The National Register.
London, England, 1808-11-13 00:00:00

L'o;r4t otr..r,

--~

NOV.- 13.

-

The Court of lt&quiry upittf the Con veutioa of Cintra
commence its proceedings Po-morow,
id-du
will positively
eral
at Chelsea. Most of the Meinbiwer? aq.4l,
cwriaituesispesencaerre
irived in town. Sir C. Cotton
'hourly arf
o n weexdizstde4dyf:oGme:n
froth Chathatn, on board.o flag of Bruce,
the wind coming foul, the vessel was obliged to put into
Dover yesterday afteraooa. All communication with the
vessel was prohibited, and sentinels placed on board to
prevent any person from boarding her.
It is intended to send out more men to Spin, both from
this country and frotnireland.—the transports that lately
sailed from Portsmouth will return immediately to that
place and to Cork, under convoy of two frigates, with a
view to this object. From the circumstance of these heir
chiefly cavalry transports, it is likely that the new expedi-
tion will consist of that description of force.
In consequence of the high price of grain in England Mi-
nisters have made contracts for the supply of our armies in
Spain and Portugal, as well as out troops at Malta and the
garrison at Gibraltar, from Moggadore and the ports of
Sicily. It is even believed that they have made arrange-
smuts for the supply of the West India Islands from the same
quarter.
'l'hnrsday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when the under-mentioned Captains were
sworn into the command of their respective ships, viz.._
('apt. J. Easttield, Admiral Gardner, Madeira, Madra,,
and Bengal.—Capt. P. Sampson, Dover Castle, NI ra 3 ;And
The following ships were taken up isooolditiml to thole
engaged this season, viz.— .
• Coutts, Metcalfe, Devonshire, Surrey, llikelittiquis Wel-
lesley. • •
A very remarkable trait of swindling, de.eives to he
made public, not only on account of Its
.great boldness
,aot;, adroitness, but in order .to put: OF:Merchants upon
their guard against a similar occurrence. One. of the first
!otset in Gottenburgh received a letter from London, in
which they were requested to instantly make the'mott dili-
gent' inquiries to discover a young Engllshovan,- who had
Just fled from the 110eISC of a rich banket„ and who, they
knew, had embarked on board a ship freighted for Sweden.
The description of the young man was given in this letter.
'and be was declared the author of a robbery to the amount
of 19,000 P. sterling in Bank Notes. '6 If you should find
him said the letter, as he belongs to a respectable family,
confine yourself to the making him restore the plunder ;
and afterwards have thegoodness to give him three hundred
guineas in gold, which will take him to the Indies, when:
nothing more will be heard of him." The Swedish rner-
chantto whom the letter was addressed, caused a thorough
search to be matle'on all sides at last being one day upon
the Exchange, he perceived a young man whose figure
and dress perfectly answered to the description. lie ad-
dressed him, and seeing that he was an Englishman, invited
him to follow him. The young man hesitated, reddened,
turned pale, even shed tears; iii a word, before he had
arrived at the merchant's house, he had confessed all.—
Arrived in his closet, he threw himself at his feet, begged
of him not to deliver him up to justice, and gave him the
'12,0004 sterling, which was still inclosed in a portfolio,
having the seal of the banker. The Swedish merchant made
maily serious remonstrances to him, but, according to his
, instructions, gave _him 300 guineas, and promised to pro-
,cure him a favourable opportunity of going tit 'Bengali lie
.made haste to inform the banker in Loudon that his 12,0001-
4ere recovered, who replied, that he did not .understand
what he meant.—The Bank-notes were all forged, but the
so() guineas given to the sharper were food.
A • TRUK A secnove.—As two rustic neighbours were
Whin.' together on a late market day, io PronfoPe, says
one to the other, '‘ Can you tell me, Paddy, what makes
eandlrs so dear this season ?" Why„ thewor," replies the
ether. " Lord bless us ! (cried Pat), are they going to
.441 s
by candle light?"