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The National Register.
London, England, 1814-12-18

POLITICAL DISQUISITION.

THE CONGRESS.

" To explain the mystery of this Congress, that was to realize the
ideas of the Grett Henry, is beyond our power. When the ar-
mies of the various parties shall be ready kr the field, and the
season fit for their operations, we suspect that all their debates
will be terminated by an appeal to the ultimaTatioxes rt6•aui."—
( Nat. ►tee. Nov. V 7.)

v 4 We retard the events. that have already developed themselves, as
indicative of the different Sovereigns. having taken the ground
they intend to ocenpy."—(Nat Reg. Dec. 4.)

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On the 30th of October we endeavoured to impress on
'the minds of our reader, that " the great unanimity about
and after the peace of Paris was, it was to be feared, only
to be ascribed to the temporary paralysis of the French
diplomatic mashine ;" and so early as this period, " the
Paris papers very candidly told tie. that the French Go-
vernment was in no way jealous of any advantages which
other states might reasonably expect, and only desired
the re-establishment of a just balance of power." This
reason and justice were not to us words of any equivocal
meaning : they politely but firmly told us, that. France
• was determin:-.1 to make every attempt to regain That pre-
ponderauce which she had lately held and but lately lost
on the continent.

Pursuing this interesting subject, in an article on the
cession of Flanders to Holland, we stated that there ap-
peared to be many reasons why the Congress at VienUa

cc would break up without achieving any useful purpose."
We endeavoured to point out the causes that would, in
our opinion, lead to its failure. The principal of these
was a ridiculous opinion, that because the allies had
reached Paris, France was hors de combat. We argued
on the extreme folly of trusting to the speculations of
The Times, which, before the fall of Buonaparte, con-
tended that France was in a state of exhaustion, and
which, forgetful of her internal system, seemed to insi-
nuate, that for many years she would not be able to re-
occupy her station on the political theatre of Europe.
In this paper we lamented that such should be the ra-
pidity with which the current of political error flowed,
as to carry with it not only " the coal-heaver in his pot-
house, but the statesman in his cabinet." For it now
should most evidently appear, that the instructionAo4.

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COI ENT-GARDEN.

On Wednesday last, the Tragedy of the Gcmester was per-
formed, and NI iss O'Neill added a fresh leaf to her crown, in
the character of _l/rs. Bc.cer:',y, in which she for the first time
appeared. This part. though rendered very promiti?nt by
the excellence of Mts. Siddons, does not allow much beyond
a display of tenderness and resignation. Whenever stronger
passions intrude, their flash is momentary ; they are mental
meteors, and not the erradiations of native and steady
light. During their short -existence, however, their bright.
mess is transeendant. Emitted from the eyes and countenance
of Mrs. Siddons, their force was magical; shot from those of
311iss O'Neill they lose nothing of their power. Melting with
tenderness and woe, too imild for resentment and even for
opposition, she pi esented a most fai!liful and atTheting picture
of wedded love, estranged from all selfish consideration, un-
shaken by the severest trials, and opposing to despair itself
the heroism of resignation. Many would be the passages in
which we could notice bursts of sitperior genius, hut those are
now become common in her performances. We shall only
point out those excellencies which the British Melpomene
was thought to have so entirely identified with heiself that
it was impossible for any other actiesi to re-produce them.
whole of the scene in which Stukelii exposes his own
4,illainy with his love, abounded with these, and we found
them revived by Miss O'Neill in all the force and truth of
originality and. nature. The repressed indignation and dig-
nified incredulity with which she hears the traitor progres-
sively unfold his accusations against her husband : the burst
of enthusiastic confidence with which she exclaims, when
IStukcly asserts that Beverley has given her jewels to a *mis-
t; css,

" *No, on my life, he did not !"
The rending emotion with which, when be reiterates his
ltatgc and add,ices fresh proofs, she cries—

" not helicvc. has no mistress,"
though she wanted to lind herself to a knowledge, the
;authenticity of ‘vhich be;.,,ins to dawn upon her mind, and
the-iccovcred calmness of smo:in:Jed despair with which she
utters

" Oi• if lie_lias—why is it toLl to Inc i"

the la,t part of the sentence dropping almost inaudib:e,
tin eugh excess of vainly checked agitation, seemed to snatch
away the pueseut from our eyes, and to place Mrs. Siddons
in the fulness of her excellence before them.
When, after Yielding to momentary depression, the de-
signs of the vilLin upon her begin to reveal themselves, and
ter confidetkce in her husband's fidelity proportionably to
revive, time cool and lofty contempt with which she replies
to hip invitation to fly from the cruellest of men for -shell.
ter w.th the kincicsr,"

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London, England, 1814-03-06

ITATICII 6.

