The National Register.
London, England, 1812-10-04 00:00:00

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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worrtion of abortive kids,. from which they will be more productive
u, tit for many year.l he. straw is large, and b:ing well harvested,
oukilt:t e large store of winter toed for the tartu-yard.
tcrmat It t. lovers have headed well; and promise a good crop
of seed, it the w,:at her L.onzinues !avowable.

The murderer of J. Dean, at was fort*ately secured
T
about live o'clock on •
ue,day morning, while lyi ender a hedge,
rear Litz ri!e,,ze ot Templeton, about two miles from Nal-berth. He
was conveyed hztore the Rev. Mr Jones fir examination; at first he
dcoied h vii g any k now lcdee of the trans:•se inn, but afier wards con-
fosed the fact, and acknowledged that he knocked the boy down with
his fi,ts, then brat him severely with the oar, and struck his head
r the gunwale of the boat with crest violence, and finished the
la red business by cutting his throat and throwing the
body over- ;
b Aral ; bat denied robbing him. The unhappy wretch declared he I •
di.l not wish to live, and cared not how soon his life was forfeeed ;
Ile is a tall stout moo, about 6.1 years of age, and Said his name was
Hin if nice, and is believed to be an American. On examining the
boar, the one pound note, a shilling, and a nine-penny piece, were
fund in the bittoin cf her, which, it is supposed, in the hurry to
e.,:2.lpci, he dropped, and had got under the boat's kelson. Since
contiateneat he has coefessed to the mastea of a collier with whom 1w
I.itely salted, that h' robbed him of twenty-five pounds, and his mate
or his clothes, which he has now on him, also the knit: with which
he cur the bay's throat. Suspicions r.re entertained, from some ex-
dri.pp,:d by hiir, that he has been concerned in miter atro- •
acti:rte. An ilapEst was held on Tuesday, and the Jury rt turn-
verdio of Wilful Murder against the prisoner.
*1 tics fay evening, the French officers who bole their parole, and
aie co:ilia:don board the Brunswick, at Chatham, cut a hole through,
ten made their escape ; they were all retaken, except one, who
was drowned. Three prisoners at the sante time made their e.,cape I
from the Glory, one only of whom is taken.
On liiday, about one o'clock, at his lodgings in Radnor-street,
Folkstone, Peter Paine, a young man, supposed to be about thirty .
yens of ace, unhappily terminated his existeiice, by shooting himself
through the neck %% itlt a horse pistol. He was a stranger, and arrive ,
Haire two months ago, for the purpose of recrintioe ha health. He
kit tour le:m-s, one of them directed to his landlady, bequeathing
her his gold watch and cht;iei, which concluded with the tyllowiog
:entente: " As he found himself no longer able to support the evils
of this life, he hoped his gracious Red' enter would 'tautest' him fir
the act he was pill", COMlll,..'.—Coroner's verdict, LO DE SE.
Wednesday inerning, between one and two o'clock, a person of the
name of Wm. G win, threw himself from the window of an attic
chamber in the George, High-streer, Canterbury, and ftacturel hi,
skul.; of which he immediately died. k young man who slept in
the same roam, deposed on the Coroner's li:quest—That he was
awoke in the night by a ratan huzzaing ! which alarmed him much,
as no person was in the other bed when he retired to rest ; that he
listened in fear, and heard hiin repeating prayets for nearly half an
hour, in his bed ; the man then got up, went to the window and opened
it; lie soon returned from thence, sat him down upon the foot of the
led, and drew a table near to him ; in this situation he prayed for
,once time ; he then got up and again went to the window, put his
knees on the window board, and with his funds held each side of the
Itame, still praying and blessing his family, and concluded with ex-
elaiming—HutE GOES ! HERE Gobs ! AND HERE GOES ! throwing him-
s.-. 11 out at the last exclamation. The young man immediately went
to the window, and saw him lying apparently lifeless on the ground,
and alarmed the family. The latter part of his
,evidence was con-
firmed be a woman who heard the last word, and saw him throw
himself out.—The Jury returned a verdict Of INSANITY.
On Monday night, the (21st, or early on Tuesd.y morning, the 22d
tilt. some evil-disposed person or persons, maliciously hamstrung 21
ra:ns, belonging to Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Brandon, near Newark.
it appears to have been done by some villains acquainted with the
;,:round, as the sheep were in two pastures, at a considerable distance
from each other.
A tree, belonging to G. Lawson, Esq. of Houghton, near Darling.
this year bore (000 peaches ; 300 fell off, and 700 were p►ulleA,
to preserve the remaining 1000, one half of which are as large as when
it only lame one-tenth of the number.
A very large King's-fish was some short time ago caught on the
coast of Mablethorp, where it was driven on shore by the porpoises ;
it is about 3 feet 9 inches in length, and in girth atv ut fe tII inches ;
its weight is upwards of 80lbs. The colour is a beautiful transparent
scarlet, varied with blue and white, and spangled
wi silver spots.
lc is a native of the Atlantic, and is only the fifth taken on alt.
B!itish shores.
Last week, at Avr, a young girl, a pauper, totally et.rrn, eloped
with a CALLANT of the same rank, who is both BLIND and LAME!

The Gazette of last night contains a dispatch from the
Governor-General in Council in India, giving the official
details of the unsuccessful assault upon the fortress of Cal-
linger, and its subsequent surrender, which were laid,- in
Private accounts, before the public about five weeks age.

