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London, England, 1821-10-07 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER

would have disgraced any other Junta—to them it
does honour as it supports their CONSISTENCY, in a
line of conduct which, if pursued much further,
will either conquer the British Constitution, or
oblige those who are really attached to the vene-
rable fabric, to take means for its preservation,
which may possibly overwhelm the reptile beings
who have long been endeavouring to destroy it.
In the late war Sir Robert Wilson rendered the
most important services. He was presented subse-
quently to the battle of Bautzen, by the Emperor
Alexander, with the Cross of the Russian Order of
St. George, as a public and honourable testimonial
of the Emperor's approbation of his conduct on that
well-contested field. And the Emperor, in a letter
witten with his own hand, referred to this occasion
in these words When I decorated yon, in the
face of my as my, with the badge of St. George, I
did justice to the indefatigable zeal which, during
the whole of the campaign, has constantly attached
you to the advanced guards—to the brilliant valour
and devotion of which I have been an eye-witness at
the lualle of Bautzen ; and, finally, to many other
prcafs of intrepidity, attested by en the brava war
riors of the combined army." Similar testimonies
to his transcendent merit were borne by the King of
Prussia and the Emperor of Austria. And Prince
Schwortzenberg, the commander-in-chief of the
allied forces, officially declared to the English am-
bassador, that he considered the success of the al-
lies in the great and decisive battle of Leipsic to
have been s;gnally promoted by Sir Robert Wilson's
judicious disposition of the Austrian cavalv, and
by his conduct on that glorious day.—And vet, be-
cause this excellent officer, who is as humane as he
is brave, chose to beg of a brother officer that he
would prevent his soldiers from firing upon his Ma-
jesty's unalined subjects, he is to be dismissed from
the army, and deprived of that pittance he had
earned by twenty years of heroic, assiduous, and
successful exertion.

Mails from Flanders have just arrived. The fol-
lowing are extracts :

" BRUSSELS. SEPT. 29.—His Britannic Majesty, in one of
the court carriages, drawn by six horses, went yesterday •i the
palace of Lacken, at half past four o'clock. Lrod Claticarty fol-
lowed in another carriage. There was a grand o.,,ner, and then
a play. When his Majesty returned to Brussels, the Alice Verte
was illuminated. This evening his Majesty will be present
at the representation at the Theatre Royal. niormw his
Majesty will visit the geld of Waterloo sail eie Duke us Wel-
lington, the hero of nig memorable day.

'• SEPT. 30.—The representation at the gm:: doito e yester-
day evening will be menionible t or. theatriaii ron:11. His
liritanr'c Majesty, Me King, : ai :11 the Royal Family, the
Auks of Wellington, theAlunp,is genie nt• ober
of other illustrious strung:as, as welt as l+•i ....., crowd oy
spectators, were present, and the theatre otetflum.a. The spec-
tacle was worthy of such an assembly.
•' The King of England, who was to &VIII, today rfter viewing
the field of Waterloo, will remain here to day depurttoie is
fixed tin• to morrow at 8 o'clock. _

OCTOBEIL. I.—The Kin.: of England :,et out this morning
at 9 fur Namur : he will visit toe plain of ‘V,:orli•a etx Lc pusses.
lie takes the road of 11 uy Liege or .1i it-la-Cti.q.elle to Geimanr.
ills Majesty has purchased some magnificent Brussels luxe, and
some articles of jewellery of Mr. Dotslis."

Letters dated the 4th ult. were received on Thurs-
day from Odessa, but still without finally determin-
ing the question of peace or war. They had advice"
which had ken only seven days on the journey r..um
St. Petersburgh, yet the most important filet that
transp'•ed was, that the English Ambassador had
the honour, twice in the week, of dining with his
Imperial Majesty. No doubt is, however, enter-
tained of the amicable termination of the difference
between Russia and the Porte, as c; ;ht regiments
of Russian troops had receivel orders to retreat from
the frontier : and the commanding officer at Sebas-
topol had been directed to discontinue fitting nut the
fleet. The appointment of another ambassador to
Constantinople, it is supposed, will be tae mode in
which the pacific views of the Emperor Alexander
will be first manifested to Europe.
A letter ;*.oin Smyrna, of the 29th of August,
mentions a fact of great importance, if its truth can
be relied upon. It states, that the amnesty of the
Turkish Sultan had been communicated to the
Greek fleet in the Archipelago, and that many of
their ships had determined to accept it, and to aban-
don the contest. This information was given at
Smyiaa by a small French vessel of war, the master
of which declared he had met several Greek ships
of w.ir returning to their respective islands to disarm.

