The National Register.
London, England, 1818-08-10 00:00:00

TO HIS WITT.

MY Tr:AR AND VNILAYkY JANL.—I write my last farewell;
but I hope you will put your trust in the Almighty. and he will he
your Comforter. Do not grieve for me, for I shall soon be happy.
I hope. my char lane, you will bring up the dear little buy in the
fear and love of God, and he will be a father to him. This is
painful task to be writing ; therefore can say bet little. Adieu.
my dcarJane ; God bleat you both, now and ti.pr evermore.-1 forgive
every one.

The following Is from Tie Maidstone Gazotte,the conductors
of which " pledge thenssolvcs fur the correctness of the
statement" this publicly wade
A short time previous to leaving tine prison, he (Misses.)
promised the Reverend Gentletunn (Mr. Rude( ) that he wonid,
at the place of execution, answer, " yes" or "no" to the
question re speeting the mitreists ; " du son know woo did liii3
deed ?" He said he was -in the house after the murders were
perpetrated ; lio committed the roMery, but he did nut cote-
wit the murders. He Also aeknowledged that the gaiters
found in his box were in the house, and were sprinkled with
the blood of the victims, us he walked over the bodies. Mr.
Bird, son of the deceased Me. nird, also visites: him in the
cell; and, in answer to a question from that gvutleman, be
suid,"l did not see them do it."

The fact is not perhaps generally -known, that the
cession, by this country, of the two Floridas to Spain, hi
1783, was made as a substitute for Gibraltar, the resti.
tution of which we had before formally promised. M. •
de Sevelinge, in his Introduction to the History ?ftles .
American War, gives the following curious account of
this transaction, which he affirms he received froth the
hands of the person himself who negotiated the peace'
of 1783, M. Gerard de Rayneval •
" The King of Spain, Charles W., demanded peremptorily •
the restitution of Gibraltar. In order to obtain it, he offered
to France to cede to her the Spanish half of the island of it.
Domingo, on condition that she would charge herself with'
furnishing England with au equivalent for Gibraltar. After
many lolig, and sharp di,cussion4, M. de Rayneval, who had
proceeded to Lenilon, brought the Ltrith. Minister to admit •
the restitution of Gibraltar as ilie basis of arrangement, and
the only question now-related to the determination an pro-
per equivalent.
"Daring the discussion of this point, however, a political
remorse all lick the British Premier, Lord shelbui tie. In a
familiar conversation with M. de Hayueval, he gave him to
understand, by a very expressive gestate, that welt. he to
consent to the cediug of Gibraltar to Spain. he would expose
himself to the risk of losing his head on the scaffold.
" Ey a singular coincidence, M. de Vergennes (the French
Minister) was tormented with fears much of the same kind,
He had promised Martinique as one of the indemnities, with ,
out thinking how mach the national pride would be wounded
at seeing an ancient possession of France delivefed over to its
enemy fur thesake of pleasing the Spanish Governineut.
"M. de Rayneval concealed this change of opinion from the
English Minister, and continued, notwithstanding, to insist as
much as ever for the fulfilment of his word. It %vas then that
the Cabinet of St. Jainesl (not Aware that Spain liar: nolisegsr
the equivalent of Martinique to offer them) first offered que
of the Floridas, and. then both of them. This propesition.Was
immediately transferred to Versailles. The Count Arai:lda.
Ambassador from Spain, and furnished with full powers, was
called there to receive the communication of this dispatch.—
Aiter a few moments of profound meditation,he declared offi-
*tally, that he renonnced, in the name of his Sovereign, his
demand for Gibraltar, and accepted of the two Floridas. ' I
know to what I expose myself,' said he, upon signing, ' but
I know your embarrassments and ours:—He was dis-
graced."

NAUTICAL EXPEIHMENT.—Ttinrsday forenoon Mr.Tren:
grouse exhibited experiments at the receiving house of tha
Mullane Society, on the Serpentine river, with an apparatns
which he has constructed for the purpose of opening a com-
munication between ships and the shore, in cases of ship-
wreck, in order to save the lives of the passengers and crew.
Mr. Trengronse's mode of effecting this desirable object is
by firing front the end of a musket a rocket, to which is
attached a small line, arid having, after a few trials, thtose
the rocket across the river, a hawser was drawn over by
the line. From the hawser, which was fastened on each
side of a river to the tree, a seat, called by Mr.T. a chaise vokottt,
was suspended. This seat is rendered moveable by rollers,
to which the suspending ropes are Attached, acting on the
hawser, and an infirm person might be, placed in it,and drawn
front the ship to the shore. On this occasion, a man propel ly
fixed in it, was drawn twice across the Serpentine. Mr.
11';;iiegrense also made a successful trial of a lee preserving
-neer formed of several pieces of cot Is, eovervd with linen.
-onstructed as to give perfect facility to the motion of
These experiments were made in the presence of
f Sussex and several persons of distinction.
ty se'nnight, as the Leicester packet, Captain
..as.appreaching Milford harbour from IVaterford, the
board were. lunch charmed by the vessel apparently
a rock ; when, to their surprise, an immense es hale
the side of the, packet and made off. !inch was
mion of the fish against the Leicester, that it broke
t part ut the faise keel, and co Innen damaged the
Nlie was • ater-logged. and is now tinder
uty f skin and the flesh of the fish
ttac It rk and wick of the ;Nat t.
eptain andinan, just returned from the
res it as Mori, that, owing to the close and
of the ice the Polar regions at the present time.
rational •e of the Northern Expedition reach-
coining r. the Pole. The otherohjectsof tbo
~ he says, has no doubt will he fatly real Men •
ascertaining vhether Spitsbergen be 'an istanit, r•
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vents. My *nee is very sbort;nowitifi base ing, or even I
;entlernan with me—Mr. gudge ;At boo, al. expedition, I
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