'ESII.I l's LONDON GA: l•:'f'1 E.

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A PROCLAMATION,
FOR DISSC;I.VING THIS PRESL:NT I!ARI.I.AMINT, AND LE-

CLAIIING TfIE CALLING OF ANoTtiLit.
61:01tGE, I'. R.

Whereas We, actio,• in the name and n the behall h:s Majt sty,
111.1:k fit, aml with the ad, ice or hi', Majetvy's 1)1.;‘,v r-umi,.:l to
dissolve this present Parliatne»t, winch p-orel,,ned to Fro ay,
lite second day of October next ;We do therefore, at into at".. ant,
rubli•li this Proclamation, and do hereby tlt.solve„t! e said went
areardingly ; and the Lords st,i, .lAI mid Temourio. 4„d the
End ButTesses, and the Com ois-itowts for Shires and LI rsitss
of the I loos • of Commons, arc dis,har • d !root thrir meeting : Ed at-
tendance, tn the said Friday, the s..cood dav of October ocxt : And
We hying desirous at•d rcso.ved, its soidi wav be, to ta,•el 15, Ala.
jest% 's peop:e, and to hate their advice in Parliament, do hery by
aini:e known to all his Alaiestt .7, loving SilbjeClS Our !!sill and pleasure
to call u new Parliament ; and du hereby tu: then declare, in t. e name
and on the behalf of los Majesty. that, with the ad% ice of hi, Alajest3's
Privy Council, We have this day tziven order, that the Clio cellor of
that part of the [Jolted K•lnzrloat c died Great .'ul it c Chan-
cellor of Ir,-1.;e11, do respect lay tOrthwith i•sue out w rits. ID due forrn
and acceitlint; to Lttt, fur calling a new : .‘ntl rte du here-
by also, in the name anti on the behalf of los Mays: v. Procla-
mation tinder the Great Seal of the Untied Kingdom, rt tinire writs
forthwidt to he issued accordantly by the s.,itt icspecti‘ ely,
for eatt-ieg the Lord; Spiritual anti Temporal, and Con all las who are
to serve iat Ilitr s.:id Parliament, to he sthls returned to. and K> c Ott tr
attendance in, the said P ilu m *DI ; tODCD sik r,ts Ate :o be tet u: nable ou
Tuesday, the twenty•fottrih (LIV ul Nil% ellther
Given at the Court at Carlton !louse, the '29th day of zit 'neat-
ber, 1812, told utt the 52t1 )car of his Al.tjest)'s rrign.
Goo SIVF 'IIIF. KING.

[There is rah° the usual Prot.Li/nation, ordertng the ducting, and .untition.
in tht. Si.itet a Peers Scretlami.)

COLONIAL DEPARTAIENT.
[TItANSMIITED BY Silt nronor: PIiVVOSI.I
Fort Alichilim mckinae, July 17.
Sat- -On the rith inst. I received letters hy express from Major-Ge-
neral Brock. with ureic ti :o adopt the most pro,h-ut measures either tilt
offence or defem cc, which circumstences alight point out ; atom having
received front
tit • best Mir-minion, that 1,1%0 reini,•rce-
ments were daily expected to be thrown into this garrison. w ith the
thorough conviction that ;ay sitni,tion at St. wets t
roils- iolle-
fensible, L determined to lose no time in time meditated attack
on this fort. .
On the I tith, at ten o'clock in the mornin,,, I embaiked my ti•w men,
with about one hundred and eighty Can:oh:ems. and two iron sis-p min-
ders. The boats arrived without the sawilest accident at the pi .ci.• 7mf
rendezvous, at three o'clock - the fillowing In iiiitt, ; by the exe: iions
of the Canaeians, one of the guns was brought
up a height connimmulirg
the garrison, and ready to act about ten o'clock. A summons was timed
sent in.; a copy of the capitulation which followed, I have the honour
to enclose. At twe:ve o'clock the American colours were naule.i
and those of his sty ‘vt•ni: hoisted. A committee has het n appooited
to examine into tit- state ditto public stores.
Enclosed also are the returns of the ordnance and ry stm;ri-s
found in the fort, and the strength of the garmison. i •o, se
is due to every individual employed in this exp. : t.. am% ow'.
officers I win indebted, in particular, fur tin it ac..ye os...spice in cur.
r) ing all my orders into effect.
I have the boomer to he, Ste.
(Signed) CHAR I RomilißTS, ( 'apt rmn.
The Adjutant-Genei al, &c. &c. &c.
Heights above tort k
Capitubition agreed noon between Capt.iiii Charles Ito.
manding h a BriiiinniC • I. rit,.„ on the om e ams
tenant flanks, Commanding the Forces of the Unoot Si'4.,
uT
America, on the other.
Article I. 'rite Fort of Nlichilienickinac shill immediately lie'sur-
rendered to time British turces.
Art. II . The garrison shall trt..rr h out Wit h the honours of w:!,
down their arms, and become prisoners of Nor, snail be
the United States of America by 'as Ni.,je,ty, not to
this war until regularly exchato;et; ; ;mod for the .mmt.:, i:ertorrnaoce, ,•:
this Article the Officers pledge their wr! rt.) ,00r.
Art. II I. All the limit vessels in the harhonr, with their e
goes, shall b..: in posses tun of their is pective otywrs.
. Art. IV. PriNate '.open) Ji,aii i.e Melts )•4‘ICA as far as iii
plwer.

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