a single battle fought at a distance from our en.'
trenchments,, fall back in his 'turn, and seek for
protection against our attacks, behind works which
he erected at Santarem. There, though followed
by our army, and strengthed by.the arrival of rein-
forcements through new and difficult roads, he still
remains unable to carry on offensive operations, and.
ashamed of obeying the calls of necessity and re-,
treating into Spain.
Whilst the valour of our troops, and the skill of
Lord WELLINGTON, foiled the veterans of France
in Portugal, the pride of their eagles was humbled
on the shores of. Sicily. The Expedition, assembled
by MURAT, in Calabria, to carry the banners of
the Usurper over the Sicilian fields, vanished like a
cloud, which, after having lowered awhile on the
horizon, and emitted flashes portentous of a storm,
is suddenly rent and swept away by a mighty
wind. His boasted host of gun-boats, after re-
peated defeats, learnt, at last, the art of evading a
foe whom they could never resist. Protected by
the darkness of the night, and propelled,by the vio-
lence of the gale which drove our vessels away, the*.
started from the shelter of their batteries, and land.
ed in the neighbourhood of Messina part of the
invading army. The morning dawned : the British
standard floated to their view; and the heroes Pied,
leaving upwards of a thousand prisoners in our
hands. MURA.T boasted that hii troops had, at
least, touched 'the shore; renounced his
vain enterprize, anct:t4e world laughed. Britain
-exulted in her might ; but tidings of affliction soon
checked herjOyi &Wee tnid the fiftieth year of a

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COMMON HALL.

On Wednesday, a Court of Common Hall was held in the
Guildhall, for the same purpose as the Court of Common Coun-
cil was assembled on the day preceding. ( See Report 4bove./
Mr. WAIT!, st A N, after some introductory observations, pro-
posed a string of Resolutions similar to those adopted by the
Court of Common Ciitthcil, and which were seconded by Mr.
FAvELL. They were adopted, with sonic littl4: oppooltion from
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Friday both Houses met, and the Answers
returned by the Prince of WALES and her
MAJEsry to the Addresses of Parliament were
brought up. The QUEEN expresses her readiness to
accept the momentous trust offered to be reposed in
her, and her gratitude for the appointment of a
Council which will assist her in fulfilling her duties.
His Royal Highness, conscious that every feel'
of his heart would have prompted him, from • -
ful action to his beloved Father and Sovere
to have shewn all the reverential delicacy towards
him inculcated in those Resolutions, could noere-
frain from expressing his regret that he should not
have been allowed the opportunity of manifesting
to his afflicted and loyal subjects, that such would
have been his conduct. ..
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Deeply impressed with the necessity of tranquil-
lizing the public mind, and. determined to submit
to every personal sacrifice consistent with the re.
Bard he owed to the security of his Father's
Crown, ant) the equal regard he owed to the Wel-
fare of his people, be did not hesitate to accept the
office and situation proposed to him restricted as
they were, and still retaining every opinion,,ef
pressed by him upon a former and similar
dis-
tressing occasion.

The Earl of LIVERPOOL then moved •the same
Resolution that passed on the 31st January, 1789.

46 That Letters patent be issued under the Great. Seal for
opening Parliament in the name of the KING, by the advice
of the Lords Spiritual and Te-nporal, and the ComnsaiS to
Parliament assembled—the letters patent running in the usu4.l
form."
lle at the same time remarked, that, as in. 1789
several Peers withdrew their names from the Reso-
lutions, he thought those of certain noble Dukes
might be omitted. Lord GREY, who arrived in
town last Wednesday, replied to his Lordship, cen-
suring the line of conduct adopted by Ministers,
although at this advanced period of the proceedings
he would not oppose the motion. A division then
took place, when Ministers carried their paint by a
majority of 20.