Round dress ofjaccnnet muslin, made high to the throat, and
rather longer in the waist thau last month. Long sleeves gauged
at the wrists about au inch; the sleeve is left about two inches in
length from the gauging, with a very fine narrow Face. The collar,
which is made tight to the neck, is also edged with a lace to corres-
pond. A very rich embroidery goes round the bottom of the dress.
The Huntly bonnet and scarf, have a very elegant effect ; they are
composed of rich twilled plaid sarsuet ; the scarf is three yards in
length,_ it is a straight piece, and is disposed according to the
taste of the wearer. A beautiful Prince's plume ornaments the
bonnet. Very Wain tan slippers and gloves.
SECOND MOURNING DINNER naEss.—Half dress of French grey
crape, over a white satin slip. which is slightly embroidered round
the bottom with grey cherielle. The half dress is sloped so as to
be about a quarter of a yard longer behind Shan in front, and is
richly embroidered in white silk round the bottom, which has a
very elegant effect; the body, a la gauche, is made with a little
fillness, and drawn in to the waist by a white satin sash. An
embroidery to correspond with the bottom goes round time bosom,
which is cut very low, and the back of the neck. The sleeves arc
extremely tasteful ; they are composed of grey crape on white
satin, and are gauged at a distance °rebuilt two inches all down ;
each ganginz is finished witlea row of pearls, and two rows of ps arl
at about two inches distance finish the sleeve at bottom. Bonnet
of French grey crape, tinned up on one site and slouched on the
other, ornamented with a very long white feather. White crape
fan. Bracelets, necklaces, and ear-rings of pearl. White kid
gloves and shoes.
GENERAL. OBSERVATIONS.—Far-rings, necklaces, and bracelets
of jet, are universal as are also plain black crape fans.
Plain black or white slippers and fans arc universal.
London, England, 1814-03-06

POLITICAL SELF-EXPOSURE.

An address was issued by the Crown Prince to the French
at Cologne, on the 12th ult. in which he informs them, in
moderate language, that the intention of the Allies is only
to obtain a safe and honourable peace. The Dutch papers,
which arrived last Friday, brought a pretended copy of this
address, but so altered and so full of personalities, that most
of the morning pacers declared it tok be a fabrication. This
supposition greatly offended the Courier, which, in an ar-
ticle of considerable length, vindicated last night the au-
thenticity of this document. " There is an address from
the Crown Prince," said this well-informed paper, " before
he left Hanover, in a very different style and tone from
that mawkish one from Cologne, which we published yes-
terday. This is the true way in which the Corsican should
be spoken of; these are the colours in which he should be
depicted. But it has shocked the delicate nerves of the
Patty : they cannot believe that it is genuine. It is "so
direct a personal attack Upon Buonaparte, and expressed too
in the strongest language, that we must consider it a fabrica-
tion, as we cannot believe his Royal Highness would bath se
expressed himself in a public document."
London, England, 1814-03-06

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCF.S.

LOlll AND Fos-stn.—Considerable alarm was yesterday excited by
a report which was spread in the city, that two men hod been Itha
iq
the main sews., and crowds were assembled around the different vat,
inks at Cornhill, the Poultry, &c. At length, flowerer. the absentees
made their appearance at the bisttom of Old Change, after a }scram-
balivion in the ntgin sew. r, which they had been employed to itipecto
from street Hill.
It appears by a statement in a Hull Paper, that Mr. and Mrs.
Barnard, of Cave Castle, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, have
oars ()My ewaped the fate of Mr. and Mrs. Bonar, of Chislelturst.
Their footman (who was a great favourite) had evioeed symptoms
of insanity, frequently expressed his admiration of Nicholson, the
murderer, and even at last hinted to the coachman that be Afield
imitate his example, by murdering Mr. and Mrs Barnard. This
caused the footman to be secured, lie was taken to York Asyltun,
where, when his frenzy had subsided, he freely confessed that it was
his firm resolution to murder his master and mistress, arid described
the raimer in whirls it ivas to be efiected.
A pect,c,,reph was on Tnegday fraudulently obtained from Mr.
witeg, the Poultry, by a wocgdressed young man, who gave his
card, engraved W. Ehilitee, and ordered the instrument to be sent
to him at the New York Coffee house : on receiving it, Iw took the
bill unit receipt, and pulling out of his pocket a 51. hank note, and
a check noon Rob. rt% and Co. for 151. 7s. he observed the note was
not sufficient, said he had to meet some_persou tjp stairsosud desired
Mr. Itatc,.'s'yontsg man to take the check to Robarts and retorts
immediately with the money ; the cheek was fictitious, and the
winder gut eitar
Tuesday morninguhout A o'clock, the Keeper of Sonthinte prison,
Exeter, attended the felon• with a candle to light their iire. when 4
man called ~Harland (just reprieved from death), as he entered the
cell, gave him a Idow, slipped out, 1114 locked 14e dour upon him
the prisoner then attempted to escape, by .asceiiiiing A trapAubr
that led to the debtors' apartments, and after locking the keeper's
wife in her bed-room, descended to the tient door ; here he was $
a stand, for the keeper Of it had the key in his pocket. whiah, after
callina loudly to some people in the street, he threw out to them,
anal they immediately cowed and secured the prisoner,

ERITISH GALLggy, PALL MALL.
TAT. pAI..I.ERY, for (he EXHIBITION and SALE of thi
of BRITISH ARTISTS, IS NOW OPEN to the
Public, and will continue open every day, from TgN hi the Fr:omoms
till k:Vk it the. A fternoop. Admittance Is. Catalogues Is.
Ry ()Wet., JOHN YCNNO, geoPore
London, England, 1814-03-06

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Sd.ticiiiir-rictieral having detailed the particulars of the case,
Sir V. Gibh. earue.tly reconimentlo to the partici to arrange, anti
betile this calve cut of Court, for the propriety
.131 which recommen-
datimi wail advice, the Learned Judge ‘aitl, he atsw a thousand rea-
After some conversation between the Counsel on both sides,
it wi:s a.,:reed that a tontinal verdict should he taken t'or the plain-
tiff, subject to the award of the person to whose arbitration the
4:,autl should be refereed.
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In the Arches Conrt, Doctor's Comsnons.—,Bezt v. Lady Emily
Rest.—This cause of divorce. which was brought by Mr. Best
orainalLody Emily Hest, hi 4 wife. by reason of adultery, alleged to
liavr been ronimitted With a Mr. Henry (and for which an action
was bruneht,and tar:* damages given in the Ccairt of King's Bench)
wr+ ,leeiiled on Thursday, when Sir John Nichol declared Mr. Bed
entitled to the divorce, and pronounced sentence accordingly.
London, England, 1814-03-06

DECREES.

