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The National Register.
London, England, 1811-12-01

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Roger Pettit, of Childre'r, Berk s, victualler.
Duncan Sinclair, of the Strand, boot and shoe-maker.
James Bennell, of King's-road, Chelsea, Middlesex, plumber.
William Glazbrool4, of Goswell-terrace, Goswell-road, toy-
manufacturer.
CERTIFICATES.—D sc. 21.
John Woodcock, of West Ham Abbey, Essex, carpenter.—
John Whitaker, of Francis-street, Tottenham-court Road, book-
binder.—Ambrose Deykin and john Deykin, of High Holborn,
accoutrement-makers.—Robert M‘Naught, of Manchester, cot-
ton-spinner.--John Frost, of Beestone next Mileham, Norfolk,
grocer.—John Bownal, of Liverpool, merchant.—Henry Web-
ster, of Roll's-buildings,. Fetter-lane, jeweller.—Thomas Mashi-
ter, late of Curacoa, but now of Liverpool, merchant.—William
Jones, of Liverpool, merchant.—Edward Blatchford, of Den-
mark-street, victualler.—Hollingworth Bramley, of the New
City Chambers, insurance-broker.

PRICE OF STOCKS
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced 640
3 per Cent. Consols 6.3i11i
4 per Cent. Consols IBUI
5 per Cent. Navy Annuities 9641 5i 6
Bank Long Annuities 161 5-16
India Bonds... 17s. 185. pm.
Exchequer Bills, 3d par. Is. pm.
Ditto, 31d 3s. ss. 4s. pin.
Oninium f dis.
Consols for Opening 631 64

TIDE TABLE.
NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

MORNING.

M. H.
54 after
30 3
3 4
40 4
18 5
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1 6
45 6

AFTERNOON.

M. H.
3 after 12
47 3
22 4
0 5
39 3
23 6
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TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

LonOon.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1811.

Few weeks have been more barren of intelligence
than the last. Reports have once more filled the
place of official news. One of those stated that the
French were renewing their exertions in the north
of Spain, and that a force of 4000 men, commanded
by General BONNET, had occupied the greatest
part of Asturias, and was on its march to Gijon:—
This rumour, we now find, was founded on letter
from the Captain of the Lord Wellington, arrived
at' Portsmouth,' of which the following is an extract,
in which he says-
-41 That, owing to a report that General BONNET
had entered Asturias at the head of 4000 men, and
was marching against ()vied.° and Gijon, he had
slipt his cable and sailed without inquiring further
into the subject; that the British Con.SUl; Mr. KEL-
LEY, also took the alarm on the report being spread,
and sailed on board Captain TATE's.ship ; but hav-
ing business of some moment to settle in Llanis, he
was landed at that port, when a dreadful storm
came on, Which obliged the Captain to Put to sea
for safety, without being able to return to' take Mr.
KELLEY 011 board, who of -course was left to shift

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TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

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BANKRUPTS.
James Roper, late of Norwich, woollen-draper.
Thomas Freame, of Worceeer. draper.
John Killday, jun. of Meridan, Warwick, maltster.
George Sidfozd, of Seven Dial's-yard, Walcot, 134th, com-
mon-carrier.
John Goodall, late of Cheltenham, upholsterer.
Joseph Ga3karth, of Oxford-street, linen-draper.
William Vtrorrall and Robert Williamson, of Liverpool, mer-
chants.
Fhene7er Cooper, of Bishopsgate-street, coach-plater.
Jam Green, late of Parkhouse, Cumberland, drover.
Godfrey Alexander Cohen, of Gloucester-street, Commer-
cial-road, merchant.
George John Swain, of Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields,
9aksman.
William Armstrong, late of Wapping, ship-chandler.
Young Blackiiu, of New Bridge-street, lace-merchant.
John tienry Wilkinson, of Lombard-street, factor.
Henry Fern, late of Cheltenham, Gloucester, painter.
Fvan James, of Pembroke, .hopkeeper.
William Anthony, of Thorverton, Devon, surgeon.
Richard Richardson, of Wallingford, Berks, linen-draper.
CERTIFICATES—DEc. 17.

Ri.-..hard King, late of Mincing-lane, merchant.—Herman
Hn,,!*..wakker, of Langbourn Chanthers, Fenchurch-street, met.-
chant.—John Hewitt, of Bolton-le-Moors, Lancaster, money-
scrivener.—Robert Nl,Clure, of Manchester, merchant.—Wil-
Earn B )wdler, of Cheapside, Manchester warehouseman.—
William Andrews, late of Gloucester-place, Newington, Surrey,
1-paper-hanger.—Henry Duckworth, c.f Liverpool, merchant.—
lettry Phillip.), of •Worthing, Sussex wine-ruorchant.—John
Reddish, of Manchester, stationer.

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE:
BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
'Thomas Skiey, of the' isie of Thatiet, merchant, from Der. 7,
to lan. 25, at ten, at Guildhall, Lntidon. .
BANK.kUPTCIES.
Joseph "Fri7,r.:ll, of Store street, Bedford-square, poniterer.
\Vahan. King, late of erewer-street, Golden-lquare, stationer.
Adolph Leopold 'Pfeil and Elias Adrian Van Vciorbt, of
Eishopsgate-street-within,
James Woodtvurne, of Manchester, druggist.
John Cash, of Stockport, Chester, cheesemonger.
W Wiam Jones, of Urper-tiorth-street, Gray's-Inn-lane, baker.
George Sidfoid, of Seven Dials-yard, %%Acta, Bath, common-
carrier.