In the Commons, after the answers of her MA-
JESTY and the PRINCE of WALES had been read,
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER informed • the
House, that in order to avoid a protracted debate
on the Regency Bill this evening, he would move
that the Committee should be allowed to sit on
Monday, and that the House should adjourn the same
day. Should any opposition be made to that mode of
proceeding,.he would not introduce the Bill until the
day following. Mr. SHERIDAN having expressed his
belief that many Members with himself would enter
a solemn Protest against the measures of the Right
Hon. Gentleman, Mr. PERCEV AL renewed his mc-
tion of adjournment, which was carried without:
division. Thus it appears that on Tuesday at the
latest the Regency Bill will be brought in, and have
received the sanction of the Commons, when it rill
be sent up , :o the House at Peers .03'14; nest
Thursday it. may contidently.be. hoped that thei.sus-
pended exercise of the Royal Authority .‘iill;.ll"ave
been restoredl4,the 4pp„:4}trtlet‘t of 10. P4no
Of WALES as Regents /J-1v I.) a Vt. Vik
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RETROSPECT OF THE YEAR.

We followed the year, in one of our last num-
Lers, in its eventful course over the greatest part of
the European Continent c we shall now pursue its
steps over the Spanish Peninsula and the Euro-
pean dominions of Great Britain.
Whilst Austria formed an alliance with her
conqueror ; Holland became a province of his vast
empire ; Denmark crouched servilely at his feet ;
Sweden called one of his Generals to her throne ;
and Russia, in the midst of so many changes, and
surrounded by so many rising enemies, slumbered
inactive ; the Spanish Peninsula teemed with war
and heroism. There, Freedom, like a new Hydra,
portentous only to tyrants, reared a hundred heads,
frequently bruised to the ground, but upstarting
anew full of life and energy, as soon as the
in-
vader's foot had passed on. Portugal displayed a
different and still more encouraging prospect.
There, posted on her zone of hills, formidable by
their courage, their discipline, and military enthu-
siiasm, rather than by their numbers, the British
iegions spread like a shield which no hostile lance
could pieice. Wielded, as well as opposed by the
most skilful Commanders of the age, they retained
their attitude of defiance, unmoved either by the
scoffs or the threats of the enemy, until finding it
impossible to deceive the wisdom and experience
of their Chief, or to attack them with any hope of
success, he attempted to turn their flanks and pass
into their rear. Induced, not by alarm, but pru-
dence, to counteract this movement, without en-
countering in the plains the superior numbers of the
French, Lord WELLINGTON slowly retreated, conti-
nually checking the advance of the enemy, until
perceiving that he intended to fall suddenly on
;Coimbt:a, and seize the large magazines which it
contained, his Lordship, with unexampled rapidity,
;crossed the Moiidego, and occupied the steep and
`almost inaccessible Sierro de Buzaco, thus placing
his might between the foe and his expected prey.
several desperate attacks were made on our
army, both to endeavour to break through its line
. and occupy its whole attention, whilst its left was
turno,•And the rich prize seized by the enemy.
Va. /V. No. (ILL 4.4; 1:44: /-
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COVP.NT-I.IARDEN.

The re-appearance of Mr. KLmEr.r. in Richard the Third, et"
posed him last week to tl:e insults of those who feelno sympa-
thy for the sufferings of others. Although almost nverpowerea
by illness, he exerted himself in this arduous character, so as cce-
casionally to triumph over his bodily weakness, and burst in aft
the splendour of superior excellence. In the full enjoyment of
health, he could scarcely have surpassed his own performance
during the two last acts. Several new scenes added to the mag-
nificence of this Tragedy.

A new Opera, in three acts, enti:led The Lady of the Lake,
written by MORTON, arid the music composed by BISHOP is, I
understand, in rehearsal at this Theatre. Report boasts of the
magnificence of its scenery, and the excellence of its music.
Mrs. DR:Koss is to have a part in it. E.
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most damning facts now came out, anttlue indignatirm of the
Court at hearing th:3 profligate was such, that Lordship.
after expressing himself in terms of the greatest abhorrence of
the jade, committed her fur perjury, to be tried at the uekt ses-
sions, and she was taken into I4ewgate instantly.
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vestigation prc‘ikkd.ti) be a forgery, and was traced through tilt
medium of a man named. Mark Ckambers, as having been oda&
ginally in the possevion of the priso!ter Bla:y, who it appeared
was formerly a clerk in the bankin-house of Messrs. Weir and
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the tuture. The differences between France and America are
adjusted, and America has never repelled English Commerce
with more aversion, even when she was fighting for her lode-

pendence.

