The National Register.
London, England, 1817-12-29 00:00:00

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*poi whirls he shifted Irma Use alseolders downwards, wed
white witness found, on taLing hold of it, was the ceuteet
Wproilaced, whirls witness took Cron; under the coat and
delfiered fa prosecutor.
Thomas Maegen, a patenle at OM Bromplon, was betwere
'diet place and Earl's collet when he heard the rattle spume.
Be male the beat of his way towards the place the sound
*otos from, and then proceeded to coufiroir the testimony of
two leas witnesses.
! Prisoner Bailey, who seemed to be knows), was ordered
leak of Court, sod the Magistrate (P. Colgulimin, F...q.) very
closely examined Spencer (who is.* very 'young luau) as to
the weans by which he at present got his bread. After u
great deal ot.' shetning as to where lie had lodged lin- the last
three weeks, lie at length acknowledged that his father was a
respectable weaver at Bet nal-green. that he was bred to the
same bissiness, and vr.irked with his father till about finer
mouths ago,' when happening very imfortiiii.it el). to fall into
bad eempaiiy, he had rubbed his tether of 751. and never
ilsirstfece home ever since ; but for that he should not now
be standing there, having never becu before a Magistrate in
ibisdife before.

I The Magistrate said, he lamented his misfortune, hut was
glad to see he tell contrition tor his crime again. 4 his rather
and he hoped he would see his error. It might now be in his
power to serve himself as well a. the public ; and it he had
Ny discovery to make, he (the Magistrate) would he read)
O attend to lain].
Prisoner :Spencer replied, " Oh no, Sir! I have nothing to
I discover—l know nothing, and if I did, I would sooner die
<tan say any thing which might bring another person to sutler
an injury."
The prisoners were both committed, and the parties bound
'terser to prosecute.

Beosiseneve.—By utters received In this town destine
lit present week Iron St. Helena, we learn that Ituoitaparte:
0 use the precise tens in the letter, is sulky, occasioned, it
ems, by his having received intelligence of the destiliation
of-his son fur the church. A new road, extending twelve
iil
des, bad been made for his accommodation, hot he has not
yet deigned to henonr it with his presence. Perhaps the '
true cause of all this perversity is the extreme strietnes.
larith which lit is guarded, and which renders impracticable
Avery hope of his again returning to France to ;dung" the
world into another Warfel v. A telegraphic message is for-
warded twice every day from the vicinity of litionaparte's
Tesidence to the Governor, announcing that " all k well,'
land not an individual belonging to his establish cent can
*owe to any distance without twine tinder the eye of vigilant
Observers The good penile of St.. Helena frequently wonder
how the ex-Emperor and his wire contrive to consume the
daily iiiit.ii.iiiel• of provisions antl ether necessaries sent to
li.ong wIA The eitikiiiiiption of wood meteor'', for inelanee,
lin no iv ~, in a climate, is immense, heitte 11.1011). of the former,
Ind 7 bushels of-the latter. Notwithstanding this antilidant
leupply, the cook (a very prominent personage of tlis Impe-
1-Jai household on all occasions) comelained tine day to his
Master that he wanted inner wood, when he was immediately
ordered loco up a inalentatiy client of drawers and a clothes
Oren, which hail been ti ansmitted from England. The first
'article was eetuaily stininittsd to the axen and the latter must
bavo Ahmed the same fate ; hilt tOr the declaration of she
cook that he had now sufficient fuel SI e have heard a great
deal of Blionaparte's magnanimity and the even temper
With whirl, he supports his adverse condition. finch behie
*lour as this, however, by no means accords 'with either sea- .
tinient, and betrays more the pettishness of disappointed
laasbition sod driktnited mischit t, than an. liberal air
philosophic principle. Several meie hams and others in St.
Helena, forme' ly connected a itlt the ont ss at d mid homeward
bound trade, have been half ruined by the preemilions taken
to pre% um inlet cons se between the shore and shipping, winch
are sumettioci directed to keep under sail whilst waiting fur
water. it may lie hard upon them, but, fur our own parts,
we cannot help thinking that, even if the evils suffered by in-
dividuals soi the island were greater, they are absolute lea.
titters in oomparison with the more encomium evils, sure to
.arise from relaxing iu those precautions, and thereby opening
a stetted escape fur the Corsican bloodhound. —Plymuut h
!slid Dark lekgraiih, Dee. 30.
CO:LI...MINE EX pLusioN.—Darliam, Dec. 90.—Yesterday
punning a most 'heedful accident (lectured in the Plain-pit
at Helmut) Colliery, by an explosion of fire damp, by which
six men and twenty-one boys lost their lives. The exple
'inn took place et three o'clock in the morning, before the
hewers had descended the pit, mid from this circumstance.
about 1611 lives have been preserved. Every exertion was
made to render assistance to those in the 1111 l IC ; and we re-
gret to add, that two men fell a sacrifice to their humane
endeavouts, having been suffocated by the impure state of
the air. 'rite viewers and agents were extremely active, and
had shared nearly the same fate. Seven of the bodies have al-
ready been brought Melnik. The pit in which this accident oc-
curred was always considered to be quite free front explo-
aive matter; and in consequence of this supposed security,
the safety lamp had never been introduced into it, the mi.
tiers et/nit:ming to work by tin- light of candles.
On the night of Saturday week, an attempt was made to
set tire to the W atei ford post-office, by throwing combusti-
bles into the aperture fur the reception of letters. Several
of the letters in the box esti( rienced considerable injury,
' the whole would have been consumed bad not a timely
to their presersatism.
' Court of Feria has condemned to perpetual
and branding, a matt named Maurice Pratt,
'lete of having imported from London.
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PRItTrNi DAIII
paper publiilies the following details respecting the person
as:inning the name of the Dauphin, who is now in prison at
Itottits:—