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gir Robert Wilson's case is not the only one of a
similar nature. Serjeant Cummins, after 16 years
service in the army, two of which he served as Cor-
poral, and nine a Serjeant in the Royal Marine
Artillery, was some time ago dismissed without
court-martial, or any inquiry at which he was pre-
sent, merely for proposing in a company the Queen's
health, after that of the King had been drank.
For this heinous offence this meritorious soldier,
whose conduct, although a subaltern, has gained
him an Order from the Emperor Alexander, has
been dismissed after 16 years service, without pen-
sion or any remuneration whatever ! Thus are a
brave man and his family left to perish, merely be-
muse he had humanity enough to wish well to an
injured, heart-broken lady. It would appear, then,
that the idea entertained by soldiers that they have
a right to pension, after a certain number of years
service, if guilty of no offence, is altogether an illu-
sion, as they may at any time be discharged without
cause, and without the sentence of a court martial,
which is countered as a bar to any claim of pension.
Soon after the death of her late Majesty, the Rev.
Mr. Einmott, of Yam, a dissenting minister,
longing to the Stockton circuit of the IVesleyial
Methodist connexion, being appointed to preach at
Stockton, refused to do so, because the pulpit of the
chapel was not hung with any emblem of mourning
befitting the solemn event to which we have alluded,
observing that the absence of such customary indi-
cations of honour on the demise of any branch of the
Royal Family, was a tacit acknowledgment that her
Itijesty was guilty of the accusation of her eneudea,
But, in consequence of repeated solicitations, he
waved his objection, and consented to preach ; and
he preached accordingly from the following passage:
—" Then shall ye return, and discern between the
righteous and the wicked; between him that serveth
God and him that serveth him not."—Malachi, c.
id. v. 18.—The reverend gentleman from these
words delivered a most excellent discourse, which
was so pathetic in parts, as to draw tears and sot's
from the congregation, concluding it with the
Queen's own emphatic observation, " They have
destroyed me."
A letter, in the French papers, from Marsala, in
Sicily, states, that six slaves at *lnnis lately formed
and successfully executed a plan for robbing the
Dey of his own arms, which are of exquisite work-
manship and great value. They embarked on board
a small vessel, and stood for Sicily. The Dey
having discovered the rubbery, sent one of his cur-
sairs atter them, but which did not come up with
the fugitives until they had got within the canoe of
the Sicilian batteries. Both vessels entered" ('Sc
port of Marsala together,. where they arc put uncL:r
quatiintine. The magistrates of Marsala have thus
time to consider what they should do in this case.
Extract of a letter from Havre, dated Oct. 2
" I am sorry to inform you that the commereial
notifies between the United States and France
out Lc settled so easy as was first imagined, awe
according to the present appearance, will con:in:-.e
much longer; in consequence of which the Aineri-
! eon trade inuat continue to be carried on by Englith
%roads."