" Do Spain and Portugal offer England some consoling points ?
When will they be tired of seeing the defeats of the fanatic
hands who bear still the name of her Allies? Two English Ex-
peditions against Malaga and the coasts of Biscay have been as
disastrous as the desperate enterprises of a Don JUAN or a MAR-
CUESILLOS. What will be the effect of the snare laid for the
English General who covers Lisbon ? We shall soon learn."—
Gazette de L'Empire.

The last week produced two city meetings, in
which the most serious concerns of the State were
eloquently discussed. Linen-drapers and Pastry-
cooks roared most admirably. Indeed it was im-
possible that wit, energy, and patriotism should fail,
as every City orator had only to select out of the
Daily Newspapers the speech that pleased and
suited him best, learn it by heart, and repeat in
Common Council or Common Hall, the bursts of
eloquence which had shaken St. Stephen's walls,
or the powerful arguments which had convinced so
many minds and altered so very few votes. We
are almost tempted to believe that our City poli-
ticians, so deeply skilled in whatever can serve their
country, had discovered this effective mode of
their duty when they last assembled ; for
unless we could suppoe that Guildhall re-echoed
every syllable uttered at Weqminster, we can find
no other satisfactory explanation for the similitude
of words and arguments which their speeches dis-
played. They were, it is true, occasionally improved
by tl'e more classical taste of the orator, but not-
withstanding this additional polish, it was easy to
perceive that the material was the same.

The result of these re-echoed debates has, how-
ever, proved very different from the original. It
consists of a series of Resolutions bravely and ge-
nerously abusing the conduct of men who seem
likely to resign or lose their power ; and in of Ad-
dress to both Houses of Parliament, protesting
against the restrictions to be imposed on the Regent,
and showing the necessity of his being invested
with Sovereign authority.

A mail-coach, heavily laden with baggage and
passengers, was slowly ascending a hilly road, a
swarm of flies, indignant at the delay occasioned,
they thought, by tle indolent inactivity of the
horses, fluttered angrily around them, now buz-
zing in their ears, and now tickling their sides.
The coach, at last,"'pac4,ed the top, and the flies
returned, extolling their exertions and their ser-
vice ! There are political as well as aerial flies, and
hide in both produces nearly the same effects.

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tonten,
suNpAY, JANUARY 13, ISII.

THE KING.

Bulletins of his Majesty's health issued since our
last publication : •
Sunday—" His Majesty had several hours sleep in the night.,
and is *awe' in all respects as he was yesterday."
Monday—hi' His Majesty is as well as he has been :n ary
part of the preceding week, the whole of which has passed fa-
vourably.'
Tuesday—" His Majesty has passed a good right, and is still
rather better!'
Wednesday—" His Majesty bas aved a good night, and re-
mains as Weil as he was yesterday.' .
Thatrisday-r" His Majesty continues to go on well?
Friday" His Majesty appears to be a little improved since
yesterday."
Saturday—" His Nialesty is not quite so well this morning
as for some days vast."
We regret to see that the Bulletin of yesterday
does not continue the satisfactory notification of his
Majesty's health which we have llad the pleastre to
perceive for several days past.

A Cartel is arrived at Dartmouth, with an Am-er
rican Nle4senger on board with dispatches far Mr,

PINCKNEY.

We received yesterday 3loniteurs to the first.

" Du NKIRK, DF.C. 28.—The northern signal posts descry a;
English frigate on the coast, two leagues North of Dunkirk;
she has cut away her masts, and is in great danger.".—Muniteur,
Dec. 31.
The /110nue-471 contain addresses from difFerent
places, thanking BpNAPARTE for burning British
merchandise !