Imperial headlnartersi, at Troyes, Feb 24.
'Napoleon, Emperor of the French, King:of lulls., Protector of the
Confederation ut the Rhine, Mediator of the Swiss Confesierations &C.
Ace Sic.

We have decreed and.deeree al follows :
Art. 1. A list shall be drawn up of those French who, living in the
service of the Allied powers, or muter whatever .titles, ave nect,mpa-
;tied the enemy's armies itt 1.4 r invasion of the territory of the Emperor,
since the ~20th of December /80. •
1. The Ziulividuals who shall be comprehended in the said list, shall
Jae summoned without delay, and all other business ceasing helpre our
,courts and tribunals, to be there juded and eundenwd to the penalties
1)3, tlye lows,' sad their property cAudiscated fur the hew:fit of

144"0" tPY "Ye taw", *an ttiesr propeity Uriirill PI 1012 MOM •J• •••• •••1`"i• - .
the domains of the state, according to the existing laws. • agreentelit. were to have remained lay thelrl'ofecik'n oI the ".`"`"
S. Every 'Frenchman Moohav4 worn tie badges of the deco- tiers of nolkteip, were drawn away. A; the French (J""1.1""lit •
itations of the ancient dynasty-, in the places occupied by the enemy. had at the same time declared its
Intention of cute'into neg.) •
4p.pd aurigg iii. stay there, shAli be 4c4are4 s traitor, and as such ad. Tiatjons far peace 044 all herenerPiot 'Pe 'King "1111" it int'?
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r. REGISTE.R.

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we should bete no energy to wield the sword in a just cause.
or find the proper remedy for an innbitioui disease. Let
every individual in this happy and favi:ured nation, apply
these remarks, and comment on their universal utility:as they
respect themselves, we shall then be capable„. with Divrwe
ASSISTANCE to apply our hearts unto wisdom, by which
means morality will take deep root and floutish. being well
nurtured in a fertile and cultivated soil. J. C.
ChKpel-strtet, Salford, Manchester, Feb. 14, MIN,
emeicepows=l/1
FINE ARTS. •
London, England, 1814-03-06

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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judged .br a military cosi-mission. and condemned to death. His pro-
perty shall be ci.nfi-cuted In the pr-fit of tlse domain of the state.
4, Our ministers arc charged, each tia far as concern% him, with the
execution of tins decree, which shall be inserted in the butictin'uf the
La .t s.
The Military Secretary of State.
(Signed) The Duke of BASSANO,
Troyes, rehrtinry 1.24,
Napoleon. Stc.-•C insidering that the Pi elect of the Aube his quitted
the territory of his department, and especially the arrondiskement of
Nut!ent, while our tr(mps 4111 oreuvied it : that he has Iva since taken
measures to return and retinue his fttncti.mg, at the montret %%bell the
chief town of hii department was evacuated hy the enemy. We have
decreed, and decree us follows,:—Baron Car... 1014 pirle‘t of the Da-
partment of the Aube, is deprived ot nis oth:7e.
Atid n second Decree appoints M. li.oefirrer, Prefect of the •Departt
aunt of the Thrasiroene, to be Prefect of the Aube.
And a third decree named M. Paw to e*ercisc the functions for
the
present.
FRE!4CI) Furvos.--Feb. 24, 55 1. ; `2sth, 55 1. '25 e.; (2Citli, 5G f
c.; ;Bth, 5i I. 75 c.

[These papers enntain a report to tj&e f.mpress of the situation
of the armies to the sitst cf February. It 'elates a rcinike ot tho
Allies in an attack on Fort Chandime, with the loss ot 1,100 men.
In the account of the taking ot Soissons by Winzingerode, the
enemy say* --" The Generids who were in the piarve, awl who
should have taken the command the death of Ciev.cral
shall be iirought hereto A Council of Inquiry, for tin- town oinziit
not to have been taken. The Duke of Tr, viso re-oceniticd Soi.i.
sons on the 19th, and had retorgaiti•cd. the thfenre of it." T:ie..
Congress of Chatillcro still continues ; hnt (Ravi this report) the
enemy throvril every difficulty in the way of it. The otlies, it is
stated, saved their artillery and ba2gaize by the sharlinuss of tips
frost, which enabled *mu to carry it od by all are roads.")
London, England, 1814-03-06

MARCH 6.

