The National Register.
London, England, 1809-01-29 00:00:00

72 . THE NATIONAL REGISTER. JAN. 29.
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hardship of being alloyed liberty without receiving a Fart of THE NATIONAL REGISTER. • v
'their pay. They were told it was unusual to grant liberty, ex- ------,
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cept a ilea t;te snip IVILS paid off, hut from the wood character
their Captain had riven them, it was granted to them, and they LOnblar,
must return immediately to Chatham, that orders should be sent •
thatnight for payment to he made to them next morning, and SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 1809.
entreated they a ould conduct themselves peaceably and quietly ;
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that they would be accommodated for that day on hoard the re- .
cciving ship oil' the Tower, and be .supplied with provisions ; POLITIC.II. sr t:Nr.s. OP Tub' WEEK*
and that also the Gravesend boats should be engaged to take .. _—„sam.._..
them down by that night's tide. They complied in the most The departure of our troops from Spain has been sig-
orderl v mauner, and arrived at Chatham on Saturday morning; nalised by another victory, splendid as any in our military
bit, Vie ship.- books not being made up, they were informed they
mita ~.f hs. n.,;.1 until Monday last. They appeared satisfied, annals, Our joy on this occasion, as on that when the
a:id said they wished for no more indulgence than the Thunder- immortal NeLSON fell, is blended with grief for the death
er s crew hail received. Their conduct has been perfectly peace-
ab . throughout.
of another hero, who, like the former, died in the very
A short time since an unfortunate girl of the town was sitting lap of victory. Sir Jouw MOORE fell in the beginning of
in the NY bite Linn public-house, Chatham, and complained of the '';'
enoaoement ; but not till his masterly arranoements -:41
the cold, a pan w hick an inhuman brute (a labouring man) saidti b a
he would give her a warming, taut instantly set fire to her had secured success—an event rendered incomparably
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clothes, 1)- putting a lighted candle up her petticoats; the poor interesting, as 26,000 British soldiers, harrassed by a long
creature ran off in a fright, and before her clothes could be ex-
tiegui-hed, was an oot in a most docking manner. She however and fatiguing march, during the course of which they were
was goilt4 on tea, and was cousidered out of danger from the incessantly molested by the enemy, and, exhausted by the t
itj.,ry she had sushined from the horn, when she took cold,
severest. privations, had to contend with more than 50,000 i
and b-i:lg, seized wi:h a fev;•r, died on Tuesday sennig,ht.—A
Jary was sutntenned to inquire into tile caese of her decease, of the enemy, under the command of that very SOULT6 ,
x.. 1•1 deliherat:d. by adjournment, two days, when they gave a who was entrusted with the "glorious mission of driving I:i
Yet.lict !)',;(1 by the Visitation of rind.
the English into the sea, at the point of the sword." Lx-
A yo:.ng .. ()man of the !ime of See ' rs, left Whitby Market
it, the storm of the l'I:11 last 1)11)111;1 and was missing until new- elusive of the ever to be lamented loss of the Commander-
e•i!.* -day, when her body was fou; d near a place called Lilk) in-chief a number of other distinouished Officers have
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.C4'.. SS, P- b.) u! a wile and a*half to the eastward of the Pic'tering
ro :d• h, a man took in,-, after his sheep, under circumstances gloriously died in the service of their country; and their
w.)ich indicated the e.,;treme severity of her sufferings, before names will descend to the latest posterity, associated with
sie :rat been compelled to submit to the grasp ofdeath. It ap-
the battle of Corunna, having equal claims on the admira-
peared that she had wandered about s•tme time after she had
sep • ..a d e-ron, her horse, (which was found a week afterwards , tion and gratitude of future generations. They fell, strug-
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Irt a ‘l,, -a farm-house), in toe fruitless endea% our-to extricate aiino- for the last rights, the last hopes, and the expiring
hers if from the horrors of her situation. She had lost her ' s
bonnet, Citp,and shoes—the feet of her stockings were entirety iherties of the universe; and their example will rouse and
worn away, and her feet were lacerated to the bone. On :h . support every principle of energy and patriotism that is
sink the hod v was found ; the greater part of the inhabitants or ,t among their surviving countrymen, to render this sa-
the nei,:hbaurhood where she resided, set out on -a general ler
search, spr-ading themselves over a large tract of erutuld that cred cause triumphant at last. Whilst we condole with
they mi o leave no part unexplored, where a probability might the relatives of these departed heroes and patriots, we
exist or !).att),,i!,g round; it is probable, however, their search
%y ri7.- have proved fruitless, as the unhanpv sutforer had been would mitigate their grief, by reminding them that it
dr:srm by toe storm a considerable distance from the road she •is no misfortune to die, fighting the battles, and contend-
h"? to I t ::Vel.
ing, for the freedom and honour of one's country.
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• Amidst these mingled sensations of condolence and
NNE IMPRESSIONS OF THE PORTRAIT OF HIS triumph, were it possible to indulge long in another feeling, '
MAJ ESTY.
wecould not avoid expressing our regret, that incompara-
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(Ttlt,nd das a Fronfispitce to Voi. I. of The National Register.) bly the bravest army upon earth, before it was weakened
1-li.:e beat) this day delivered MIATIS to all the Netesmen, for by marches and privations, had not been permitted to turn
ti,! puepose Gf being di6tributei to the Stibcribers and 14,r- upon its pursuers, and given these ruffians a more corupleat
es„„,s of th,, R. per. The Prints were all carefully dried' specimen, what the vigour of a British arm, aided by the
previous to their lie:a.); i:sned, and delivered in the best possible
' characteristic intrepidity of the nation, are capable of per-
state to the Neasalen, therefor" whatever accident mav atten.l
Coo Portrait, the blame must not be attributed to the Proprie.- forming. It was on the confines of Leon, or in the impreg-
tars. nable passes of Gallicia, where our troops should have
.-f Chrnnolbgfertl Table of the Events of the past year, together made a temporary halt, and infused new life into the ex-
sv i,lt a etto;eus bulex, to oompleie the First Volume of th s , piring enthusiasm of the natives of these provinces, by
Paler is now road) for delivery, which may he had of all 'h. rushing
on their invaders, and teaching the for Mer that
Nest:-men and Booksellers throughout the United Kingdom.
Price r ight-puttee. only courage and perseverance are necessary on their part
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to secure their independence. But the S'ARIC fatal mistake, ;..• .
*** Should any of the Subscribers wish to have the Annua'
'Volume of The IV3tional Reeiqer hound at the Office of t!:e which has crept into our councils at home, had found its way i
P,o,,r,etars, by seiding their directions to No. 11, CatheHce- into the camp; and the supposed immensity of the enemy's
street, Strand, immediate attention shall he made to such corn force rendered flight expedient, and success impracticable. I
mantis. Every day, every new event shews the fallacy of this suppo- '
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. I -. sition ; and the irresitible impetuosity of our troops, are
jr ••••:-*.,4. •• oat imp,rivio, or the Inteli;genre that will be
~“- • 4 . - - rendered inefficacious, in consequence of this miscalcula-
- . jAir \ L REGI ST ER. 4 trtiv 1)u t, it is pre_
i f;, "...: .j*-41' - ",, Apology for the omission of the usual
' ';Efl tion. BONAPARTE, as may be surmised from his usual
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-)Acti-i,,..- Vl_ ~-rilkir - 1 prudence, brought the greater part of his most effttctly!,.
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