Some of the other Papers are speculating upon
the conduct that will be adopted by the Regency.
One of them begins an article :n the following
manner :

" Will the Regency persist in the system of perpetual war-
fare ? 'Will the Regency fpllow maxims whose obstinacy has
been confounded, and whose want of foresight has been proved
This is a moment for reflection •to England—She mint Say
li.t ET in his famous soliloqity, • • - • 1.1,!N:t.T

To be, or notto:be, that's the irestin. •
Tlie evils she has encountered these two mouths, reveal
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to ourselves and our flocks; let us give an anxious and diligent
attention to their spiritual concerns. Let us all—but let the
Olinger Clergy, more especially, beware how they become secu-
arized in the general cast and fashion of their lives. Let them
nat think it enough to maintain a common frigid decency of cha-
racter, abstaining -from the gross scandal of open riot and cri-
minal dissipation, but giving no farther attention to their spi-
ritual duties than may be consistent with the pursuits and plea-
sures of the world, &c. &c. If we have not firmness to resist
the temptations they present, &c. &c. the time may come,
sooner than we think, when it shall be said—Wnxxx is Now
'FIE CilVitCl4 OF ENGLAND ?"

o,* These observations, connected with the subject of the
present article, will be resumed next week.—ONEsimus ac-
knowledges the receipt of a note, signed .simosurc;' and
would thank the writer of it, for the Volumes to which he
refers.

The trial of Alexander Cahill, surgeon of the 2d battalion c)f
the 25th regiment of foot, charged with the m irder of Captil)l
Hugh Blair Rutherford, of the same regiment, came on a tew
days since, at Edinburgh, before the High Court of Justiciary.
It appeared,that in consequence of a dispute which had taken
place relative to taking newspapers out of the mess-room, Capt.
Rutherford sent a challenge to Mr. Cahill. The parties met,
and after the first fire, by signal, without effect, Captain R.'s se-
cond proposed to Mr. C. to aptlogiae, which he declined, but,"
added, he Would quit his ground and shake hands with the
Captain—this was rejected. They fired again, and , Rutherford
was wounded in the groin. He, however, called out to load.
again, which being told Mr. Cahill, he said he would receive the:
Captain's fire, but not return it. Captain Rutherford then fell,
and was conveyed to the barracks, where he shortly after ex-
pired. Mr. Cahill made his escape, but afterwards voluntarily
surrendered himself to take his trial. Several witnesses gave
him an excellent character, and represepted him as a quiet and
inoffensive man. The Jury returned a verdict Not Guilty, with
the exception of two dissentient voices,
London, England, 1811-01-13

BIRTHS.

At Howick, on Itturday, the 29th ult. the Countess Grey, of
ason. _ _ _ _

At Belvoir Castle, her Grace the Duchess of Rutland, of a
daughter.
At their house, in Portman-square, the Lady of Sir J. W:
Smith. Bart. of Sydlitig, Dorsetshire, of Q. son. ►
At Weybridge, Surrey, the Lady of G. B. Mainwaring, of
80n.
At Tovil, Kent, the. Lady of James Waller, Esq. of a daugh-
ter.

-At hishouse, in Portman-square, the-Lady of Sir J. L. John-
stone, of a son and heir.
On Sati,rday last, the Lady of Joseph Prestwick, Esq. of
Pensbury, of a son. 4
On the 31st ult. at his house in Devonshire-street, Portland-
place, the Lady of Charles Littledale, of a son.

DIED.-
In Portland-road, Sir F. Botirgeois, the Historical Painter.
Lately, at Chertsey, surrey, Mrs. Sarah Love, morher
Capt. Love, of his Majesty'sshipTisiphone' who was the last sur-
viving officer wounded in Lord Rodney's glorious victory on the
12th of April, 1782, and great aunt to Mrs. Croker, wife of the
Secretary to the Admiralty.
In the ‘..:2d year of his age, Augustus Parkins, Esq. nephew to
Sir John B. Warren, Bart.
Aged 6s, C. Baines, Esq. a Post Captain of his Majesty's
Navy, father of the Rev. C. J. Baines, M. A. Vicar of St. Ives,
Hunts, and of the Rev. J. J. Baines, M. A. Vicar of Burwell,
Cambridgeshire.
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PRICE ..OF STOCKS.

SATURDAY, JAN. 12.

FORGERY.