DIED. . .
On Tuesday last. at Cole Harbour, Surrey, the Right Hon. Lady
L. Taylor, wife of I'. Taylor. Esq. Comptroller-General of the Cus-
toms. Lady L. Taylor was the youngest daughter of F.arl Stanhope,
by Lady H. Pitt,' and uiece of the Earl of Chatham and the late Mr.
Pitt. She has left seven chiklren. •
in a very advanced- age, at Minterne-Magna, in the county of
Dorset, Richard Digby, EN. Admiral of the Red, and uncle to the
RiAht Hon. the Earl of Digby. It was under this Admiral that the
Hoke of Clarence entered the Navy.
Mr. Weston, a respectable farmer of Uxbridge. coming to town
outside of dr! coach, ou Wednesday, walked up Notting-hill with
the rest of the papengers, and seemed in perfect health ; but strange
to tell, on the arrival of the coach at the office At the corner of
Park-street, Oxford-road, he was taken down nitite stiff and dead,
to the astonishment of hiss fellow pas-ietgers, who had nut the least
suspicion of his melancholy ioapimate state.

ALL THE FLOATING CAPITAL PRIZES
Drawn on Friday, the First Day of Drawing, were Sold in. Shares
by W. MARTIN, 11, CORNI!ILL, viz .5357, 5001. 2375, 5001. Sic.
The fortunate holders may receive their Prize Money on demand,
or exchange for other Shares to be drawn the FOURTEENTH of
THIS MONTH. The Wheel is immensely Rich, and COUilifiS
2 Prizes of
1 2,0c0
s 1,000 •
With 500 300's, 200's, &e. dx. &c.
And only One Day to Draw. In consegnence of W. MauilN's
great success. and in expectation of Selling the next two Twenty
Th,,usansls, has induced him to -continue to present Brat CAKE.
gratis, to every purchaser of a Ticket or Share, at Isis OfFee,. until
the day of dralAing. In the lute Lotteries, No. 7731, TO 0001. And
No. 512, 1,0001. were likewise bold in 23 Shares to the Public.
London, England, 1814-03-06

MARCH 6.

Chief of the Corps of Engineers of the King of Prtmia, are met
together at Lusigny, to treat on the conditions for a suspension of
arms"

This Bulletin, officially announcing an armistice, was fol.
lowed by an unaccountable depression of the French Funds,
'which were on the Qith, the 'next open day after the publi-
cation, at 54 fr. 75 cents. From this circumstauce, front
the subsequent military operations, although o no great im-
portance, mentioned in the Bulletin of the 27th, and front
the rank cf the Officers named to settle the terms of that ar-
mistice, mostly Aid-de-Camps, that it merely was an arrange-
ment of a local and temporary nature to save Troyes from
destruction, as Macdonald had saved Chalons by the same ex.'
perlient on the 6th.
It is evident, however, that by this evacuation of Troyes,
and the subsequent occupation of the whole course of the
Aube by the French, as detailed in the Bulletin of the 27th,
the Allies are now retreating behind the Marne, the point
on which they were first attacked by Buonaparte. This fur.
Cher retrograde movement, of the greatest importance in the
present state of warfare. appears to have been imperiously
commanded by one of those masterly movements of Buona.
parte, who, on the 22d, attacked in person, at Berg-sur-
, Seine, General Blucher's army in march to join Schwartzen-
berg. He did not make any great impression on the Prus-
sians; but their march was effectually interrupted by his co-
lumps threatening the continued flanks of an army in march,
and a retreat of the whole army of his confederates became
of course necessary to secure a junction in the rear.
Thus has Buenaparte repulsed his enemies at a distance from
the capital of France, and improved his former succe's.
Many reports are afloat respecting this miscarriage of the
Allies ; but we consider ourselves merely as historians, and
leave speculating to pretended politicians, poets, and stock.
jol-bers. Nothing is known on the state of negotiations,
},tit that they still continue, and we hope those recent
events will show the inhuman futility of further delays.
The spirit of the French people is evidently rising, as
they feel the oppression of conquering armies ; and those few
Individuals who prematurely attempted to shew their attach.
ment to the Bourbons by exhibiting the insignia of the
ancient regime, have atoned by the forfeit of their lives for
their antiquated loyalty.—So much for loyalty iu the pre.
sent age.
London, England, 1814-03-06

THE CROWN PRINCE OF SWEDEN TO TIIF. FRENCH
PEOPLE.

" Frenchmen !—At the command of my King I have taken up arm'.
1:), the purpose of defending the rights of the Swedish people. After
having revenged the insults which they had suffered, and assisted in
effecting the liberation ot fiermatiy, 1 have passed the Rhine.
" At the moment when 1 agam see this river, On the borders of which
I have so often and so sticeerAfutly fought for you, 1 feel the necessity
r,t again apipisittg you of my sentiments. '
0"lhe government under which inn live bas continually ha 3 in
view to treat von with contempt, in older that it might debase you : It•
is high time that thia state of thing, should undergo on alteration.
" All enlightened people expreas their wish .s far the welfare of
France; but they, at the same time, wish that si,re may no longer be
the scourge of the earth.
" The allied Monarchs have not rmited themselves to make war upon
the people, hit to f.'rce your government to ucknow I dge the inde-
pendeece of other States : this is their sole•motive and aim, and I will
pledge myself for the integrity of their sentiarentS.
" Adopted son of Chadesithe Vittli, and placed by the choice of a
free people at the foot of p4-fhvitle of the thistavuses, 1 •can hence-
forward be animated will' .no other ambition, than thin -of securing the
happiness of the lidiabitants of the Scandinavian Peninsula : and at
it he same time my principal happioess will roissist (utter having fulfilled
this sacred duty towards my adopted country), in securing his future
happiness of my former countrymen.

