The National Register.
London, England, 1809-09-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

their head a Chief of equal experience and achievements. Con-
sidering, however, the state of the Kingdom Of Callieia, and the
Principality of Asturias, the Junta, after mature deliberation,
has determined that the Marquis/hall transfer his command to
that General of his army whom be shall judge most capable.
" I communicate to your Excellency the ►►rder of his Majesty
for its fulfilment, advising at the same time, that the command of
the army cannot with propriety be tranferred to the Major-
General the Conde de Noronha, became' he being Seem(' Com-
mandant-General in Gallicia, ought always to remain in that
kingdom."
In consequence of this Royal Order, the Marquis de Romana
bus signified, that he has confided the command of the army to
Major-General Don Gabriel de Mendezabal, and that of the
kingdom to the Conde de Noranin, Second Commandant-Gene-
ral, and President of its Royal Audience.

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upon the military authority, and in order td control it raised
troops under its own immediate orders, and uomiunted the per-
sons who were to command them. In the Year 1503, an act of
the Cortes is on record, conceding to the. King permission to np.
point officers for a body of troops destined to be employed in
Italy.
We are told that the Cortes of A rragnn were vigilantly atten-
tive to all the ceremonies sanctioned by antiqoit.v, in their pro-
ceedings, and the following remarkable fact is stated it; support
or the allegation : According to the estalslished laws; and
customs of Arragon no foreigner had Merry to enter the halt in
which the Cortes assemhled. Ferdinand, in the year 1181, op-
pointed his Queen, Isabella, Regent of the kingdom, while he
was absent during the course of the campaigd. The law requir-
ed that a Regent should take the oath of fidelity in presence of
the Cortes; but as Isabella was a foreigner, before the could be
admitted, the Corium thought it necessary to pa's an act, autho-
rising the Serjeant-Porter to open the door of the hall to allow
her to enter."

PROVINCIALS.

The wheat harvest being now concluded, the to:lowine may
be considered its an impartial estimate of the produce whew,
on the strong lands, short of quantity, but good in quality. On
the light and cold lands, a fair crop, as to produce, but much
affected with the smut. Some strong lands, which last year
produced four quarters an acre, do not this year average snore
than three; but with respect to weight, it is coseidera bl y bet-
ter than that of last year. On the whose, from the various ac-
counts, the produce may he estimated at about one-eighth short
of what. is termed an average crop at three quarter; :us acre ;
the quality, however, is generally so superior, the deficiency or:
the quantity may probably be obviated, so as to raise the pro-
duce of nutriment equal to that of last year.
RA MSGATE, SE PT. 19.—This morning, about nine o'clock,
many persons on this pier were highly gratified by the follow-
ing instance of humanity and activity of
,eur watermen. A
sailor looking through a telescope on the pill-, saw a boat at
sea, seemingly coming towards the harbour, when he perceived
her to suddenly upset at about three miles distance. lle im-
mediately gave the. alarm, and the Nile Ramsgate boat, Wil-
kinson, Master, in a moment manned and put off, with a great
press of sail, to their assistance, at the imminent danger of being
themselves overset, as there was a fresh breeze, and a consider-
able scud. The Nile fortunately arrived its time to save the
lives of all the persons belonging to the boat, nine in number,
lieutenant, midshipman, and seven seamen, belonging to
the Diana frigate, in the Downs. But for the prompt assist-
ance of the Ramsgate boat, nu doubt some must have perished,
there was a good deal of sea. They were all, including the
lieutenant, who has but one arm, preserved, and put on shore
at Ramsgate.
On Friday sc'nnight, the following melancholy affair hap.
posed at Camus, near Blyth :—Mr. John Storey. who had been
fishing, at sea, for Isis amusement, returned at dusk in the even.
ing. and immediately proceeded home to announce his arrival
to his family, when his two daughters, one aged fourteen, she
,other twenty-two years of age, proposed to accompany him to
the shore, in order to assist in securing the boat. The rather
and eldest daughter proceeded toward: the boat, while the
youngest one staid at a distance with a light, which sitddeely
disappearing, the other sister went to ascertain the cause, when,
melancholy to relate, the wretched father never beheld them
again in existence. It is supposed they had got on a quicksand
at the edge of the river, and had been thus precipitated
The eldest was found floating at sea on the follow lug day, and
the other along the shore.
About ten o'clock on the night of Thursday se'nnight, three
French prisoners were detected in making their escape final
the beech at Rottingdean, where they had taken possession of
• boat, with sails and oars, and in live minutes would have cf..,
fected their purpose, be getting to sea, had they experienced no
interruption. They were the next day taken at Lewes, and
examined before a sitting Magistrate, who sent them to the
House of Correction, to he hereafter diposed of as the Transport
Board might direct. They are all young men of very decent
appearance, and, if their tale is to be accredited, of respectable
connections. They have sterered considerable hardships, espa-
daily one of them, who is the nephew of a Merchant lit Hour.;
deaux, and at the breaking out of the present war, was rap-
tured off the Isle of France, in a ship belenging to his uncle, in
which he ranked as second captain, and carried tp 41ftdrasvie


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