" Me la a yotutg man of about four et flee and thirty, handsome
deportment, and well informed. He has been now a prisoner two
years, during which period he has boot sent before two Courts for
trial as an itrymtor, and both the. Courts declared themselves in-
competent to take cognizance of this crime. Before one of these
Courts he wa; desired by the Presiding to uncover himself. The
Dauphin haughtly replied, Depois quaad ea cc visa triowirflUe se
decossure devout !faviji.l4.' He declares he earupmve be is what be as
mines, and demand, to be taken to the Tuileries, and when there,
viifl indicate places where, when young, he concealed several things,
which he will there name and describe matt minutely, and, says he,
when la Reins ors mere 1104 en risers au Tail", she with a sharp
itnitrumeut made a endow mark os the back of his neck, (which he
shows), and with the same instrument she at the Name time in-ule a
similar one upon the neck oldie I tuchess his sister ; that when young
and playing with his sister, he with a knife accidently stabbed her in
die body, the mark of which remained, and he will, if confronted
with her, describe the very spot where it is.
" The Salputirr, suid to be his hitter, being called into Court, was
asked it• that was his sun ? He replied yes. The mother being
cal al in and asked the same question, said no ; and that she had
never seen the man before. The damf,hter corroborated the mother,
and said she had never seen him, and he was not at all like her bro-
ther.

" Ile is not closely e9nfined at Rouen, and has always plenty of
money in his pockets ; he ands for every thing of the best, and when
brought ut he makes his gaoler taste of it, for fear of being poisoned.
Such as go to see him out of curiosity, style him • Sire, and your
• Majesty.'
•• Ile says, that sonic years ago, not knowing how to escape out of
France, he boldly told Buonaparte who .be was; that he did not
want to reign, and only wishdl for a Ifa ft: wort out of the country.
Buonapartc, said he, named one of his Ministers, who is now living,
and he saw me safe to the frontiers; this person it living, and be
will name hint, in order that he may identify him fur the man he es-
corted out of France.

•' It is strange that, during the numerous interrogations he has had
he has never uttered a word to commit himself. People seem to
think there is much mystery in it ; for if there was not reason to sup-
pose him what he pretends to be, he would long before this have been
tried and sent to the gather. It is said that he has a strung party in
this country.
•• It has been well ascertained, that the person poisoned was not
the Dauphin. The surgeon who inspected the body of the child
Riven out for the Dauphin, asserted it was not, and for so doing he
was found poisoned himself in his bed the next morning.
• This young man has travelled a great deal, and has been received
at most of the Courts in Europe."