Josevh Situps w, of Gosport, Southampton, coal-rucrchant.
Thomas Lewis, of Cuedycyniar, Vayoror,. Brecon,, shop -
iteepir.
Felix Fryer, o f Prestzm, I .ancaster, eotton-rnamfacturer.
ydw-it (1 Faulkner, let: of Pendleton, Lancaster, builder.,
Henry Sinms, of Sh;Ad Thames, Surrey, lath-render,
James —,' antrow, of Rhayadtr, Itazinor, victualler.
tiadl,•y, jun. at Derby, chemist and druggiA.,
ja,14,4 iiite of .I.iverpool, .•
grt era Si,ott, of .7A ussull-.F.tr.,:.tt,.llerulondsey, Surrey, cooper.
olin. Ansel!, ot shoe-maker. . :
tiow.c, bad:cr.
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ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, c.

Ftl.LOßT.—Yesterday Davenport Sedley stood in the Pillory,
opposite the Debtors door in the Old Bailey, pursuant to his
eentenee, for a conspiracy against the Marquis of Headfort.
He
true to the platform, dressed in a dark brown great coat, awl

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MOTION FOR ATTACIINIENT..

Yesterday thcy Attorney-General moved for a Conditional Or-
der to show cause why an attachment should not issue against
Philip W. Harvey, proprietor of The Freeman's Journal. He
said, that it was unnecessary for him to state any thing more,
that the same cause and the same reason existed for granting
the Rule, as induced the Court to grant a similar Order against
the Proprietor of The Dublin Evening Post.—kule granted.
To this we look forward without fear, but with some anxiety
—anxiety,not for ourseves, but for the assailed liberties of,our
country —for the liberty of the subject cannot survive that of
the press. The " Orators" have been acquitted—the "
Scrib-
lers and Printers" arc under prosecution—ltipmations ex-officio
and Attachments follow in quick succession—but the Press—the
IndependePt Press of Ireland stands upright—it stands upon
high Constitutional ground—supported by the Law, it stanis
fearlessly, it stands identified with the People, and from their
great cause, The Dublin Evening Post can never slit ink.
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[FROM THE VREEMAN9S JOURNAL.]
PROSECLIFION POSTPONED—We have to announce another
great victory obtained by the Public—in which we include Pro-
testants, Dissenters, and Catholics, over the Castle. The At-
torney-General has postponed. the trials of the Catholics until
next Term. He has, in fact, postponed these interesting trials,
in which he has sustained so signal a defeat, until the Greek
kalends..
Whether this returning sense of discretion has te-en produced
by the verdict in the case of Doctor Sheridan, or by the despair
which Mr. Pole must feel in procuring a Jury, or by the change
which, we presume, they must have heard was about totite
lace in the Administratiun of Ireland, or whether it proceeds
from an union of all these motives, we shall not pretend to de-
cide. We only state the fact. The trials are postponed until
February. The matter was yesterday intimated by the Attur-
ney-Geaeral to the eloquent and patriotic advocate of the Ca-
tholics, Mr. Burrowes, in the Chief Justice'.i Chamber. This
is another triumph. The system of prosecution is on the wane.
The Comet and its tail are disappearing.
Freeman's Journal Office, Five o'Clock.
We stop the press to state, that the State Prosecutions have
been virtually abandoned by the Government. After the re-
peated statements we have given of our opinions, we hope it is
unnecessary fur us to express our juy on this great victory of
Freigdong and the Press.
London, England, 1811-12-01

TIIIE. KING 1.1. SAMUEL WILLIAM DAVISON, ESQ.

This defendant was also hi ought up to receive the judgment
of the Court, for a conspiracy to defraud Thomas Jackson of
large sums of money, also mentioned in a former Paper.
Mr. Justice GROSE, in pronouncing the judgment of the Court,
observed, that this not being a case of such lout enormity as the
former, the sentence of the Court was—that the defendant be
imprisoned in the jail of Newgate fur the space of titteen ca-
lendar month...

THE KING V. POTTINGEII ANT) IVIGHTITIST.
Mr. Jeky/ moved the judgment of the Court against these
defendants, convicted the last Assizes for Hampshire, ot a con-
spiracy to cheat and defraud the Barrack Departmeet.
The defendant Potti:iger only appeared, and the other de-
fendant being called, and not answering the Court, ordered his
recognizance to be estreated.
It appeared, upon the report of the Learned Judge, that Pot-
tinger was a surveyor and builder, residing at Gosport, and
had been employed by Government as Clerk of the Works at
Hilsea Barracks, where it was his duty to inspect the Works
going on from time to time, to see that they were properly exe-
cuted, to inspect the workmen, materials, &c. and to certify
(among others) the accuracy and charges made in the carpen-
ters' bills. The other defendant, Bughurst, was the carpenter
employed on these works ; and it apFared upon the trial, that
in many instances he had used old timber and charged for new,
and also had charged for work of greater dimensions than they
really were, and that the other &fondant had passed these ac-
counts as fair and correct, thereby defrauding the Government
of considerable sums of money.
An affidavit of the defendant Pottinger was then put in and
read, stating, that having the utmost confidence in the-integrity
and respectability of Bughurst, he had passed his accounts in
total igie)rance of the facts, and denying most positively any
participation whatever in the emoluments arisirt therefrom,
expressing his deep contrition, and praying the mercy of the
Court. :Several other affidavits were also put in, among which
was one of Major-General Pouter, and w her highly respectable
persons, testifying the exemplary character of pottint;cr far ho-
nesty and respectabi.ity.
Mr. Serjeant Pell, and Mr. Geaseley, addressed the Court
on hehalt of the defendant Pottinger, in Mitigation of punish-
ment.
The Attorney-Gereral, for the prosecution, observed, that by
this cause the Court would perceive how scandahusly the Pub-
lic ‘vere imposed upon in these sort of transactions, from the
nature of whleli it was invossible to prevent fraud, except by
making some signal examples of tho4e detected in the commis-
sion ot it. From the affijevits to this defendant's ebarae; es, he
was 1. d to 'his melancholy conclusion, that there was tele sort
of morality for toe rubuc, and stuoldler sort of morality fur indis,
London, England, 1811-12-01

MARINE STORES.