Joseph Blair and Thomas Date, were tried on an indictment,
charging them in the first counts with forging a certain draft for
6001. with interest, to defraud Messrs. Wei: and *CO. bankers,
and in a second count, they were charged with uttering the said
draft, knowing it to be forged.
From. the testimony of the various witnesses examined in
support of the prosecution, it appeared, that on Thursday,The
5t 1h of November last, a draft to: 6001. purporting to be the
draft of Messrs. Gregg and Cawfield, of St. Bartholomew's.-lane,
in favour of one John Clarke, was presented to, and paid by a
clerk in the banking-house of Messrs. Weir and Co. when the
said Messrs.,Gregg and Cowfield kept cash. This draft on in-

London : Printed and F.dited by E. RUCHE, and Published by JOHN usITER, No 5, Pickett-stsreet, Str
and forwarded by all the. Newsmen, the Clerts of Roads, and Booksellers throughout the United Kingdom,
Lie Country at 10s. aid• per quarter.

Bank Stock -: ' 2404 241
.
3 per ( :cut. it educed 66i ii'
3 per Cent. Consols 664 64 ex. div. ,
4 per Cent. Consols SIN.
S per ,Cant. Navy 934 M el. div.
Bank Long Amitaues 174 i
Omnium 414. dis. .
India Bonds ' Ms. 27i. pm.,
Exchequer Bills, 3d. lOs 13s. pni.- •
India for opening _ ___.
Consols for opening
English Lottery. Tickets
City Ditto
The above are the only Funds

183
- 447
91. •
that are '
itrand, near 'Fempfebßar
)m, free a postage, itrta
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No errival has taken place frorre Portugal or
Spain, but as the easterly winds have ceased to
ixlow, it iS expected that the packets so long.de-
tained on their-passage_..home will shortly arrive.
Meanwhile it appears, that notwithstanding the sus-
raided exercise of the Royal Power, which, it was
:apprehended, would prevent the sending of any
troops to Portugal, strong- reinforcements have
Been collecting and embarking at Plymouth to
join Lord WEe.etNo-roN's army. On Thursday
U.-at a division of the first Regiment of Hussars of
the German Legion left Exeter for Plymouth
to embark for Portugal. They are described as
very fine and effective men, of a bold and martial
appearance, and in high spirits. On Wednesday
the 11th Dragoons embarked, and the 13th arrived
at Plymouth, and were to repair on board the
transports the following day. On Thursday the
Itth Dragoons. arrived for the same purpose. As
these reinforcements consist entirely of cavalry,
which must prove useless within lines or fortifica-
tions, it may be inferred that his Lordship, instead
cf confining him:ell to defensive, will soon
commence offensive operations. It may have
Leen ascertained too that MASSENA'S intention
to retreat is known, and that the increase of our
cavalry in Peetugal is intended to augment our
means of annoying the enemy during his march,
and turning it into a flight. It is not likely, how-
ever, that 1011\ssENA should fall back into Spain
alter having constructed such strong and extensive
v;(nks at S itarem, withr.-mt awaiting the return of
fair weather, and attempting to bring the campaign
to an issue by a single battle. The reported want
c.f provisions in the French army seems, by all ac-
counts, to be imaginary. The last French pri-
soners arrived at Plymouth from Lisbon, and who
have been taken since the battle of Busaco, in which
they were engaged, was fought, state, that they
left MASSLNA at Sautarem, and that abundance
reigned in Ills ramp. Sickness, however, had car-
tied off many men, and continued to threaten the
de,trnetion of more. They hold the Portuguese
in the greatest contempt ; but speak very highly
of the courage, discipline, and humanity of our
soldiers.
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TIM NATIONAL REGISTER.

SITTING or TIIN 12rn DECEMBrR.