Uiven us say hiad-quartefra at Cologne this flif of February tet•t.
fOrted) rr (URIA& JOHK"
London, England, 1814-03-06

MARCH' a.

POLICE.
Mswerow House-- S. Yates was yesterday charged with defraud-
ing a MrstEllis, an inhabitant of the city, in ill. foil•ving way. On
Friday, the prisoner went to the house of Mr. Ellis, during the ab-
sence, of her husband, with a basket containing tem down of Day and
Martin's hinek.in4,which.lse.delivereck en
. preiLcA 1 bill and re-
ceipt for g4s, their, value. ' Mrs.. Ellis imagining her husband had given
the order; received the blackin; and paid the ace-milt. It afterwards
turned out, however, that no such order had been given, nor was the
blacking the inanulaceure Al Day and Martin. The prisoner said
many persons manlifactured blacking in
.Day and Martin name, arid
he did nut think it illegal. The Lord Mayor said it was pot that sort
of offence of which he could take notice, but recommended the par-
ties to bring their actionin a civil Court. There ucte other charges of
a siniilar nature against the prisoner,
GUILDUALL.Y. Bawling was fully •committed for tri:4l, on a
charge of uttering a forged note to )Ir. Flemming; a pawnbrokti
Fleet-market, The prisoner bad gone in to redeens some trifling
pleette, and tendered in payment a one- pound not. , purporting to he
of the Governor. and Company et the Bank of England. On exatni.
nation, however, it turned out to be a forgery. While in the shop No
was observed in be chewing some paper, which he svit out on the floor.
The fragments were afterwards picked ep. and proved to he p; its of
two enc.pound forged notes.—There were other charges of a similar
nature preferred against biJn.
J. Lielford was chatted with stealing five great coats from the hal
of Mr. Edwards, of St. Pant's schol. The prisoner was seen 'y
one of the scholars leaving Mr. F.dwards's house yesterday morning
with the coats on his arin.—An alarm was in consequence given, he
wvi pursued and secured. In his attempt to escape he threw the
coats from him ; but he was fully identified, and committed fur trial,
London, England, 1814-03-06

• • TIM NATIONAT! itr.Cl5lTll.

139

POOR DEB l'O-RS IN NEWCATF.
D D LNG and Co. intend making a DON ATION P..rt of
the Purchase Money of every Share bought at their Offices. Nos 1,
CORNtIILu, and No. Y 4. CLIARING CR01,3, (not cskeLtiing Zs. in iiny
one share) in aid of ti 4 Filtle for the POOR DE:ITORS IN NEWGATge
The Moucy will beclenosited in a trnng Box. in the piesencx of the
Purchasers, and the key is in the possession of Mr. NEwsiox, tits
Keeper.
The object of this Fund is to procure, for the poor nonfined Debtors,
some necessary Comforts, wltirh, but for this A ssist”ttee, many have
no means of obtairting—t“wit as Coals, Candies, Salt, &c.—and for •
supporting the Sick in the I nfirtnary.--W ho but mtut feel desirous
of promoting such a benevolent Fund, whilst, perhaps, they are lay-
ing the foundation of a Fortune for themselves !—Haste then, and buy
.t Share at PI DDI N G and Co.'s, in the present It tell WHEY which
contains two Pr- zes of 20,001. •Scc. 8:c. &C. and which must bs
DraWis on MONDAY, March 14th,
London, England, 1814-03-06

UNEXPECTED LEGACIES.

Lady Frances Wilson, daughter of the Earl of Aylesbury,
I.as lately had a valuable estate left her in Hampshire, pro-
ducing upwards of 30001. per annum, under very extraor-
dinary circumstances, by a person of the name of Wright,
who died in an obscure lodging in Pimlico, on Monday, the
]4th ult. On her Ladyship being informed of the legacy,
and of the name of the testator, she replied, it must be a mis-
take, and ridiculed the intelligence, as she did not know
any gentleman of the name. Mr. Archdeacon Pott, how-
ever, called ui on her Ladyship, assuring her of the correct-
ness of the statement. The person of the deceased was then
described to her, and she at last recollected that it answered
that of a gentleman whom she considered to be a foreigner,
who WilS a constant frequenter of the Opera, and who an-
noyed her extremely there, by constantly staring at het.
To satisfy herself as to Mr. Wright being the same person,
on learning that his corpse was not yet interred, she went to
the lodgings, and saw the body, when she recollected the
features of the face to be the same with th -se of the person
who used to be constantly looking at her at the Opera; but
she never, to her knowleaige, saw him upon any other occa-
sion, nor did she know his name, or who be was.—He was a
constant attendant at St. Martin's Church, but had no re-
gular pew, occasionally gave the pew•opener a shilling, and
at Christmas he always gave her a guinea. In his will he
left a legacy of 10001. to Archdeacon Pott, the Rector of St.
Martin's, as a mark of his approbation of a sermon he heard
him preach. The Archdeacon had no knowledge of Mr.
Wright. He also left the following legacies :-10001, to the
lord Chaa-ellor; 10001. to Lord Sidmouth, 40001. to the
Countess of Rosslyn, and 70001. to the Speaker of the House
of Commons.—He had no more knowledge of any of these
distinguished characters than-he had of Lady Frances Wilson.
The remains of Mr. Wright were interred on Tuesday last,
in his family vault, at Drayton. Mr. Wright was son cf the
Badge, Sir Martin Wright,
London, England, 1814-03-06

LOWE'S PATENT SHIRTING CLOTH.