John Benrett, William Spiller, James Hopkins, Salter, and
lihn Bridges, were also brought up for judgment, being con-
victed of having in their possession quatitiiis of his Nlajesi y's
Marine Stores, contrary to Act of Parliament, as mentioned io a
forme:Paper. Bennett and Spiller were sentenced to be imprison-
ed in the House of Correction at Exeter, and to be kept to h..rd
labour for the space of two months; also to be publickly whip-
ped for the space of 100 yards, upon a market day, within that
period. 'Hopkins and &Ater were also sentenced t" two months
tmprbonment and hard labour in the same prison; and Bridges
to two months imprisonment and hard labour in the House of
Correction at Bodmin, in Cornwall.
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the purpo-es of national justice. It would there-
fore be rejecting the evidence of our reason, to lay
a charge of hat sinless on a Government that dis-
played such a readiness to prevent the commission
of offence, in order to have fewer offenders to punish.
The next point for our consideration is by whom
the illegality of the act of Delegation was to be es-
tablished. Was it. by the decision of the Jul yor
the Judges ?---The nature of the question on which
the Jury gave their verdict will yield a clear
reply. Proofs were adduced by the Cotqnsel for
the Crown to demonstrate that Dr. SHERIDAN had
been elected a Delegate and Lad not refused to
fulfil that office ; and the Jury were left to decide
whether the proofs brought forward were sufficient
to convict him or not. On this question they re-
turned a verdict of not guilty, applying solely to the
insufaiency of the evidence. This very verdict
shows evidently that had not the evidence been de-
fet tive, they would have found the 11raverser guilty.
The mei its of the Act, were therefore, left entirely
to the Judges, whose opinion, delivered seriatim,
was unanimous as to its illegality. The result of
this trial has, therefore, disappointed the hopes of
the Catholics; and the temperate conduct of the
Government cannot be better exemplified than by
the following declaration made by the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL :

He said, that though « there has been a verdict
of acquittal in the case of Dr. SIIpIuDAN, the law ofl
the case has been clearly, unequivocally, and unani-
Inottsly declared by the Gaol ; and therefore I consi.
der it now as settled law that the Committee or Con- ,
vention proposed to be convened by the resolutions
of the Gentlemen on the 9th of July last, would he,
if it should meet, an unlawful assembly. That be-
ing so, I cannot suffer myself to believe that the Ro-
man Catholics of Ireland will persevere in the mea-
sure, because I cannot suffer myself to believe that it
ever was, or is, their meaning to violate the law of
the land. Under this impression I feel that it would
be hardly consistent with the object of these prose-
cutions, which never was to persecute or to punish
the individual, but to prevent a public mischief, to
press for the trial of any other of the Travel sers at
present ; and I will go farther, and say that it is my
confident expectation, as it is my sincere wish, that
it may not be rendered necessary for me, at any
time hereafter, to call for the trial of the other Tra-
verser•."

The Lonn CHANcn.Lott's indisposition has pro-
ceeded from symptoms of the gout rwmifesting
themselves in his loot ; he continues to hear bank-
rupt petitions, in his private room behind the Court
of Chancery. On ‘Vednesday, he commences his
Sittings at Lincoln's lun.

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tion to the body, which appeared to be about the thickness of
:that of a young lad, and tapering gradually to the point of the
tail; that when stroking its head, as above-mentioned, the
fingers were kept close together, so that he cannot say whether
;they were webbed or not ; that he saw it for near two hours,
`the rock on which it lay being dry; that after the sea had so far
retired as to leave the rock dry to the height of five feet above
'the water, it tumbled clumsily into the sea; a minute after he
observed the animal above Water, and then he saw every feature
of its face, having all the appearance of a human being, with
very hollow eyes. The cheeks were of the same colour with the
rest of the face ; the neck seemed short; and it was constantly,
with both hands, stroking and washing its breast, which was
half immersed in the water. He therefore cannot say whether
its bosom was formed like a woman's or not. He saw no other
fins or feet upon it but as described. It continued above water
for a few minutes, and then disappeared. He was informed
that some boys in a neighbouring tarm saw a similar creature
in the sea, close to the shore, on the same day.
'1 he Minister of Campbe4own, and the Chamberlain of Mull,
att'st his examination, and declare they know no reason why
bis veracity should be questioned.
London, England, 1811-12-01

LEEWARD ISLANDS MAIL.

The following are extracts from letters by the Duke of Man-
chester packet, arrived at Falmouth with mails and passengers
front surinam and Martinique, after a voyage of 35 days from
the latter :

" PM( l' ROYAL, Sr.P.r. 25.—Tt is supposed that General Ri-
gaud, who died of fever a few days ago, at Aux Cayes, was
taken oil by unfair means. It has been strongly suspected that
he was an emisary of linonaparte, and s3.nt out purposely to
pave the way for the introduction of a French force, whenever
a favourable time might offer. He had been a lung while in
France, and was brought out to the island with General i.e
Clerc's army, that he might influence its inhabitants ; but find-
ing that he was not likely to get a command, and kept at the
Cape tar from his relatives and property, which were in the
South, he be,;an at last to correspond with them on his release.
This information being couvaye4 to Le Clerc, lie placed him
London, England, 1811-12-01

PROVINCIALS.

An et,l was sold in this town a few days ago, brought from
Lynn, which measured upwards of seven feet, and weighed
841b3.-.4.BVry Post.)
An eel, six I-et three inches in length, and weighing upwards
of was taken on Friday last, in the Maldun river, near
Guldhanger.
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In the evening of the 15th instant, a min went to the house of
Major Thompson, at South Shields, and demanded from the
woman-servant, who was alone in it, her mast,r's horse, for
wllicb he said he was sent by the Major: she refused to let him
have it, doubting hi,: authority. The man went away, but re-
turned in half an hour, and insisted peremptorily upon having
the horse, which he said the owner immediately wanted : the
prudent servant as; pi rempn.rily refused, without a note in her
master's own hand. The villain then struck her a violent blow
over the mouth. whili she courageously returned with a knife,
on his face,.and he decamped bleeding. The servant imme-
diately gave the alarm to the n-ighbours, and he was pursued,
but without AFect ; though it is to be hoped the wound on the
face will Iced to his detection.