- - - - -
PARIS, Dec. 18.—The Count de Semonville, in the name of
a Select Committee, presented the following detail on the pro-
kct of the Senatus Consultum, containing the annexation of
holland, the Hanse Towns, and the Simplon.
U SENATORS—The Committee to whom you referred the
project of a Senatus Consultum, relative to the annexation of
Holland and the Hanse Towns to the French territory, have
charged me to lay before you the motives which call for the
edoption of measures of so great an interest. During the course
of the labours of the Committee, one leading idea principally
impressed our minds : we heve not ceased to feel astonished,
that events commanded by so many different circumstances had
teen so long deferred.
" In reality, Senators, from the period when our victorious
armies snatched Holland from the three.-fold oppression of the
coalesced Powers, she lost :hat existence which Frederic had
designated with so much energy and truth ; she ceased to be a
bark, by turns in tow of the two great ships of war—France and
England; her crew, to continue the comparison., weee turned
enter' to our ship; idrahant formed a part of our terriwry, and
Tolland was irrecoverably conquered. There has not passed
since, a single day when her union with the French Empire
would. not hive been a benefit ; and we say it with confidence,
tin invaluable benef,t, lime she would have been spared a long
series of privations, of losses, and of misfortunes. Bat such is
the empire of habits and of self-love over nations as well as indi-
KIWIS ; the changes which strike. their eye in all that 3 lrrouuds
tlierd, in vain remind them of their own decline; they both
Opel the secret conviction which pursues them. A blind senti-
ment averts their eyes from the lessons of experience, and they
make their close More fatal by their efforts to ward it off.
" Our colours were Boating over the whole Bavarian terri-
tory; the partisans of England fled in the ships which they
besely sold to the enemy. Its incorporation with France, the
association .of the Batavians with their brothers in Belgium,
ouelit to have been the first of their wishes, the most pressing of
their wants. The public debt, which bad not then received that
immense increase to which it latterly arrived, might have been
entirely-saved from shipwreck ; vast communications of com-
merce mighehave been opened with France; enormous charges
would not, for i; years, have weighed down these intereetieg
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Co. dm!' strhei; ar the time of the utteiling of the forged.dt-aft, Was

the bookkeeper iZ the service.of the Ekresent prosecutors, Messrs.'.
Gregg and Caufieid, and from. that circumstance had an oppor;
tttnity of being fully acquainted with the manner in which they'
drew their drafts. It further appeared that the prisoner Blair'
was acquainted with Hitchin and Roberts, two notorious chi-.
meters now in I.T Mari
i
Mn whose company he became ac-
quainted with ari Chambers; to whom he applied to get ti e
check changed, and for that purpose they met on the morning' of
the 13th Nov. at.Newgate, from. wheuct they proceeded to the
Prerogative Office in Doctors Commons, were Dale, the other.
Prisoner, an acquaintance of Chamber's, were employed to go
to the •Barikeis to .076 t the. draft 'cashed: Dale;however, after
having got the cash, suspecting that the draft was a forgery, or
intending to tyarloin the anoney which he had received, went off.,
Of this fact Chambers informed Blair, who did not believe him,.
and hinted that he had kept the money himself. Chambers, to
prove his innocence, went with Blair to Newgate, where he of
fered to have himself searched before Hitchins anti Roberts,.
but they only laughed at him. In consequence of this (-Armin-.
stance, together with the suspicion which was enteetained,aiainst •
him, he suspected that somelling improper had been transacted,
and he went to Messrs. Weir and Co. and acquainted them'
with all the films of which he possessed a knowledge. This Is-,
covery led to the apprehension of the Prisoners..
Upon these facts, which were fully supported by witnesses, in •
addition to a long chain of evidence which clearly proved the'
parts, the prisoners had taken in the nefarious transaction,.
Blair was found guilty of uttering the draft, knowing it to be
forged—Death ; and Dale was acquited, as there was no vroof
of his actual knowledge of' the forgery, although it was evident'
that his intentions were dishonest.
London, England, 1811-01-13

TIONAL REGISTM.

Wrigley, now or late of Bolton Brow, Skircoat, Halifax, York-
shire, cotton-spinner.—W. Milburn, Old City Chambers, Bi-
shopsgate-street, merchant.—E. W. Dickenson, Liverpool, flier-
chant.—W. Rowton and I'. Mothidl, Chester, and Shrewsbury,
bankers.—R. Briggs, Liverpool, corn-merchant.—G. Hart,
Woodbridge, Suffolk, beer-brewer.—R. Roby, Bucklersbury,
warehouseman.—B. Tabart, Bond-street, buoksellerpri2. Dick
and J. Dick, Finsbury-square, merchants.
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OPERA DISPUTE.