BURNING 01, MO‘COW.—ALTONA, DEC. 19.—1 t must be de-
sirable to every friend of historical truth, that one of the most
extraordinary events of our times—an event which hiss ex-
excited the greatest interest in the present age, and must
gore equally in the page, and of history—namely, the destruc-
tion of the eastern capital of Russia in 1512, should be de-
set Med with as motel' accuracy as possible to our cotempie
revive, and transmitted to posterity with AS many details as
can be collected, and as much precision as can be obtained.
This is the motive which I have in view in making known the
following facts :—A person, who at the period alluded to, re-
sided at Moscow, who was an eye_witness of many of the
events that happened, and who had all means of information
in his power, asserts, that it is a gross mistake to stypose
that the destruction of Moscow was a heroic sacrifice on the
part of the Russians. It is tree that Count Rostopchiu bond
down his own country seat situate on the.great road from
Mojaist to Aloscow,_ midden behind amot*.ce nn a pillar that
he had so acted from hatred and contempt for Napoleon:
hut this was an eel of individual patriotism, and had no re-
lation or connection with the events iu the capital, although
this brave man was the Governor of it. Had it beets the
original intention of the Russians to set tire to their city,
they would have done it the moment when the army aban-
doned the defence of it ; but accidental circumstauces were
the first and real causes of that event. As soon as Napoleon
had arrived at the Kremlin, his guards begau to pillage the
shops. and continued so to do till night, when they lighted
whole bundles of candles, fastened them upon their bayonets,
and rambled thus through the magazines of goods, and the
11141kets of spices; and when they had satisfied their cupi-
dity, left their lighted flambeaux hehiud. What wonder,
theu, that a cootiagration broke out in every quarter of the
city, especially as most of the lima:tare of wood.
FUNERAL OP J. VARTIE.—After the execution of poor
Vat tie, the body was received by his friends from Graves_
end, and brought down to Mr. Heard's, at the New Lin, for
interment, where it arrived at midnight, es it was the wish
of those who had the management of the funeral to condtb.t
it with the greatest privacy, consistent with the respect doe
to the unfortunate object of their solicitude. As soot' as it
was known where the body was deposited, numerous appli-
catiolia were made by pet 4011$ to be allowed to see it, but
which were very properly refused, except to a few of his par-
ticular friends. The arrangements for the funeral being
completed, it took place on Tuesday week, at 3 o'clock, and
was conduct( din a most respectable manner, moving on foot
from the New luu, to Milton, next Gravesend. The mourn-
ers were accompanied by the Rev. L. Phillips, who proceeded
to the church, and read the burial•service in a most impres-
sive manner. 'rile chinch and churele.yard were completely
crowded, there being nearly 2,000 persons present on the
mehttichuly occasion, and all of whom ;appeared del ply
affected, which could not be more fully critter-if than by the
drem on% behaviour during the ceremony, and the orderly
matinee in which tht y separated intinriliately it vs as ronclud-

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POETR T. •
HYMN,
SUNG AT SRtNIIILL, WILCO, ON
THE FUNERAL OF THE PRINUSS CHAR LOTTE.
Written by the Rev. L. W. BOWLES.
LO! where Youth and Beauty lie,
Cold within the tomb!
As the Spring's first violets die.
Wititer'd in their bloom.
O'er the young and bury'd Bride
Let the cypress wave—
A kingdom's hope, a kingdom's pride,
Is Lid in yonder grave.
Place the vain expected child,
Gently near her breast !
It never wept, it never !
But seeks its mother's rest.
Hark! we bear the general cry!
Hark! the passing bell!
A thousand, thlusand bosoms sigh,
A long and Last farewell!

A Ceneral Bill of all the Christenings and Budil
from Dec. 10, 1316, to Dec. 16, 1817 :
Christened in the 97 parishes within the walls I,o44—Burisd
1,055.
Christened in the 17 parishes without the walls s,4li9—Buried
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Christened in the 23 out parishes in Middlesex and Surrey 1t.,716
—Burriedru,loB.
Christened in the 10 parishes in the City and Liberties of West.
minter 4,94o—Buried 4,b36.
Christened.
Males "' 21'6241 In all 24,129
Females —11,503

Under two years of age 5;69a
Between two kind five 2,049
Five and ten 929
Ten and twenty 706
Twenty and thirty 1.364
Thirty and forty 1.725
Forty and fifty 1,983
Decreased in the E

I Males :::1":33 In all 19,968
Feina1tz...9.935
have died.