One evening last week, as the family of a labouring man,
named Pollard, Portslade, were regaling ih,,ins.-Ives with a
little hot elderberry wine, the man, after his wife had sipped
wr portio:i, took his in the same g'ass, and chucked it down as
he would do a dram, but soon afterwards complained of a prick-
ing in %is throat, which brought to his wife's rt. codection, that
she had deposited a corni erali!e number of pins in the glass, as
stood on the mantle-shelf, and being. tinAbserv,d, when it was
brought into use, there rem.uned no d. übt of his having swal-
lowed them all, in number about twenty. Alarmed at the
circumstance, he immediate ly went to Brighton, and stated his
caie to a surgeon, who with his probe dislodged the pins that
b:::1 stuck by the way, and gave his patient a strong dose of
physic, since which he has pertirmed his daily labour without
►llll,..ring the least inconvenience.

Friday se'nnight, an inquest was taken at Great ',Word,
Bucks, en view of the b dy of a chill about four years old,
which hail been imprudently It ft by its mother, together with
another child about twelve months oil, in its cabin, while she
nt to work in the woad grounds. On her return she found
the eldest a shocking spectacle, burnt to death, and the youngest
lying by its side, but very little hurt.
On Sunday i•vening last, as a chaise was returning into the
George Inn y yid, Gran ham, a bull dog seized the led hot•se
ab,ve tau k:tee, which caused the horse to break away viith
the post-buy and ov-rturn the chaise : fortunately no person
was in the carria,,.e it was with gr. at .lilficulty that the dog
could tw choked off. We learn that a pro4ecution is cum-
stwizced against the owner of the dog.
London, England, 1811-05-12

MONDAY, MAY Gi''

The assent of the Prince Regent, in the name and on behalf
of his IVlajesty.,was -given by commisision to the Foreign Mi-
nisters' Bill, the London Dock Bill, and a number of private
Bills. The Commissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl
of Aylestord, and Lord Walsingham.
The Lotto CitAtvcr.t.r.tia acquainted the House, that he had
received a lettef from .Genetal Graham, in answer to the thanks
of the House which. had been transmitted to him. His Lord-
ship read the lettei, which was ordered to be entered on the
Journals.
London, England, 1811-05-12

THE CARDIZLgI VIRTUES.

ammminri
There are four Cardinal rirtztri—Justice, Tempera.
dence, and Furtittcde ; these form the basis of all the virtues, and
when sublimed (but the peculiar Christian virtue, Charit")), con:-
prise the whole system of religious Morality, which is the
proper-fruits of faith.

!Tiosticels the rendering every man his due in the most rigid
sense, whether of fortune, fame, Or any other possession ; and I
do not know a much greater breach of this virtue, thin that
which is termed scandal, so universally practised, and confined
neither to rank nor sex, age nor capacity. The extreme of jus-
tice, and which is equally criminal with the neglect of it, is
senicrity, and produces cruelty.

Temperance is an uniform regulation of the passions, appetites.
and inclinations, that they may neither impel the mind to ex-
cess, nor deficiency; the extreme of this virtue is mortifir..atini,
producing de,pondency and imbecility.
Prudence is the proper cecOnomy Of our concerns and actions,
so th:►t our fortunes or.reputations may not by our want of con-
, sideration be destroyed or impaired. 'the extremes of this
virtue are avarice and fastidiousness, occasioning injustice and
h;rocr!sy.
Fortituck is a proper exercise of the energies of the mind tin-
der calamity or temptation; to enable us to pursue steadily the
course of duty assigned us, in defiance of the obstacles which op-
pose themselves. Its extreme is stoical insensibility, which pro-
' duces want of social affection and brutality.

Charity is that unbounded and unqualified love of human kind
that leads us " to love our neighbour as ourselves," to guard his
life, peace, fame, and fortune as we would our own ; that
teaches us to " love our enemies, bless them that curse us, and
do good to them that despitefully use us ;" and this virtue it kr,
this "new command, " given by our blessed Saviour, that incor....
trovertably stamps the divinity aid inexpressible amicability of
the Christian Religion. The extremes, for all virtues with mor-
tals have extremes, are indiscriminate liberality, and unreasona-
ble indulgence, generating prodigality, credulity, and morbid
sensibility.
1 shall consider each of these virtues in a separate paper, and
by applying their several features to the general intercourse of
mankind, endeavour to simplify them so as to render theta
practical requisites obvious to the meanest understanding.
May J. A LAYMAX.
London, England, 1811-05-12

MR. CUMBERLAND, THE AUTHOR.

We are sorry to announce the death of R. Cumberland, Esq.
the Author. He was in the 80th year of his age. His most,
po?ular Play was The West Indian, and after a long interval,
The Wheel of Fortune was rendered hardly less popular by the
acting of Mr. Kemble. Mr. Cumberland was universally ad-
mitted to be a profound scholar, as well as an able writer in
various departments of literature, and a poet of no inferior
class. He abounded in anecdote, which he related in a terse,
e:e.;ant, and pleasing manner; and he might altogether be con-
si, eyed as a distinguished ornament of British literature. He
Was the son of Dr. Cumberland, Bishop of Kihnore, by the
youngest daughter of the celebrated Dr. 13'ntley.
The Memoirs of Ilintseff; his last prose production, were
very interesting, though somewhat tedious; but the work con-
tains a faithful account of his own lift, and many very interest-
kw anecdotes of the literary men of the age.
The day on which this Gentleman was taken ill was pub.
lislted his Poem, entitled Retrospection; the first verse is as fol-
lows:

cg World! I have known thee long, and now the hour
When I must part from thee is near at band;
I bore thee much good-wilt, and many a time
In thy fair promises reposed more trust
Than wiser heads and colder hearts would risque
kme tokens of a life, not wholly pased
In selfish strivings or ignoble sloth,
Haply there shall be found when I am gone,
Which may dispose thy candour to discern
Some merit in.my zeal, and let my works
Outlive the maker, who bequeaths them to thee;
For well I know where our perception e.nds
Thy praise begins, and few there be who weave
Wreathes for the Poet's brow till he is laid
Low in his narrow dwelling with the worm:'

