The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-15 00:00:00

FOR LIG S I NTE LUG ENC E.

TIVENTY-FOURTII BULLET' N OF THE GRAND ARNIY.
Moscow, Ocr. I I —" General Baron Delz,ins has marched upon
Diretrow The King of Naples is with the ad v,iceit ii,uarn upon the
Naia, in presence of the eneunv, who are occupied in recittit:4; their
army, by comocting it from. the militia.
-" The weather is very tine; the first snow fell yesterday. In
twen'y days it will be necessary we should be in winter quartm..
the forces ‘vhieh Rush had in Moldavia have joined General Tor.
maAstw ; tl»se Finland have disembarked at Rip. They
march:Al out and attr.eked the fit--;t e"rps. Thiy hay.; been beateii
30,10 men hay.: been made prisoners. NV e h.:ve not yet ret eive:t
ni of thi.; bri!hant combat, which dues so much 'minor
ro Gencral D' York. Ail our wounded hive procecoed to the 5111)-
1(1,1:o, M Mohilow. A greet many hive recover, d and re-
joined their corps. Much private correspow!ence between St. Pe•
terslcuri,l4 arc! Moscow, make. us acquainted the situation th
it
eint-ire.. Ti:.. pv;_jr.•t cif burninz Moscow having been kept secret,
the greater part of the Nobles and private individual.; ha.l removed
within{. The cugiiieers have taken a plan of the city by mat king th..i
houses which have hem saved from the file. I t _results that we
di l
not sue...veil ui F ;tying more than the 10th part of the town. The
J-10;lis nu longer remain."

rtIINTSTER AT WAIL
ExTR ACT or A LETTER FItO'M r.uttGos, of OCT. 22,
TO TfIX MINISTER OF WAR, FROM GrN77.RAL SOUIIAM,
CoMNIANDING AT) INTERIM TIIE ARMY OF PORTUGAL.
66 AfIONS}AGNEVR-1 have the hinour to intorut your ExcLlßncy,
that the English have raised the Fiege of Butgos, and mart-ht.:l to the
di:ecti.m a.l rancla,- 4114(11: i:1, and Vnicmin, at nine iu the eveoing;
they intve ten thLir sici: in tite ic;spitala of tirrgos.
" I set out in purs.tit of them very early this !limning : I IRV "
Ile Ale to overtA, th-m, anl oblige them to 11.,,hr, or at lob
touch injury to their rear-guard.
tSiLneti) 66 CrUllt SOT:q A.T.""
"P.S. 1 sltotiltt inform your Excell,ncy, that since Ge 1
have b..en in a position beflre the English array; I have e ... e:) dei
had engaveroe3t, with it, and never cea.imi to ilardt,6 :; C.;l
!ass since that period.
ENTRAC'T "OF A LETTER FROM GENERAL TIIIDAVLT,

C c.r)Nttit A'RANT AT VITTorttA.
ittcria, Oct. '23, at 9 o'cleol. in the evening.
"MY Loan—The ainttes of Portugal, and of tite North, entered
Burgos yesterday, nt six o'cle,:k in the morning. Tow:2i d. two o'clock
in the evening, and aVer exchanAing several cannon snot, the enemy
passed the Ravin of Butted, and is now in Pig rein!. which tend to
prove that the armies of t•-c Stuth and rf the Centre, arc art tying:
" This ttioveracia naturally changes the whole 4:.!uation of the
North of Spain, and the parts of the ariniz.s of the North and of Por-
tugal. - " 1 hive the honintr, &c.
" 'llla Baron THIBAULT."

