The National Register.
London, England, 1812-11-29 00:00:00

TSIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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Great preparations are making for the reception of his
Royal Highness at the House of Lot ds, to-morrow. To com-
plete the works in progress, men ware kept working all last
night by torch-light.
A Court Martial is to be held at Plymouth, on Mr.
P. WALKER, Midshipman of the Sylvia cutter, for stab-
big a Corporal of Marines, belonging to that vessel, with
his dirk —(Times.)
Extract of a letter from Calcutta, of March 13.—" An
earthquake was experienced at Cannanore about the 17th
of last month. It was said in one of the Madras 'loners, that
it was a severe gust of wirKl, by which the mess-room the•e
was thrown down, and Lieut. PEARiON ki'led so; .e
understand, that the accident was occationA by an earthquake,
and not by violent wind. Almost every house in Cannanore
is more or less injured, the walls of many being rent, and ~oints
of them unroofed.

We hear that a meeting of some of Fir S. RO74ILLY'S
ft icnds was lately held in Bristol, and a petition disprt. et! to
London, praying against the return of Messrs. D v
PROTHEIIOE for that city,on the ground of bribery and treat-
ing —( Bath paper.)
A letter from an Officer, serving with the Marquis of
WELLINGTON, states, that tile garrison of Burgos, to great
bravery, added extraordinary ingenuity in its &fence.
Among the various devices which they invented, wa• the of
placing a huge beam flat on the top of the wall, which, when
our troops mounted to the escalade, was let down, and swept
them before it.
A most distressing scene was lately witness,A in P,Than2l.-
street, Spitalfields. The officers of the ry.rish of 'file-end
New Town, distrained the goods of a poor in lust' ions
heaver, of the name of JOT-I JrNS NGS, who has !we:),
been out of wor,k. and did not even leave him and his fau.dy
a bed to lie upon. This poor man has hail tweatv ehil-
dren,—six of them twins ; and, to comple'.e ail-16.6_7i,
one of his son's, now seventeen years of a 1.;,,, dof and
dumb, and unable to do any qiing to get his 1), (-ad.
The session of the Catholic Prektes el() ed. Their
proceedings have been profoundedly seep.- `F .e !e ion
for relief—a Deputation to Parliament—a fi!,al ju,;gment
in favour of Dr. MILNER, against Dr. Pot NTER t er
patrons of Abbes BT.ANcu ARP, 17e.r.v Aux, •-no-
cation of scarce Catholic tracts—an episeou,
.v.opoon ••f •
Lancasterian plan of education ;—these, ard :l'er in-
teresting topics, are supposed to have falleu
liberations. However, the result is to be (.ommun: t•, ,re
public in a printed form, by authority. Ei.,;hteen Areltbish,.l4
and Bishops attended.
We understand a criminal information is about be •
against The Independent Whiz, for the lattv,u,tge la •el 1
by that print respecting the death of qr.1.1,:5.
The particular Attention qf Me P.Llir, as we.:l as
numerous Friends of RICHARDSON, GOODLUCK, .0.
is most respectfully solicited to the very su.erior m - f
the Plan for the grand distribution of the Canitds,
LoVery of 13,00° Tickets, which, for magnr•:
number, excels preceding advantag-s. ICH A ED:.• I• 7
LUCK, and Co. also recommend to the ,bservanc:' • •-;
Public, that every Number in this Lottery i
secs its own Fortune, and not to depend o t t.h...t of at: v er ;
for this circumstance, so long sought for, f
Drawing have been obtained, viz. the tith and 1:4!, (.t•
nuary.
Several of the Midshipmen, now prisoners of war in F:
are promoted to the rank of Lieutenants.
The Warspite, of 74 puts, is intended to take out Lord
• MoIR P. to India.

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