The National Register.
London, England, 1813-08-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL It,

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wiry, ..-tspic!!,•. • .• herses ,akoig aim bolting from
the road into a ge,vel..h. 1• . eo, Annan was thrown loan the box
among the hoist's. reid rev.' 1 severe contosions, from being trodden
open. The guard, anti I,..rigner who was on the top, were precipi-
tated by the shock to such 21 distance, and with such violence as would
Irotably have ;wood fried to them had mot the earth and gravel on
whieli they alighted beet. satttrat d with the, rain which fell in he
• Olive of the day ; and to die same cause may be tiscribed the traliog
injuries which were done to the horses and the coach In a few mi-
nutes after the accident took place, a Bath coach came up. The pas-
sengers rendered every essistance in their power, and with some dial-
. culty succeeded in extric sing the inside passengers from the mail,
among whom was a Lieutenant. who was going to juin his ship at Ply-
m such; but he hud setitred so much from the concussion, that he was
spvechless and unable to move. The guard was immediately sent on
one.of the lenders to Reading for a post-chaise and four, to forward
the mail, and for a qirgeon, who arrived with all possible expedition. ,
The Officer was conveyed to a small cottage on the road ride, but died,
it is said, in the course of the night. A young lady who was also in
she coach, and asleep, at the time the accident happened, did nut re-
ceive the slightest injury, and proceeded on her journey.
. At the list Quarter Sessions for the county of Cardigan, the recog-
nisance of the Rev. William Herbert, clerk, entered into before the
Magistrates of bow-street, himself in 401. and his sureties in 401. wits
(to the great satisfaction of a crowded Court) estreated, on his not
sppe;.ring to answer the part-h of Ystrad, for having seduced a very
interesting gni,. the daughur of his neighbour, a respectable Clergy-
than. It also appeared, that he had been suspended by the Bishop of
St. David's, for his infamous conduct. notwithstanding which it came
out that he had an appointment to preach the Gospel in the Island of
Be, mude !
The house of Mr. Rothe, farmer, at Coltenhill, Bucks, was entered
by thieves on Tuesday night; who fastened Mr. It. to his bed, and then
r insuek.d the rooms of 1001. in gold, besides notes, plate, &c. to an
e o.un fear each servants, sleeping in an ad joining apartment,
were undisturbed by the depredators.
The most serious mischief was lately prevented by the fortunate dis-
)very of a plait, by which four of the boys belonging to the extensive
it )n-works of Messrs. John Hradley and Co. in the neighbourhood of
Stuurbridge, intended to procure themselves a holiday. It appeared
by the conlession of two of the bop', that four of them had agreed fur
that purpose to stop the works, and, in order to do this, they took out
cutter belungiug to the air-pump rod, and put a brick, &c. into the
cold water-pump, as well as billets of iron into the teeth of the pinion-
s. heel, the cutter, and spur wheel. It was happily discovered early
"on Monday moriOng,.behire the men began to work. Had their plan
succeeded, besides the probable loss of human lives, it is apprehended
e damage would here amounted to at least two or three thousand
riou,,ds, as well as deprived a number of men and boys of work fur
t vo or three months.

Friday se'lmight, a child of Mr. Richard Knight's, of Creech St'
Michael, in ar Tpunton, about nineteen months old, having walked
to a neighbour's bnise; unperceived, was at 4 length missing, and
was found in the %yell, which was eighteen feet deep from the
top to the surface of the water ; but fortunately a hoard, part of
the cover of the welt, had fallen in previously. and the infant w-is
found lying on its back on the board, swimming on the water. It was
immediately got on, w►thout the slightest injury.
A poor man, who fro►ma the impulse of humanity, jumped into a pond,
near V e Barracks on Watley Common, on Saturday week, to save the
life of a boy sinking, was himself unfortunately drowned as well as the
boy. This pour man, who thus nobly lost his own life, by promptly
-endeavouring to save that of the youth, has left a wile and five
ch►ldren.

As a lady and her daiialiter, with another young lady, her visitor,
were sitting at a table drinking tea, at a farm-house at Pehmarsh, oil
.the 27. d ult. a youth, abota ten or eleven years of age, took up a gun
• to go a*rt shoot at sparrow', and an passing the parlour door lie May
fully turned round and pointed the gun I, wards the table, when it ac-
cidentally went off (at a very short dista'nce) and lodged nearly the
whole charge of shot in the face of the young lady visitor, many of
which entered the eyes and mouth, as well as the face. The mouth be-
ing open at the moment, the tongue and back of the khroat were severely
(sounded. The loss of blood was so great and instantaneous, that she
'was tho.:glit dead. The :amity surgeon at if:Listed promptly attended,
aressed the tumid', sad had her conveyed honie in a post chaise to
Baked, where she is as fast recovering, its, from the-severity and dan-
ger of the accident, and the shortness of the time, can be expected.
A nest of corners have been discovered Jo Woolwich, and have been
onoraitted to Maidstonbto ttiplboitioo4, •

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LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,
SUNDAY, JULY 25, 18:3.