PA it IS, No‘,.. s.—We have this day received letters from 119 scow,
dated Oct. 18. The Ernileror continues at that city. anti to enj.,y the
b..!*t state of health, His Majesty was constantly employed with the
details of the military adatinistrat.on. The neither still continues
very file.
BAIONN F., +OCT. 2.1.—A1l the news that we receive from Spliti
agree in stating that the French arm' is entr-red into Ma,:ii,f. The
E.lglish have ratsed the sil rt: of the fort of Burgos, after having lost
4000 men before that pl.ce, the defence of which throws the gtcatest
honour on the garrison.
V LEN:4A, Oet. V.—The recruiting continues with activity. In
the chqice of subalterns the preference is given to these young nica
who know how to read and write, and who are of good character.
WA R.)A NV, Oct. 13.—Detaeoments of French and allied trorps•
both infantry and cavalry, are continually arriving.
-MILAN, Oct. 07 —The Government of Sicily has renewed the-
. prohibition of the exportation of corn from that ialai‘d.-

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V. 15.

(~zl,, Nov. 4.—On the 16th ( 1 last month his Catholic Maievt
1., oat front Voleitca to march to Madrid at the head of th,t arny
coarc, and of that of the South, commanded by the Duk.e o:
.'on
from Vittoria say, that the sollieri of the French armv, on
tL-irottrai.g into 13tirgos, carried in trittl:2h, General Dcbretun,
sa Vi4orously (..teiFildcd the Castle ut liu:,os against Welting.
W Admiration of lus fnie akiety.:e.

MILITARY COMMISSION.

The Mditare Commission erected the 23.1 irst by a decree of the
Cataicil of Ministers, presi by his Serene Fli„liness the Prince
A„!1 C!laile.eilor of the Empire, agreeably to the orders of his Ma- i
; the said Comintssion, formed by his Excellence the Minister
;ct combo:x(1, con tortnah:y to the. In:penal liccree of the 1
1;:h Nhessidar, year of his Exci:Bency Count Dejean, President :
I iirtgade, Baron Diteot, G •neral Baron Heim', Colohel
C;tlonel Moncee, Major Thibault, Captain bilen, ap. ;
riatekt by the Military CAninission to fulfil the tunctions of Re-
iota, a •stved by M. Boudin, appointed by Itiort C v. ho. !
a.,Prwn.. to the terms Of the laws, were not related to the accu•-e.: !
the &pees prohibited by the Cor:titution. The alto ie-narned
C;•retaission, colt vttked by his Excellency Count seje:•n, Pre.itlent,
tat; ht the Hall of Sitting of the First Council of War of tit • Ist
!•.;:y• Divi-lon in Paris, ter the purpose of M det,
t; vral r.t Brigai!c ; V. F. C. A. Lahoire, Ex• Guittr.:l of Bs:pile;
:Ir. J. Go;(1.11, Ex-General of brigade; G. Sou:ier, Citief d: Bat-
t iiAl; Goment ((ailed tot. Chades) a military in on )' profession;
A('l.-.l.ijor A. Pttyit•rel, Member of the Legion of llont.ur ; Lieu-
te•itl L. G. Itssart ; Sub. Lieutenant J. L. Lefebvre; Captain N.
ites ; Lieutenant L. M. Regitier ; Lieutenant J. A. Lebes ;
).A. ilocchcimpe • Adjutant and Sub-Officer P. C. Lemuzin ;
I.C. F. Godard; 'Lieutenant H. Beaumont ; Serjeant- Major J. J.