The °nil. Manufacture in Great Britain in which the ad4antcges of
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This Manufacture, after several years extensive sole, having ac-
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hogany roar post bedsteads with alma hangings, ele,:antly made up
with plain and gilt ornamoute'd cornicri, Geld and cottage ditto, rime
seasoned cleats goose beds with suittsble b.,•dditig, a set of scarlet
ttioreen window curtains, Turkey, it tissels,:-and Wit,oa carpets, s
if which are of large dimensitins, elezant pier 'and chimney glasses,
exquisitely framed, large convex mirrors, sets .'f patent and Olin
dig lag, surd, -Pembroke, Ws, end 100 tablet, ladies' reading, lwork,
and dressing ditto, double and single commode chests. of drawers,
large wardrobes, semetalto,boeheases, a gentleman'i cylendex strit.ing
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with apparatus complete, handsome japanned chairs, and basou stands
to match, eacelletw Trafalgar parlour chairs, tine Chits. in riots tea and
coffee sets, table and supper rervices, elsgant lustre,. mowed in or-
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London, England, 1814-03-06

nu7Y;lj ai.~ ILS.

DECLARATION OF THE KING OF DENMARK.
The following Declaration appeared on the 17th, at Mi.ltifrforrt
on the island of Fiume f—
itrthe care of the I)anisli Government, ilw war which alreatly
tor fifteen years had devastated Europe, had not di,turbeil the te-
pose of the Danish nation; when the Mug, for a inoment; sale him-
self under the necessity of wing defensive uremia, partly for the
protection of his subjects' cominerce, and partly for the• secu-
rity of his Pravinees bordering on Germany. The attar}, wadi! by
tbR English on his Majesty's capital,- and carrying oft. the Danish
fleet in the year tittrOt put an end to the happy tranquillity which
his Majesty had mail then been enabled to preserve for his sub-
jects, The Danish States at that time bad the same common enemy
with France. and.the conseqiwirce was, that an alliance was sought
and concluded with that Power. The Emperor openly and directly
promised men and money ; and a humeri-ins. army inneeiliately
moved into the provinces bel aging to his !brie:4y rile King, It
was agreed that the ,expenses of its support shOnld be defrayed by
the French Government. and this amounted to a stem of several
millions of rix-dollars. Witlicont undertaking any thing, 'Lowe; tr.
this army remained a Written longer than the Danisli Government
thonght requisite, The expellee of its :rapport remained unpaid,
and the requests of Denmark on t!iis point were eqirally fruitless,
as those conceining the announced requisition in nume-y. The situ-
ation of a State, whose resoure.es were already diminished by the
naval war, and by these naval disbursements becamc
!twisted, again sitgered a most prejudicial influence from the shut-
ting of the Continental ports, which .was represented as one of the
means for obtaining a general peace. Therstinexatkn of the Ws
Towns and contiguous provinces to the Freneh empire Inearni af-
terward.; a rirmt heavy htirtheit, with regard to tl4 eemlnereild in•
tercontse with Germai,y. Its effects extended even to literary co:I-
-nactions. Vinwst nrotessions,-whieh were Oequently renewed, f;...,1
given hopes, that these olottieles, which were so directly centrcry
to the good understanding in which his Majesty oantributed all in
his power to renudir with the French poyei-qnkrit, wmilcuh;"
beep removed, lint these hopes always
Whilst the French army %yip repeating in the Winter between
181 t and ts. the imperial ttimps which, according
loser yartienli r
- —.median of the trap.
.
London, England, 1813-01-24

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday being the first day of Term, the judges as usual came
down in procession protious to taking their seats in their respective
Courts.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

Mr. J ERV rs moved for a Rule to spew cause, why a criminal infor-
mation should not be filed against a man of the name of Emery, for
having libelled a Magistrate of the name of Mosely, in a letter, in
which it was stmed that Mr. M. had no occasion to trouble himself
to send a sumoint,:, as he (Emery) did not expect to find any justice at
Stow. The letter then proceeded to call Mosely fool. knave, &c.—
I t appeared that Emery had quarrelled with a man of the name of
Moss, who had applied to the Magistrate for a summons. He after-
wards met-Moss in the street, to whom he held language respecting
Mosely similar to that elntained in the letter. It was for this
conversation, and the contents of the letter, that he applied for the
Rule.
The Court refused the Rule, on the ground that neither the con-
versation nor the letter had been sufficiently published to justify a
criminal information, as a sufficient remedy could be obtained at
common law.
London, England, 1813-01-24

DECLA it AT To N.