COLONIAL DEPARTMENT.

DOWNING-STREET, JULY 24, 1813.
Captain M'Donal, Aid-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Sir
George Prevost, arrived this day with dispatches, addressed to
Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State,
of which the following are copies and extracts.

Head-quarters, Kinoton, Upper Canada, Ithy 18, 1813.
MY LORD,—I have the honour of trasmitting to •tir Lordship,
copy of a dispatch %illicit I have received from Major-General Sir
Roger Shealle, containing the particulars of en attack made by the
land forces, and the flotilla of the enemy, upon York, hi Upper Ca-
nada, on the 27th ult.

The enemy left York on the Bth instant, mid proceeded to Nia-
gara, where I understood they lauded, on the American side of the
Lake, 1200 men, under General bearborn, tor the purpose of
strengthening their army on that line, and probably with a view to
make a fnrther attempt on Fort Erie or Fort George. The flotilla
afterwards returned to Sackett's Harbour, where I find, front a
flag of truce, which came over the day before- yesterday, they re-
mained on the 14th.
From the information I have received from an Officer of the
Lake Marine taken at York, and sent over in the flag of truce, I
find the enemy's force at Sackett's Haibour, amounts to in iir five
thousand men, and that they were making preparations for another
expedition, but to what point the attack was to be directed I have
pet been able to ascertain.
1 have the honour to be, &c.
GEORGE PREVOST.

Earl Bathurst, &c. &c.

[Here fellows a letter from Major-General Sheaffe, giving an ac-
count of the Capitulation of the town of York, in Upper Canada,
on the 27th of April, to the Americans, which circumstance was
already known to the public.]

[Transmitted by Sir G. Prevost.]
Kingston, May 30, 1813.
SIR-I have the honour to report to your Excellency, that in con-
formity to an arranged plan of operations with Commodore Sir
James Yeo, the fleet of boats assembled astern of his ship at ten
o'clock on the night of the 28th instant, with the troops placed
nailer my command, and led by a gun-boat, under the direction of
Captain Muleastcr, Royal Navy, proceeded towards Sacke tt's
Harbour, in the order prescribed to the troops, in ease the detach-
ment was obliged to march in column, viz. the grenadiers company,
tooth, with one section of the Royal Scots. two companies of the
Bth, or King's, four of the 10th, two of the Canadian Voltigems,
to two six-pounders, with their gunners, and a company of Glen.
Barry light infautry, were embarked on board a light schooner,
which was proposed to be towed under the direction of officers of
tLe navy, so as to insure the guns being landed in time to support the
advance of troops.
It was my inuoition to have landed in the Cove formed by Horse
Island, hut on approaching it, we discovered that the enemy were
fully prepared, by a very heavy fire of musquetry from the sir-
rounding woods, which were tilled with infantry, supported with a
field piece. The advance. was led by the grenadiers of the 100th
regiment with undaunted gallantry, which no obstacles could at..
rest ; a narrow causeway, in many places under water, not more
than four feet wide, and about four hundred paces in length, which
connected the island with the main land, was occupied by the
enemy in great force with a six-pounder. It was forced and car-
ried in the most spirited manner, and the gun taken before a se-
' cond discharge could be .made from it ; a tumbril, with a few
rounds of ammunition, was found, but unfortunately the artillery-
men wete still behind, the schooner not having been able to get up
' in time, and the • troops were exposed to so heavy and galling a
fire from a numerous but almost invisible foe, as to render it
possible to halt for the artillery to come. up. At this spot two
' paths led in opposite directions round the hill. I directed • Colonel
Young of the King's Regiment, with half of the detachment, to pe-
netrate by the left, and Major Drummond of the 11th, fo force
the path by the right, which proved to be more open and was leas
occupied by the enemy. Ou the left the wood was very thick,
and was most obstinately maintained by the enemy.
The gun-boats which had covered our landing, afkrded material
aid by firing into the woods ; but the American soldier secure be-
hind a tree, was only to be dislodged by the bayoLet. The spi.