Friday a. meeting took place 'at the Thatched House, St.
Jamet‘'s, consisting of most of those Opera House Subscribers
*rho disapprove of Mr. Taylor's proposal to raise the price of
the Opera Subscriptions.
We understand that I,brd cower was in the Chair, and that
among other thingS they etamined Mr. Taylor's accounts.
From all that they could collect from the accounts, they felt
pore convinced of theexorbitancy of Mr. Taylor's proposal;
and it 'hating been stated by Mr. Waters that Mr. 1. was re-
cei4ing:profits from the Opera concern to the annual amount
pf 8000i..they cowto the. Resolution of tenderingthe last yew's
subscriptions ts' Mr. Taylor. Should those subscriptions be
refused, then-it is intended to apply to the Lord Chancellor to
femele the mannemegt out of the hands of Mr. Taylor, on the

plea that the conc;•rn is sustaining considerable injury from the
obstinate conduct and exorbitant proposal of the present ma-
nager • and that suchmanagement should be placed in the hands
of Mr. Waters. Mr. Taylor was present when his accounts
were delivered to the meeting; but he was immediately after-
wards ordered to withdraw.
London, England, 1811-06-30

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

THURSDAY, JUNE 27.

THE KING V. JOHN ROBERTSON BELL..

This Defendant, a ship and insurance-brAter, found guilty at
Guildhall, upon an indictment for sending a letter to Mr. Mun-
nings, a, merchant, provoking him to a breach of the peace, was
brought up for judgment.
Lord ELLztiSOßovun observed, that_it appeared, that although
the letter was extremely violent, yet the Prosecutor had first
called the Defendant a rascal, upon the public Exchange, for
not accepting the Prosecutor's bill of 10001. when it afterwards
i:ppeared by award, that there was only 3001. due to him. The
Defendant then, as a man very naturally might when thus rated
on the public Exchange, called the Prosecutor a liar; upon
which he took advantage of his superior strength, and struck
the Defendant. The Court would forget their feelings as men,
if they did not make great allowances for a letter written upon
such provocation. The letter was evidently written with
warmth, but a day or two afterwards it did appear, that the De-
fendant had renewed his challenge to the Prosecutor; and there-
fore the Court, through Mr. Justice GROSE, sentenced him to
one month's imprisonment in the Marshalsea, and to enter into
a recognizance of the peace, for three years afterwards, himself
in 10001. and two sureties for 5001. each.
London, England, 1811-06-30

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JUNE 29, 1811.

Admiral Sir Robert Calder hai transmitted to John Wi:son
Cro Eq. a letter from Captain Palmer, of his Ivlajesty'.;
sloop the Pheasant, giving an account of his having, on the 1701
instant, captured I.e Heros Fr;nch privateer, a six guns and
forty men, out four days from Rochelle, without making any
capture.

Rear-Admiral Otway has transmitted to John Wilson Croker,
Esq. a letter from Lietavna! t Banks, commanding the Forward
gun-vess:A, giving an account of the capture of a Danish priva-
tet!r. of t.wo guns and thirteen men, by the boat of the Forward,
on the 14th of last month.

Vice-Admiral Sir James Saumarez, Bart. and K. B. has
transmitted to John Wilson Croker, Esq. a letter from Captain
Aekloni, of his Majesty'r sloop Ranger, giving an account of
his having, on the Soth of May, driven on shore and burnt, off
I:o3c-lietid, a French cutter privateer, of four guns and thirty
Lien :
At:d also a letter from Captain Weir, of his Majesty's sloop
Calypso, given an account of his havinz, or. the 14th instant,
e7Ttured on the Coast of Jutland, a Danish privateer of ten
guns, and destroyed another vessel of the same description.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.

Hmrp Rngely, of Si. Ives, Huntingdon, draper.

BANKRITP
Samuel Briddon and ?mit Bridilon, of Manchester, grocers,
Tbornas Simon, of Leeds, brandy-merchant.