flii•en; Captain P. Bourdeaux ; Adjutant arid Sub-Officer T.
C3r,in; Captain G. Ronde; J. F. Rabb:, actually Colonel '.it the
Pans Guard, send Member of • the Legion of Honour ; Lieutenant
‘l. Provost; J. A. Vial lerethe ; Serjeant- Major J. b. Carinelle ;
4;lCerp, rat J. A. Ratcai, accused.
The Ex-General of Brigade Malet, of the crime of having con-
sitited a);ainst the interior security of the State, with the des gn of
alAt.yirg the Goveinment, the sucession to the throne, and of ex.
casing the citizelis or inhabitant, agtinst the Itt;•erial authorhy,
set ut tem:tinder of being accomplices of the E%--General Malet.
Tit Sitting being op.•ned by Count Dejean, the Reporter read the
triages against the accused : this being done, the Siting was sots-
pilled fur an huur anti a half, when the accused were brutiKht in
itex, listi Without tio.•s„ before the Commission. They were inter ro-
;exit by the President as to their names, caliinit,s, ere. to which they
tartatvely rephed.
After having been informed of the crimes of which they were
teall.tn, died int,rrepted by the President, and the pistols :aid satins
evidence ; .
The Military Commission heard the Judge Reporter ; and tl•r ac-
Q-ci in their detet.c: produted by themselves, and two Ccuusels
fir the acett:.ed His kxeelleney the Count Dejean de-
ce.,:.(l of the Judges it they had any observatn-n• to make; ha Vii
ge:ierednegatiitly, the accused we:e re-conduce.: by the escort to
ptiton, and tote Clerk :Aro rerire...l.
Tile Military Cenim:ssion deliberating with closed doors, the Probi-
C JUAt Dej:in put the ft..llowing,questi-ns to it :-
16C. 1. Mallet, accused of conspiracy, &c. &c. guilty ?
is M. J. Guido accused of iteing an accomplice with the E
Nlallet, guilty ? and so with the remainder :
military Cornmission unanimousl:.• declared the Ex-General
r,ttilty of the crime againt the safety of the State, &C. S.x. and
(tile Ex•Ge.:eral l.ahorie, the Ex-General Gun! Al, the Chief of
Soutier, Seigneur hordeaeux, Stem Beaumont, Sieur
Steur tiunbuuver, Sieur Fissert Sieur Heffner, Steur
Sieur Letebvre, Sieur Rateau, of beingi accomplices. Col.
~u; guilty, by a majority of six voices to one ; Sieur itritchecampe
by a majority of five to t %To ; and the others ivat guilty.
vt.•liteli the Military Commission Gondenined to death, :rid con
"ait‘l the property of those found guilty, and discharged and ac-
''tied these not tottai
1!0:
at) Commission orders that those acquitted shall be placed
I!:ledisi.osal of the Minister at War.
It bijdes 'orders, that WOO of the present judgment shall be printed
• .!Pestett wherever there shall he occasion.
I
u.tlers the Judge Reporter to read the present judgment to the
4!!!elbried and acquitted, anti besides to have it ex•scuted in all its
:mutts, within 2.1 hours.
The President of the Commission,
Count DF.JEkN.
The exectiti!tn of the judgment took place to-day at tow o'clock,
'the plain 01 Grcoille, in presence of a very numc:rous concourse of
i•tt-titers.