At the moment of my ordering the armies under my command to
pass the Prussian frontier, the Estetron, my Master, directs me to
declare; that this step is to be considered in other light than as the in'
evituble consequence of the military operations.
Faithful to the principles which have actuated him at all times, his Tst-
PERI A L MAJI STY is guided by no view of conquest. The sentiments of
moderation which have ever characterized his policy are still the same.
after the decisive successes with which Divim Providence has blessed.
his legiiimate efforts. Peace and iedependerce shall be their result.
These his MAJESTY offers, together with his assistance, to every peo-
ple, who, beiog at present obliged to oppcse him, shall abandon the
cause of NAPOLEON, in order to follow that of their real interest
invite them to take advantage of the fortenate opening which the Rus-
sian armies have produced, and to unite themselves with them in the
pursuit of an enemy whose precipitate flight has discovered its loss of
"power. It is to Prussia in paiticuLar to which this invitation is ad-
dressed. It is the intention of his Use Farm. MAJESTY to put au
end to the calamities by which she is oppressed, to demonstrate to het
King the friendship which he preserves for him, and to restore to the
Monarchy. of FREDERIC its eclat and its extent. He hopes that his
PausStAN MCI Esrv, animated by sentitneuts which this hank Decla•
ration ought to produce, wi'l, under such circumstances, take that part
alone which the wishes of his people and the interest of his states (its
tumid. Under this conviction, the Ester:non, my master, has sent the
the most positive orders to avoid every thing that could betray a spirit
of hostility between the two powers, and to.-endeavour, within the
Prussian provinces, to soften, as far as a state of war will yectuit, the
evils which for a short time, must result from their occupation. •

(Signed)

The Marshal Commander in Chief
of the Armies,

PRINCE KUTUSOFF SMOLENSKO.

PROC LA Al ATION.

When the Estrrnoa of all the Russ rAs was compelled, by a war of
aggression, to take anus for the defence of hi 4 States, his.l.NrEerki,
MAJFSIY, from the accuracy of his combinations, was enabled to feria
an estimate of the important results %Oki' that war might produce with
respect t.) the independe.ice of Europe. The most heroic coustatieys
the greatest slcritices, have ltd to a series of triumph% and when the
Comm ander in Chief, Prkee KVTOUSOFF SMOLENSK°, led his rict-.0.
rious troops beycnd the; Niemen, the same prineipks still continued to
Animate the Sovereign. At no period hits Russia been accustomed to
practise that art (too touch resmted to in modern war,) of exaggerat-
ing, by false statement% the success of her arms. But with whatever
modesty her details might nuts be penned) they would appear incredi-
London, England, 1813-01-24

EAST _INDIA CHARTER.

On Thursday, a Meeting of Merchants, Traders, and others in-
terested in the Trade to the East Indies, took place in the Egypii in
Hall, at the Minsion House. Th.: Lord Mayor in the Chair.
The LORD MAYOR Opened the business.
The resolution of the Committee appointed to conduct the busi-
ness calling the present Meeting was read, and after this the draft of
a Petition to Parliament.

The Petition !saving been read ;
Mr. H. SMITH said, there were in the immediate employ of the
Company, not tower than 30,000 persons ; and he thought, taking
the aggregate of their families, tradesmen, kc. directly or collectively
connected with them, he might treble their number ; and, indeed,
assume, that from 100,000 to 150,003 persons would be injured by
the removal of the trade. He then noticed the danAers to be appre-
hended from a great influx of Europeans into Asia, panegyrised the
establishment of the East India Company, and observed, that if in-
terlopers were admitted to settle there, the same scene might. he
acted as in America. The population of the Company's territories
were said to exceed sixty millions of souls, and he would ask. ought
the tranquillity and interests of those indivir!ual to he sacrificed, to
give to the outports a participation in the trade to the East Indies.
Mr. Bisszr seconded the Petition.
The question was then put and carried.
A series of Resolutions ‘ve-e next read, declaratory of the appre-
hensions and sentiments of the Meeting
Mr. WAITHMAM hardly knew from the advertisement calling the
Meeting, whether he might be permitted to otter his sentiments,. as
some objections had been made on a similar occasion to the expres-
sion of scntiments'not exactly agreeing with those of the persons who
had called the meeting.
Mr. TwiNtwo- wished the advertisement which had called the
meeting should be read. The present meeting was called for a special
purpose, and those not favourable to its object would not of course
support the Resolutions proposed, or sign the Petition.—.(Ap-
plause with a few hisses.)
Mr. mislay said, it seemed he was right in his anticipation,
but he was sure his Lordship could not (because it was inconsistent
with his duty to the City of London, in whose Mansion !louse he
London, England, 1813-01-24

DRURY LANE.

Last night was performed i.t this Theatre, a new Tragedy,
called Remorse. It is, we understand, from the pen of Mr.
COLERIGE. Of the fable we shall not, at present, give a
full detail, as it is too complex for our limits, and the. late-
ness of the hour, to allow it. We shall merely state so
much, that the scene is at Grenada, and the time of the
action during the reign of PHILIP the Cruel, when the per-
secution of the Moors was at its height, and an edict passed,
making it death to any person wearing a Moresco habit.
Ordonio, the son of a Spanish grandee, hired murderers to
slay his brother, who is the favoured rival of Theresa ;
two of them are slain in the skirmish ; and the third, a Moor-
ish chief, relents, but Alva is taken prisoner by the Moors,
and, after six years absence, he returns, believing Theresa
faithless, as the assassins knew and took from him a *tore
which she had given him i;1 secret. He, however, disguised
as a Moor and as a wizard, discovers her truth, and, by covert
terms, awakes the remorse of his brother, and forgives him,
but too late, as Ordonio, having suspected the Moorish chief-
tain ofbetraying him, assassinates him, and thus draws upon
himself the vengeance of the widow of the murdered man,
who, with a tribe of Moors, finds her way into the prison,
and by the death of Ordonio, satiates her revenge. Such is
a very succinct account of the plot.
The play on the whole went off well. It abounds in
poetical passages, has somestriking situations, but the speeches
and scenes by their length are wearisome ; it, however, was
given out again midst universal shouts of applause, and we
cannot help congratulating the public, on havin4 once more
a new ligitimate tragedy performed. The scenery was beau-
tiful, and all the actors, particularly Mrs. GLOVER, Miss
SMITH, and ELLISTON. performed in their very best man-
ner. The .ProloAue was but so Eo, and spoken in a so so
manner. The Epilogue was a si:rightly Critic, and well deli-
vered by Miss .SMITH.
London, England, 1813-01-24

STATUTE OF USURY.