Richardon, Goodhick, and Co. respectfully inform the Public,
that the New State Lottery, containing Sixty Capitals, will all
be drawn on the King's Birth-Day, June 4th.—S:theme.-
4 Prizes of 20,0001. are 80,0001. ; 24 1,0001. 24,0001. ; 32 .5.;;;I.
18,0001. ; GO 501. 3,0001. ; 1,000 251. 25,0001. ; 1,000 201. 20,0.'4)1. ;
4,000 161. 32,0001.-20,000 Tickets 200,0001. Tickets and Shares
'are selling in great Variety, at the Offices of Richardson, Good-
luck, and Co. the Corner of Bank-buildings, Cnrnhill, and
facing the King's Mews, (Caring Cross, where in the present
•nd last War's Lotteries they Sold 3 Prizes of 20,0001. 1 of
2,0001. and Sof 1,0004. &G. &c.

IN A• rit
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THE NAT]

CONSPIRACY AT BOMBAY.

Accounts have been received of a very extraordinary conspi-
racy at Bombay.—Mr. Osborne, Sub-Treasurer of the Settle-
ment, suspecting the native clerks in the Treasury of malversa-
tton, gave notice, that on a particular day he would investigate
their accounts, and expect to And their balances accurate. The
clerks, native Indians, borrowed the necessary sums of the mo-
ney-changers to make their balances complete while passing
exam:nation, and engaged to return the sues so borrowed next
day, they having not the least don bt that these sums would be
again intrusted to ?heir custody. But Mr. Osborne, on finding
the balances accurate, clapped locks upon the whole of the trea-
sure every night, thus in effect keeping it in his possession.—
The native clerks' astonished and driven to despair, their ruin
being inevitable, formed a conspiracy against the life of Mr.
Osborne. They were betrayed, apprehended, and carried be-
fore the Superintendant of Police, who dismissed them on the
ground of want of sufficient evidence. But they were appre-
hended again, committed, tried, and convicted. They now
complained of Mr. Briscoe, the Superintendant of Police, for
having failed to protect them agreeably CO their expectation, and
facts came out which occasioned the apprehension, trial, and
conviction of th Superintendent of Police, for corruptly fa-
vouring the escape of the native clerks.
The RECORDFR pronounced sentence as follows on the throe
chief criminals :—That you be imprisoned for five years in the
prison of Bombay, that you be placed once a year in the.pillory,
that you be twice publicly whipped through the Bazar (market),
that you be hued ten thousand rupees each, and be imprisoned
till the fine is paid.
The first punishment of whipping was inflicted next day in
presence of twenty or thirty thousand spectators. Briscoe was
sentenced to twelve months imprisonments
London, England, 1811-03-17

ONAL REGISTER

enemy
front of this army.

has been able to bring off a French officer, three eragoons, and
eleven horses of the 9th regiment, and -eight men of the 2.2 d in;
fautry.—l have the honour to be, &c.
(Signed) , E. V. ARESITSCHILDT,
• Lieutenant-Colonel.
Major-General Sir William Erskine, &c.
Cartaxo,-March 2, 1811.

No event of importance has occurred since I addressed you on
the 23d of February. The enemy have continued their opera-
tions against Badajoz, but without much effect ; and the fire of
the place is well kept up, and the garrison in good spirits.
Gen. Mendizabel is endeavouring to collect and re-organize •
his corps at Villa Viciosa, in Portugal.
The enemy moved a large force, with cannon, upon Lieute-
nant-Colonel Grant, at Covilhao, on the 18th of February, and
he was obliged to withdraw the Ordinenza from thence, and to
retire to Alpedrinha, where he was according to the- ac-
counts.
The have made no movement of any importance in the

•
BANKRUPTCY -ENLARGEb.
Thomas Bennett, of Long-acre, ironmongir,' Vow: •
to April 23, at ten, at Guildhall. • • •• • • -
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
George , Goodman,of Marchmont-street, Brunswick-square,
St. Pancras, Middlesex, builder.
James Langdon, of St. Thomas the Apostle,. Devonshire, tal-.
low- chandler, dealer and Chapman.
BANKRUPTS., . . .
Charles Stokes and John Henry Schneider, sen. Birmingham,
leather-sellers.
William Parsons, of Shepton Mallen, Somerset, corn factor.
Joseph Dingle, of Plymouth-Dock, Devon, cabinet.maker.
Robert Ballingall, of Liverpool, Lancaster, merchant,
Joseph IVleynard, of Wells, Somerset, cabinet-maker,
John Williams, of Compton-street, St. Giles's, Middlesex,
baker. •
William Finlayson and Thomas Deares, of Liverpool, mer-
chants.
Martin Webber and William Webber, of Ilchester, Somer-
set.

William Easton, of Bread-street, factor.
Richard Bath, of Maker, rope-maker.
Isaac Parkes, of Birmingham, timber-merchant.
Thomas Hastings and Rowland Hastings, of Queen-street
Park, Southwark, silversmiths.
William Spencer and Abraham Woodhead, of New-court,
Bow-lane, Merchants.
Martin Charlton, of Argyle-street, Westminstervvictualler. •
William Harper, of Friday-street, silk-weaver.
Sarah Gosling, James Gosling, and Ambrose Gosling, of
Mark-lane, wine•merchants.
London, England, 1811-03-17

CERTIFICATES-APRIL 2.