\ccorgling to the order of the Grand judge, the executicat of
Lac au.: Ratrau WAS mipited.

707

Pit U! I CI.I LS.

The fastinewoman, Mrs. Ault More, at the village of Trtburv, in
Statiordslo i re, s yet in existence—thoualv she has neither eat n•Je drank
any thin.,_ for upwards of futir saeas and two months last pest.
Mueh
.attentinn has been exe'ted at :Norwich t,y the singol .r cireurn-
trance ot a drum:tier, In the Selo!, Lincrita Militia, !melee peached to
v••ry erewded coneregetioes, at the ( alvert,Steet Chapel, in that city.
Ile appeared in the palpit re his thi!itery garb.
Thursday lest, Jelei was barbarously murdered in
ILI erne, in the p aish of Crussieictreel, and stewariry of Nir keuil-
brig! t, Seot'and. Tee deceased wan founa welt( rata in his blond Pt
neore There is ne doubt hat he had her n knocked down, Lied the
nerd wounds g:vca by a spade. When be was forted he k• a, not quite
dead, fait was too tar gene to give any io of his murderers.
On Wedriesdey last, two irentlemen, in the neighbeur hood (,f Rat.
chln-h,altway, Lid a wager tie r.pm; a lima 11:10,••d Leuinen, dco
heaver, that he shewd &Year, in the spice of three flu :rters of an
hoer, nine peund• of bulk,ek's heeirt roasted, three partials of potatoes,
a hell gnertern ned a pot of r ater. The parties met at the
Qneen's Head pre,l:c-house, Broad•street, Retclafe-fighrs ay. and the
-pectators, of which there weir a cansiderahle ntrubcr. paid six-oeece
each to he admitted. He completed his task, an I d•ank three or tutu
glassea of rain besides, within the ti e allow al him, without pro-
dueieg the seediest uppercut ineenveeience to himself.
On the 14th ult. James lliluurn. of Derlinatom was found hi a
dyin .tale by two shepherds, upon the road between that town arid
the Arkendale lead-mines. Tee shepherds immedia'c'y conveyed the
aolortunete mart to the nearest house.. but ere he reached it the spArk
of hie was extineui,hed. (hi examining the body, two se .ere wounds
were discovered ripen the head, which wore daub less the (anise of his
The deceased had, a short time hefore he was tomer in the
state r,hove described, called at a public-house, where he took snare
reireshment, and reformed a permit there that he v.u, proemerine to
the lead mines with a considerable sum of !matey. A con..net's
inquest has beer held on the hotly. diet-1I it:10 Harder against
some person or persons unisnown. The murderer, it :s supposed, had
been disturbed by the shepherd, as the money was toued in the
pockcs of the deceased.
The following circumstance oceurred a few days ago, at Weston, n.?ar
Otley :—Two young blood horses, the property of W. Ira vasour, Esq.
;vere yoked to the breaking carriage, and had been tolerably tractable
thr some miles; but on returnie:e they beceme totally meeimageable.
When about a mile from the house, the t.so men acre thrown off. The
horses still proceeded., and ariivieg at the very high and so ong,
iron
pad; g,:tcs, which were both locked aad belted, they ducted threaele
striver ieg them to peers, still drab Bing the carriage after them ; they
then galloped with the utmost speed across the park, tawards tire rivet,
into which they plunged. The St-4'11;410.S conneg up, with assistance, .1
man, at the ri:l of his life, jumped M. cut the traces, and with drill-
culty succeeded in getting them out. Wendertal to relate, the hove:
were neither of them materially injured, and they are now doing wed.
The men eseapcd unhurt.
On Wednesday morning last, the house of Mr. T. Merritt, of the
Fleece Inn, Tewk•burv, was robbed of Bank notes and silver t tire
amount of between 451. and 501. Saspicion immediately fell upon a
stranger, who had represented !thirst If as a traveller, and slept the
I preceding night in the room where the money had been stolen front a
trunk, by picking the lock. St, ict search was made to apprehend the
person suspected, and he was soon alter taken at the Black Bear tun,
where he was waiting the arrival of the coach from Wwcester. When
before die Magistrates, he was searched, and the f:Mowing money and
floods found upon him ; viz. upwards of 501. in Bank notes, to d more
than `,251. in silvr r; a silver hairline watch. with tour seals, key.
gift chain, maker's name " F. F. Baldwin, No. 51`!4;" a gold ;leg e
with a stone, tone India shawls, a great coat, six bits or pronessceT
notes for various Innis, amounting in the whole to '2891. 17•. and a
large filll of ehethes of various sorts. lie was immediately com-
mitted to Tewksbery wires, where he still remains tor farther
examiitation. Pert of Mr. Merritt's property has been sworn to ; ;he
ercat coat has been claimed by Mr. M. Yeaisty, of Cheltenham ; and
Mrs Tvers of the Ram Inn, thouce-ster, went on.Tl•arsday to lewks-
• • „
bury, and identified the person of the prissier as having been about
ten days since at her house. in the assumed character of a traveller,
when the pocket-took of a gentleman, who, we underetar d, travels
for the house of _helm Cave and Co in this city, wes stolen lions his
driving-box, the lock of which had been picked. The bils found in
the possession or the prisoner formed part of the valuable cements of
this pocket-two!: ; and Mr Evans, of the Swan Inn, Marv' or street,
of this city, has likewise seen and claimed part of the property, which
was stolen from Its house by this extensive depredator. who had takeu
up his abode in the travellers' roan.—(Bristol Paper.)