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It was on Thursday dzcided by the verdict of a jury in the Court
of King's Bench, Guildhall. in an action on the statute of usury, for
penalties to the amount of 19,0001. that persons procuring the dis-
count of bills may charge commission for their trouble over and above
the legal interest of 51. per cent. ; and that in such cases of procura-
tion, a quarter or a half per cent. according to circumstances, may be
taken without incurring the penalties of the statute against usury.
it may be proper, however. to remark, that Lord Ellenborough, in
his charge to the jury, seemed to think the Act imperiously required
a different construction, and that when any took more than five per
cent. interest, in any shape whatever, he subjected himself to the
severity of its penalties. Had the verdict been against the defendant
in the present instance, it must have caused his utter ruin.
London, England, 1813-01-24

41 Generals. •
1498 Officers.
167,510 Ncn-connnissioned officer; and soldiees
1,131 Pices of cannon.

St. Petcrsburgh, Dec. 31, 1812.
MY LORD—It IS With deep affliction that I ata to announce to your
Lordship the death of the Earl of Ty rconncle
London, England, 1813-01-24

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JAN. 24

ORDER OF THE' DAY, or T‘el. 12th (24th) OCT. 1812.
It is hereby commanded, to all the Generals of Corps, all the
Chiefs of Cossack Regiments, and also, all the partizans who act
round the remains of the French Grand Army, under the orders of the
Emperor NAPOLEON in person, to redouble their activity and atten-
tion in the execution of -their duty, that nothing may escape of the
ruins of that A roy. After the immense losses which it has sustained
for more than six weeks, during which our light troops have taken
from one to six thousand men a day.; after having seen a great part of
their cavalry destroyed ; and above all, after the glorious thy of the
6th (18:h) of this month, when General BENNIGSEN completely de-
feated the King of N arc', with the loss of a part of his artillery. and
such ruin to his cavalry, that it has since never dared to skew itself
bet Ore us ; it would be a shame to our army and our ligat troops, if a
single man of the enemy was eeer to return to France.: and not pay
with his life, or his captivity, the guilty insolence of having dared to
follow, into the hew of the Russian provinces, that Black Aggressor
who makes a sport of the blood of Ins people. The reinforcements
of cavalry that have I irely come up, amount to WAD men, among
whom are 25 regiments of Cossacks of the Don, who every day take a
slumber of pieces of cannon from the rear of the enemy, which,
weakened, harassed, and worn down, is now reduced to the most de-
plorable situation, and employs all its efrarts to evade our vigilance,
anti escape our attacks. With these decided advantages, we repeat
that no Freochman should ever see his country again ; but we lay it
more than all UPCZI the responsibility of the Commandants and Chiefs
of Cossack rer,iments, and on all our detached patties, so to watch
round the French tamee. that the Emperor ;Amer:. may not per-
sonally escape. For this purpose we add :1;s description to this Order
of the Day. This de.ktiotion is equally to be acted upon by all the
Chiefs of districts, all Authorities, civil or military, all Postmasters,
&c I fails order is strictly excentA, ar:illcry, ammunition,•equipage,
every thine rnwo fall into our hands. We shall also recover, as we
have already done in part, the consecrated spoils which this sacrili-
Riot's Profaner. renewing the vandalism of the Rev- lotion, has pion=
dared front our tern
Description of his Majesty the Emperor. Napoleon,
The figure shall and compact ; the hair black, flat, and short ; the
heard black and strong, shaved up towards the car; the eyebrows
strongly arched, but contracted towards the nose: the nose aquiline,
with perpetual marks of mull.; the. countenance gloomy and violent;
the chin extremely projecting ; always in a little uniform without
ornament ; generally wrapped in a little grey surtout, to avoid being
remarked; and continually atvnded by a Mameluke.
London, England, 1813-01-24

COVENT GAV ')EN fIEATRE.

A new Comedy, entitled "The Students of Salamanca,"
was last night net formed fot the first tune. It is from the pen
of Mr. .IATA ESON, :he Author of the play brought out last
year, called A Touch at the Times." " The Students of
Salamanca" is w, welt after the manner of Mrs. CErtmtv
It depends for success on the bustle of the scene rather than
on strength of cha, at ter. The incidents are many and not
urrentertaining. though a sameness may be complained of
and a want of origin ditv it met with a mo-4 favourable
rece; tint). We intend noticing it more at length in our
next.

The brewers of the metropolis last week raised the prict
of porter to 6d. per pot ;• and gin has likewhe been further
advance d by the distillers.

Mr. CANNING has written an inscription for the monn-
mew about to Le elected to the memory of Mr. PITT, in
oildt!a!l. It was delivered to the Committee on Satu.day,
by whom it was highly and twauimously approved.

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