Fifty and sixty I.llllt •
Sixty and seventy 1.61! .
Seventy and eighty • 1,2241
Eighty and ninety 683
Ninety and a hundred lso
A hundred 7
A hundred and five «. *
trials this year 348

MR. HONE.—This gentleman, much to his honour,
hits addressed the following letter to the Editors of the
Daily Papers. There is so much good sense and discre»
tion in the step which he has taken, that we are quite
sure he has gained the estimation of many who before
regarded him as one of that mischievous herd, who do
evil for evil's sake:—

Old Bailey, Dec. PS, In o'clock p.m.
Stn,—lnformation has this moment been given me. that billihare
been posted to.day, announcing the republication of the parodies
upon which I base been tried. Penult me to assure the public
through the muslium of your paper, diet I am much disgusted, anti
may perhaps be much injured ui public estimation, by this procedure;
and that I have no intention of republishing those works in any other
shape than in the report of my trials. which I am prepairing for th•
press, sad wherein their appearance is indispensible, a• constituting
die pound of the prosecutions upon which I was acquitted. Ildis-
claim all knowledge whatever of those bills, and I desire to add, that
if 1 did not think it necessary that a complete and accurate report of
my tracts abontd be upon record. I would not republish the parodies
at all. I shall never write any work of the same tendency again ; and
when I come to publish that report. I shall feel it my duty most
earnestly to exhort all my fellow citizens to abstain from parodying
any part of the Holy Writ, or the Service of the Church of England.
I sin, Sir. with great respect,. Your obedient servant.
W. HONE

CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10.—An event very important for
the Sultan, and very agreeable to the people, took place on
the 24th of October. It was the birth of a Prince, who re-
ceived the name of Solirnan. All the Grandees of State
have presented their congiatiliations to the Grand Seignior;
and during seven consecutive days, the cannon resounded is
the capital in joy for this event. The Kislar .Aga gave the
first intelligence to the Grand Vizier, and received in recom-
pense, a pelisse of sable and a comparisoned horse, value
15,000 piastres. Other officers of the Seraglio conveyed the
intelligence to the Captain Perm, to the Mufti, to the Chief
of the Emirs, to the Reis-Effendi, and to the 'fsligenesch•
Radii, and received proportionate presents. The same day,
tha Grand Vizier, accompanied by ail these persimages, went
to felicitate the Grand Seignur, who clothed each of theta
in a pelisse of sable. Two clays after, the wives of all these
Ministers had permission to felicitate the newly delivered
Sultana, This visit will cost each of them abort 40,000
piastres in customary presents for the mother of the young
Prince. The sunt-tutal of these presents is estimated at
2,000,000 of piastres.
The Jamaica papers contain the following extract of a let-
ter front St. Thomas's dated the 10th of October :—" A ship°
it says, arrived here lately from London, with about 100
English, Scotch, and Irishmen, chiefly Lieutenants in the
army and navy, for the as owed pi•epo-e of joining the Patriots
a great part of whom were regularly engaged in London by
all agent of the Patriots, residing there. and have all com-
missions front ?oliver for a regiment of lancers, the whole
under the command of Donald M•Donatil, a Lieutenant on
half-pay. Twenty:tear of them are sent by subset ipt to
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lind thc whole would have hewn ronsutned had not a linirii • -
_e.,....,v ied to their preservation. melatichuly occasion, and all of whom ;appeared dei ply a great part 0-1 whom were regularly eugagetl in London by
an agent of the Patriots, residing there. and have all com-
a'.:Mteted, which could not be more folly critter-if than by the
The Pia.. al Court of "'Aria has condemned to perpetual missions from lloliVill' fora regiment of lancers, the whole
•iotee.tliolwos• and brand tog, a man named Maurice Pratt, &colons behaviour during the
immediately
and the orderly
under the command of Donald M•Donald, a Dem eilant on
mllllll'l' tot which the y separated it ct as eonclud-
% nu hailer , unvicte of having imported from London, hall-pay. Twenty-tutor of them are scut by stibsci 'Wont to
ed. It is intended to erect a grave stone, to mark the spot
and eliseesital. d in Fril'ltC, forged pieces of ten francs. At join Sir Gregor M Gregor, and the remainder sailed fur
%c utmost sf his arrest, he had with him 416 pieces of Min where the remains of the unfortunate young man
w d eiterrea interred'
Trinadad. They werefine looking young men ; .hut much
anal a subscription has. been entered into • y the ea-
and at atS lodgings were found 631 pizees of the Dame disappointed on hearing Ilse state of the Main, and would most
csetiut ion. prises ineurred.--t Maidstone Gaul ie.)
willingly have returned to Etielaud, but had not the ilit'ann
AI. rice Com Dover, dated December gi, says :—•' The IMPORTANT TO SESSII:N.—In the dreadful storm on Monday They landed here in the liniment intended fur them on the
A I)iiiien. 1)40,0, Capt. Hamilton, is arrived here this night last, a tine new brig, about £IX) tons, called the Elizabeth, of
erinun tun Calais, with her theme the Duchess of M el- Yarmouth, from Cork to London, laden with provisions. was driven
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rinn.—LaiDesiter French packet, is al.° at rived with 3 on shore upon the fiat sand, between the liar of Ilayleand Carrick- Main. and ant a great oash."
A few eveniogs ago, a brindle was found upon the stairs, at
No. 7, Gray's•vard, Matiche•tei-square, which proved to
16,41 mid pesseenget s, together with other vessels full fieighted lott.n l'oint, in the l'ort of St. Ives. . The crew base..,l..Wellirlytbil,
contain a tine female child, apparently about foul months olei,
pletith trov client, detained by boil weather some days at Ca- with the exception at'. thetAilatc..
who,
'lt allenTlsill%::tcrealtmerw mettrt oyf with a card, on which was written, in a good hand, '• lthria
tithis..--.11.br Boston Packet It iti/VOll Filill3l this 11101311ln( for imprudently gettintinnto
.le..MJititmtrsigtgoing Jett .
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teAettl.
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the
Hedgers." .% as... Meet-dressed telltale was seen coining out of
'4la*
"WI a detarluilaut of lifts' mull bel"fleing to the tvbe crwgllibtteY;lobli..wr very little damage. It (might tot
ble gene- the house a few minutes !Kline. who is stippost dla ue the
,Gremitllit' Guards, and about !licit). men of the 07th regi- rally. known tat seaman, that vessels (Heusi into St. lees bay bs vio- unnatural methyl.. She treeined ninth agita ed. The child
L'' p! . " lent north-westerly winds, may escape a destruction that appears was taken to Mary- la-bootie watch-house ; and the Parish
'L'be MO Court of Justice sitting at Brussel., on the 21th air,,o4 inevitable. by running upon the beach, where the brig now Officers have tittered a reward fur the discovery of the
'llr.,rtionlheed the appeal in the ease of the Duke of Wel- lies. It is easily distinguished by being to the westwanl of the pimenta.
INailatt the F.,:ihlr of the Journal of East anti West opening of Ilayle harbour, and directly undo. the:and-hills. where
S, tat scceisoblc, sad condenoo d his Grace in costs. lelant Church Tower stands; it is in fart, dead to leeward,' 1
'tit Vippeal was against the acquittal of be Editor on a the winds alluded to: a circumstance which induces manners itiii
sate pr libel. '1 he objection taken to it was, that the
osuilitel of his Grote was not as the law requites, especially avoid it, and, keeping their wind as much as piissible, with the
liopelts prospect of reaching the pier, they. perish either upon the
apentrered by his nolde elitist to insiii„,,. Slit. appeal, rocks. or steep sands in the western part of the bay.
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CO,AI. Dt:TIFS—It is getverally understood that the present
..sterii of t oal-dii ties, liter sea mud coast V 1 iSE, ate 10 undergo
a revision; and it is not unlikely but that sonic modification
of these duties vs ill take place, with a view to Ics..eii ihr plea
t this article to the inhabitants of all the th•tricts otii it ale
As often as •applied with curls coast o lae. l'eir 11111.114.1%ed state of the
accident or local knowledge has thrown the vessel ion the beach •
ll' • ''s at Lie ,e end in oilier traits uf the Conithent, rel 4. ...
pottriii::r a, IT. •; lienareagoeralutiiiistaillieltscarnweilicause be tr,
ineidadecu by
eth..o I:hitob-t..
Intirit uestion, the lives and cargo hate 'nal ands the
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but
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duty acc ,
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