James Hucks and Joseph Price, of Wapping, sail-makers.—
WiWarn Byrt Morgan, of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, banker.
—William Darling, of York-street, Lock's-fields, Southwark,
victualler.—Henry Lawrence, of Liverpool, merchant.—John
Brooke, of Heartshead, York, merchant.—Benjamin Merri-
man Coombs, late of the City-road, ironmonger.—James Meek
and George Gill, of Liverpool, merchants.—.v:L:aijah Tucker,
of Exeter, dyer.—Ralph Nixon, of Manchever, warehouse-
man.—Charles Allen Phillips and Thomas Phillips, late of Mil-
ford, Pembroke, bankers.—Thomas Morgan, of Stourbridge,
Worcester, druggist.—William Pickslay, of Exeter, linen-
draper.—Lewis Alexander, of Halifax, mon..y-scriven en—Tho-
mas Strickland and Thomas Newby Brickwood, of Liverpool,
merchants.
London, England, 1811-03-17

SATURDA Y'S LONDON GAZETTE.

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.
Charles Walker, of Manchester, manufacturer, from March.
30, to April 9, at ten, at the George Inn, Manchester.
George Cole Bainbridge and William Cartwright, of Liver-
pool, merchants, from March 16, to April 13, at eleven, at ths
Globe Tavern, Liverpool.
BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.
s
Hugh Lecky, of the Old Jewry, merchant.
3 tunes Withers, of Freshlord, Somersetshire, corn-factor.
Thomas Gordon, of Tower-street, wine and- brand/-m&4
•
chant.

BANKRUPTS.
John Pearce, of Basinghall-treet, clothier.
Henry late of Drury-lane, apothecary.

Fr--
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name and direction of their author, led me to glance
at the interior of the papers, which consisted chiefly
of manuscripts, with some cuttings from, the Pro-
vincial Gazettes. I was disappointed, however, in
rnY object ; but curiosity excited by the, few scat-
tered sentences which I read, grew too strong to
be restrained, and I perused the whole with the in-
tention, by a description of their contents, publicly
given in one of our weekly papers to enable their
original possessor to ascertain their fate and have
them returned on his application.
The first consisted of the identical printed copy
of an article, cut out of a country publication, and
which lately attracted the attention of the Court of
King's Bench. The next was entitled 44 Additional
triumph of the Liberty of the Press," and was a
letter of congratulation to the public in general,
and the Editor of the Stamford News in particular,
en his acquittal during the present assizes, for the
libel alledged against him by the ATTORNEY-G&NE-
RAL. This article which begins thus, " 0 Sir
ViCA Rl') where is your sting !" will probably not be
deemed worth applying for by its writer, as I have
just been informed his exulting anticipations have
proved errcneous, and the Editor of the Stamford
News, is likely to wear the envied crown of modern
patriotic martyrdom.
Had I more time, at this moment, I would
transcribe this curious letter, as I have no doubt,
the same prolific pen, will have already produced
another, of a totally opposite nature, and its
appeafance would place in an advantageously

contrasted light, the talents of the author whilst
treating both sides of a question. The rest of these
papers consisted of commenced essays, political
a-.lcl critical ; anacreontics and notes for future
pieces. On the same leaf, I found a pun against
COBBETT, an opinion on the new Comedy at the
Lyceum, the first; stanza of a love ditty, an excla-
mation against Methodism, a puffing remark or
two on some modern painting, a memorandum on
the necessity of disinterestedness, and the alarming
encrease of public cv,er private. corruption, and
a variety of expressions and similies culled
in the style oft OPE, either from the writings or the
conversation of others. There are also some °bier:
-cations on the impossibility of ever having honest
placemen, as long as men shall reject the light and
law of nature, and a virulent tirade agains.all mi.
nistries that cannot direct the complicated machi-
nery or the State; and maintain its independence
without
,a standing army, fleets, and taxes. Such
are, Sir, the conterms-of the articles which have
fallen into my hands in so singular- a manner, and
awakened such serious donbts in my mind respect-
ing the sincerity of modern R'eformers Fofes-
London, England, 1811-03-17

MISCELLANIES.-

Captain W. B. Rider, who vas dismissed his Mujesty's ser-
vice for bringing home dispatches of importance from the Gene-
ral commanding at Curacoa, without orders from the Ni!val
Commander in Chief at Jamaica,'lras been reinstated in his
rank, by order of his Royal Highness the Prince Regent.
That part of Mr. Woodgate's sentence (late Midshiprnan of
the Tartarus), which inflicted the punishment •of two years soli-
nry confinement on linn, for a riot, arid using atnisive language
to Captain Flinn, at the Plymouth :rhesatre, has been remitted
by the Lords of the Admiralty. Ile has been publicly stripped
of his uniform on the quarter-deck of theTartatus, and declared
incapable of serving his Majesty as an Officer again.
According to an. account. presentedlo the -House of Com-
mons, the specie purchased by the Payinasters-General of the
Army, and sent abroad, from April' 14, 1810, to Feb. 11; 1811,
amounts to 467,521/. 4s. 9d.
The Whig Club Met on Tuesday last atthe City of London
Tavern. Mr. Whitbread was in the Chair, and was supported
by Lord Holland and other distinguished Members. On their
healths being drank, they both returned thanks, expressive of
their gratitude, mingled with -expressions of their political creed,
in which they professed an attachment tcrgenuine Whig prin-
ciples. The names of several new eandi :laces for admislon
were read by the Secretary, and some who had been recently
admitted attended for the E st time. The customary toasts
sy;=re..g4t3Mccian:ipanied by the usual applause.
...esday, a Court of Directors was held at the East India-
House, when Lieutenant-General Sir George Ntir,7ent, Bart.
was appointed Commander in Chief in India, and also a Mem-
ber in Council of the Bengal Government.
London, England, 1811-03-17

- giVTION AL.
litGISTER-.

