The National Register.
London, England, 1809-05-21 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

L'ORI ENT ;,(11:_liiitON.

Intelligence has at length been received respecting the
"reach from L'Orient. It was bron:,,ht hy the Fr:nicht
:'reeling packet, which is arrive(' at i.alim.uth, with Mails
from the Leeward Islands. Acco: n s receiv rd by Goyernmeat
io the 9th last, on which day ow packet sailed from To-.
lola, state, that the French squadron innOe its appear?.nue
in the West ladies, On the 2504 .7.llarch, consisting of the
Courageux, De le P;ioulle, at d Palameire, of the line, and
the I talienne and Forieuse frigates. l'he reader tit ill recol-
'ect, that this squadron took an p or( unity to slip out on
the arrival of the Brest fleet otf L'Or4int, in the first week
in February last—and that its destiaa:ton has been ever
since the subject of much covjocture and anxiety, as no
3 mount whatever had been.received of its course. On its
iassage to the West Indies it captured two merchantmen,
vhich, it is supposed, niformed it of the fall of Martini-
que, as, instead of proceeding to that islard, lOr which it
now appears to have been bound, i: bore away for the
Saintes Island between ,Guadaloupe and Dominica. Go-
vernment have received dispatches frill] Admiral Cochrane
to the same ellect as the above, anti w further state,
that the gallant Admiral, being- apprised of Cie arrival of
tlw French, proceeded on the 7th instant, with four
the line, to the Salutes, with a iew to four]: the enemy,
but fromthe great advantageof the situation ofihe French
ships, ho found the attempt impracticable ; he was there-
fore undikr the necessity olmerely blockading them for-the
.present, and in the mean time made an application to Ge-
neral Beckwith at Martinioue for troops. Ile expected
that.by the 10th last, a sufficient force wools! arrive, ail&
am H. landing' could be easily effected, not a doubt remained
that the whole of the enemy's squadron, Nall the Islands
of the Sale:es, would fall into our hands. Some troops.
were also expected from Dominica, to join in the ex-
pedition. .
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ACCT DENTS.

SHOCKING OuctranuNcE.—On Saturdny segnulght (eorge
Clover and William Proudlove, coavicted at the late Chester
Assizes of breaking tutu the salt-works at Oddrode„ in cow patty
with several others, and shooting at and wounding the offl..er tit.
excise while on duty, were executed at the back of the New,
City flaol, on a drop erected for that purpose. They acktio.W..
'edged the commission of the felony, but declared their ittin),-;
cence of shooting at the ollieer. At the place of e ecution one"
of the most distressing and heart-rending circumstances occurred,
that perhaps ever vas seen on a similar occasion ; they embrat4l4;
anti took leave of each other in the most affectionate manner. mut
on being tied up anti the fatal .sigual given, the platform fell,
shocking to relate, 1)0(11 the ropes I.reke, and the poor meos
were precipitated to the bottom of the sratfold !—The reader-
may here paiut in his own mind the feelings of the spectators, but
no language can describe it. Theyw were taken into the chapel,
!neither of them materially hurt) till other topes could he pro-
cored, each exclaiming " what a sad business is this !" They
then requested the Rev. 'Mr. Fish to be :1-ain,;ent for, and after'
taking a little refreshment, joined him most fervently in praying
wady two hours, when ropes being prepared, they met their
unhappy fate with the most manly fortitude and resign ttion,
:mit-t the cotnmiserations of the surrounding crowd •
On the Vith tilt. n white and liver colour pointer dog With a
short tail, and a collar round his neck, sopposed to he mad,
eaered the house of Mr. Watson, at Wallington., and passed a
servaat who stotx4at a door leading into the passage both as he
e tiered and quitted the house, without taking any notice of her,
aid then attacked and ht a large mastiff chained in the garden..
tie afterwards proceeded towards Newcastle, and in about ItY9