Extra,t of a letter from Madrid, dated Sept. 17.
" Eta Replateur, a French journal, which is pub-
'fished in this capital, having printed and circulated
n paragraph in one of his last numbers, the Minister
Plenipotentiary of England passed a note to the Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs, demanding the imprison-
ment of the editor, M. Chapuis, a Frenchman, and
the cessation of the journal. The Minister replied,
that his authority was bound by the laws ; that he
could not impose any punishment, nor any way int.
pede the press. Upon this the British Minister car-
ried his complaint befixe the competent tribunal,
and the passage was translated before the Jury of
Accusation, who dismissed the complaint. The
greatest obscurity prevails in regard to the events
which have caused the recal of Gen. Riego from his ,
command in Arragona. He uud all his friends
repel in the most positive manner, the accusation of
republicanism. Saragossa, Valencia, alai all the
towns in Spain have displayed great enthusiasm in
favour of the General, and loudly blame the Minis-
ter, who elvelopes in mystery an affair which involves
the mest illustrious name in our revolution.---
The Count (le Montezuma, the last descendant of
the ancient Emperors of Mexico, has resolved to
aspire openly to the throne of his ancesto.s. He
has enrolled at Baurdeaux many persons to aid hia
in his cnterpt ise, and many officers of merit quit the
Spanish setvice to follow the standard of this Pre.
tender. The Spanish emigrantsat Bayonne have o ga-
!Used a band of one hundred aimed mon to enter
Spain, and excite the inhabitants against the Cobsti-
tutionel System. It is to be presumed that their
efforts will vet-) little avail."
By a Parli.anentary return it appears that t 7 e
nuid cormimption of British spirits by each pc
in imst of the note •:n counties of Scotland, s a::11
at from one-tenth to two-truths of a gallon, %Oill
in the county of Edinburgh, it is within a trifle of
four d,tiions.

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OUTR:IGES IN THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK.

Lots: attic, SEPT. 2G.—Sunday last, Denis Buckley, Cor-
trelMs Crowley, and two venter', who were crown %Antic ea at the
lust County As,ires, returning home from this city, were attacked
at ♦rdagli, and beat so unmercifully, that Brickley died on the
following morning. Crowley mai the women escapist to New-
castle, where they were also maltreated, and it is stated, little
hopes are enter tnitaa! of their recovery. As a meals of ensuring
Buckley a safe retreat to Ilia home, he was WILL a circuitous route
by water, and landed ut Foyoe's island, but such was the deter-
mination of the roilians wilt) projected his destruciton, that nu
puss he could go by was left without observation.
On Monday last as the mail cur was passing through Rath-
kettle, Bernard M•Ctrisky, a witness, returning from the assizes
to Newcastle, was threibly dragged from it by a nurither of men
from the town, and beat and mangled so severely, that his life
is considered in r.,reat danger.
On Saturday k.,), the Rev. Francis Langford, of t7astletown,
in the barony of Pints Keary, inthis county, sent John Corneal,
of It ingoroylan, and rome oilier men, to draw offtithei, agreeably
to notice received front some laudeolders—whilst Corneal sent
his companions tor looses and cars, lie was most inhumanely
murdered, his head being severed from his body. The most
active ITICILSUrtti are punning by the numerous respectable gen-
tlemen of that neighbourhood, to apprehend the perpetrators,
who, it is said, have absconded.
About eight o'clock, on Sunday evening, the house of Wm.
Morgan, Esq, at the Abbey, near Shattagulden, was attacked
by a large patty of fellows, who broke the drawing room windows,
and hall door, but some shots being fired by t 1 e. George ittomn,
they decamped, after firing five shots. All the male part of the
family, except the young gentleman who acted so resolutely,
were frail home. The object of the tuttians was to obtain flue
SIMS.
Sunday night an armed rattly of two hundred, many of them
taming white bands on guar hats, attacked the village of Shasta •
golden in this county, io s•-arch of tire alms. They feast went to
the 1)os-tallier', and on being told that the family had no musket ,
they committed di earlfol depredations., such .es breaking the fur-
niture, threatening to murder the inhabitnnts, &c. 'Posy next
proceeded to the bridewell, and broke it open; thence to other
houses, and after demolishing the doors and other windows of
each they attached, entere I in a most hostile and menacing man-
ner, and took what arms they could get. They afterwanis pro-
ceeded to Gulden-house, the residence of the Rev. Gun Vincent,
and demanded his fire rows, but on telling them he Lid not any,
retired, flr-st having attempted to break open the half door with
a sledge. It is to :,,w syn.: orie ...le to
meet them with that reception they deserved, not having a single
hostile weapon in the house.