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lost her rank, and . character among natiolui, and
sunk for ever.

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Jerusalem, which the Divinity illumed with the
splendour of his presence, and the wisdom of his
laws—to which Prophets were, in king: succession,
sent, in brder to instrttcti correct, and improve : Jeru-
salem, whose ceremoniar,inoral, and judicial institu-
tions, were of Divine uppintment, and far extended
her fame—the city, which was. distinguished by
Divine interposition; and which, at once to eternise
her glory and disgrace, was to give birth and death
to the Saviour of mankind :—did imperial Salem,
thus distinguished, exhibit a conduct corresponding
to such distinction ? No !—Her stream of guilt
rolled broad and deep. Hypocrisy, under the sanc-
tion of religious forms, stalked abroad. In an ad-
herence to superstitious rites and legendary tales,
genuine religion was at first obscured, and, at last,
superseded. Bigotry, ignorance, and guilt, fre-
quented those altars, where pure incense had been
formerly offered ; and, to fill, up the measure of
her enormities, this impious nation crucified our
Saviour !—and thus transmitted to future ages a last-
ing monument of human ingratitude, cruelty, and
crime. Dire was the guilt, and dreadful was the
punishment. Proud Salem was besieged, and her
sparkling towers levelled with the ground. Her
numerous inhabitants died of famine or the sword ;
and the remnant that escaped perambulated like
vagabonds the face of the earth : and, agreeably to
the prophecy which denounced their fate, continue,
wherever they go, a distinct and separate race, in-
capable, from the peculiarities of their institutions,
of coalescing with the States they visit, in order to
mark and perpetuate the singularity of their

crimes.

Let not, then, proud and opulent kingdoms for-
get, that among the nations an Almighty Governor
ruleth,,who does, in the armies of Heaven, and
among the inhabitants of the earth, what seemeth
Lest to his divine wisdom and pleasure.
These reiterated and dread demonstrations of the
Divine vengeance should afford every nation an
awful lesson, of the obligation-it; Under to prac-.
•• - •
prac-
tise justice; to cultivate •MerCy, and on acts of pure
411 vi •
worship, to revere its Goa. , ~ •
ilvor To' 450 COI
t • ;11 15107:
An American PaperAtgo, " 1,037 persons
are employed in the 'Mttinfaptitre of women's_ shoes
in the town of laynri,3-Slistkantieits. pro-
duce annually 987,000 shoes, the materiali of which
cost about 500,000 dollars, and when. manufac-
tured are worth about 800,000 dollars, giving
300,000 as the reward of the labour. Of this sum,
40,395 dollars, annually, is the product of the work
of females, in binding, ace. the shoes."..
London, England, 1811-03-17

MIRABEATJ.

This celebrated Orator in the National Convention was <Tr
recta by his preceptor at the early period of his life, to read
" I;oeke on the litanan Understanding." FIA: was so delighted
with the profound reading of the English Philosopher, that
meeting hie preceptor many years after in the gardens of rho
Thuilleries, he said, with sparkling.eyes and an animated coun-
tenance—" Ah Sir, I shall never forget your having made atse
read Locke."

4•Pm••••Il ,

TILE CHIMNEY SWEEP AND THE LORD.
Lord Orford, whose family name is Butler, and the Honoura-
ble Mr. Cook encountered a chimney-sweep one morning in onl
of the streets of Dublin, when the latter said : " Well, sooter-
kins," what news from the lower regions ?" The gentleman ill
black replied, " Nothing of importance, plase your honour;
only the Devil 'muds much in need at present of a Cook and al
. Ruder."

EXTRAORDINARY LOVE Of DOGS !—The Annals lee..
trian Literature" mention that the late D. CHRISM , Dean of
the Faculty of Cannon Law at Vienna, has bequeathed the sum
of 6000 fid,ins fir the maintenance of his three dogs,during their
novae! the ; and after the death of the said three dogs, or the
longest liver of them, this sum is to fall into the fonds of the
University of Vienna. So that the support of Dogs stood first in
his estimation, and the support of Literature second !
Mr. WAI.TERS has unnertaken, for a co-I.iderable wager, to
walk frogs London to Holyhead, in four days and a hat. Pis-
twee 27 miles. To be performed the latter end of this
month.
London, England, 1811-03-17

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sions. The publication of this letter will, I trust,
procure me the advice of your enlightened Corres-
pondents, and should the author of the writings in
question wisk.to have them back, he has only to
send to the True Briton man of war, where he will
receive them from the hands of
AN ENGLISH SAILOR.

THEOLOGICAL DISQUISITION.

•;. SE TUE RE,. J. BROWN.•

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". ,

Mancha ad rninistratur pravidentici Dei, idemque cemulit
rebus hit:Mauls, nec solum universes, verum etiam singulis. Cic. 1.
Divin. 181. 117.

As war is at present desolating the nations of
Europe, it is of consequence to consider the prin-
ciple upon which the divine government acts with
respect to states and kingdoms ; and by a retros-
pective view of their history, to display the punish-
meat that has been inflicted, in consequence of a
violation of its sanctions. It is a law of the Divine
Government, that the assortments of human asso-
ciation under the regulation of civil polity should be
rewarded or punished in this world, as they do
not, ia the same capacity, exist in- the world to
come. Hence the five great empires, when they
had, at different periods of their history, filled up
the measure of their guilt, received a punishment
proportioned to it ; and the picture Historians give
us of it excites at once feelings of commiseration
and horror.

The purity and justice of the Deity were early
manifested by that deluge which swept away the
first inhabitants from the face of an earth, which,
by their crimes, they had contaminated. The
conflagration of Sodom and Gomorrah is, to all
states and cities, an awful proof that enormous
crimes shall not be committed, under a righteous
administration, without the display of divine wrath
and vengeance. Babylon, the glory of kingdoms,
and lofty monument of Chaldean splendour, was,
long ago, devoted to destruction for the magnitude
of its guilt, at which succeeding ages should trem-
ble.

Rome, whose language and literature in early
life we acquire, to embellish manhood, and amuse
later years—Rome, which has afforded to modern
nations a model of government and legislation—
whose armies covered the world with trophies of her
successful ambition, .emerging, as' a republic, from
virtuous poverty,. and towering, by conquest and
opulence, into a mighty empire,- which vaunted .it
would be immortal—where now is:her grandeur,
,her polity, and her power ? She has fallen !---,tbe
glory and boast of nations has fallen ! _ 5119..40;1'20
luxurious, dissolute,,aud corrupt ; she_ 14.44cEpie
London, England, 1811-03-10

'L'IIE NATIONAL 111:41;ISTElt.

Irkre art' COM pelkd to print a part of this day's Register on
unsomped paper, the number of which will be sworn to and
paid fur at the Stamp Office.

tonten.
SUNDAY. MARCH .10, 1811.

THE KING.

With regard to the state of the Rolle health, we
can only repeat our former observation, that it is
still making gradual approaches to complete con-
valescence. His Majesty's interviews with the
Queen, the Prince Regent, and other branches of
the Royal Family, become more frequent and in-
t:resting, and he walks on the Terrace whenever
the weather is favourable. The following are the
Bulletins of the past week :
Sunday," His Majesty remains in the same ttate in which
he has been during the last few days."
Minulay.—" His Majesty is going on well."
Tuesday..-44 His Majesty is nearly in the same state to day in
which he was yesterday."
Wednesdag." His Majesty continues to go on well."
Thursday.—" His Majesty is going on favourably."
Friday--" His Majesty continues in the same state in which
be was yesterday."
Saturdag.—" His Majesty has made considerable progress in
his recovery, and is going un favourably."

The week, which has just elapsed, has been un-
ommonly barren of political intelligence.
The last mail from Portugal, which arrived yes-
terday morning, does not contain the slightest parti-
culars respecting the state of the contending armies,
or that of the affairs in the Peninsula in general-
The arrival of the reinforcements which have sailed
from England for Lord WELLILGTON'S army was
daily eNpected, but on the 18Th of last month they
had not yet appealred off the Tagus.
While Old Spain is thus anxiously looking for-
ward to the result of the tremendous contest which,
in all probability will decide her fate, her colonies
are experiencing all the horrors of a civil war. 'We
are without fresh advice from the provinces of
London, England, 1811-03-10

(t your hitherto incessa:=.t declamations respecting

the policy and ne.'essity of acquiring colonial depen-
cies, revives ? You tell us that in time of war they
exhausted France ; yet one of your chief and
ac - ledged objects in carr7in; on hostilities was
to re them ! You would not lay down your
arms, until you had obtained " Ships, Colonies, and
Commerce 1" What ! did ycu then `Nish to waste
and eNduttist uselessly the revenue of your empire,
since colonies produce no other effect during the
absence of peace ? Alas ! to what an humiliating
situation will not the spirit of vain glory reduce a
man ; Nay I even an Emperor, notwithstand:ng
the numerous Crowns which ambition may have
heaped, on his head ! Whence. does the inconsistency
cif your late and p:esent opinions and conduct
spring:? Not from a newly formed conviction that
hitherto your policy had been erroneous ; not from
a sudden illumination of your mind, but from a
vain hope of sheltering what you deem your glory
ruder a veil of accumulated misrepresentations.—
_ Those colonies, the use, importance, and strength of
which so lately formed your theme of public gratu-
lation have now surrendered to our arms, Torn;
from your empire, you endeavour to counteract
the effect NVliiCh their loss will produce on the minds
of your puple, by resorting to mean and shame-
less self-contradictions, secure that no press within
the sphere of your power, in other words, within
the limits of the European Continent, will dare to
expose the fallacy and inconsistency of your decla-
mations. Because you hav' robbed ) our subjects
and vassals of the common rights of men, you tteat
them as though they no- longer -possessed corn.
mon sense. Your word has been long their law,
London, England, 1811-03-10

PORTUC.IAT,.

lostioN, FEB. 15.—Not a word of news. We are to told th.t
liisunaparte has collected a large force at Bayonne, which ma'.
enable the enemy to keep their tooting in Portugal,but not ge
possession of Lisbon. Some trifling skirmishes are all we heat
of. A party of hussars have taken about a score of Frenehmer
and their Officer ; they have bean sent here, and state, that occa.
siotrally the French eat horse flesh.
A Mr. Grant lately placed himself, with eighty Ordenanze't
on the heights near Fundas, through which the French troop
were to pass, and, in perfect safe:y, killed 2f0.0 of them. Orde.
nanzes are neither troops of tho line nor militia; but the inh.,
bitants assembled with pikes, pokers, guns, Lkc. There are game,
keepers among them.
The marching of the National Guards of France on account
an offensive war, the conscription of 40,000 men for the sea see
vice, and 120,000 for the land, indicates some project of Buon.
parte's against the North or the East of Europe; the war in the
Peninsula will therefore again be slackened on the part of
th
French, as during the time with Austria. God grant that in tie
epoch we may draw better results from it, and know how I
improve such happy opportunities better than we did after th,
ever-memorable battle of Talavera. In as Par as relates to tl,
recruiting of 40,000 marines, and those which Buonaparte
procuring from the North, we hope they
will meet with th,
same fate as attended the combi.iel squadrons of France ale
Spain at the tr.ttle of 'l'r:if:don—( Lisbon Gazelle, Feb. i..)
FEit. 15.—0 n the 12z it in,t. arrived the packet Mercurio, fro;
! Rio Janeiro, bringing letter dowh to the 2il December. 13
; them we have the great satisfaction of knowing that his Syre,
Highness continues to enjoy good health, as well as all the augu•
family Gazettcr, Feb, 15,)