The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-22 00:00:00

TII E NATIONAL REGISTER

A NI inisterial Paper gives the following account
of a reported attack upon Colonel Browne, with a
view to Tetassinare him ! ! ! !
•` WM:MEE ATTEmer AT ASSASSINATION.
We have to ,anwtince, with feelings of horror, a dialsolical
attempt to prevmt, by assassination, the arrival of Col. Browne
in this country-
" Tis gentleman, against whose character such inf.:mous
slanders have been circulated by the pretended friend, of the
Queen. some time ago came over to England, where having
learnt the particular charges brought against him, he retunitst
to Italy to collect decisive evidence for -the refutation of those
calumnies. Whitu he was here, he did not conceal his belief
that his lifo would be attempted in Italy; and he nientioned to
the gentleman lion) whom we receive Luis statement, that he.
commonly curried pistols Ar actildrfemcc.
" He had warty arranged tits &davits at Milan, and had al-
ready forwarded till his tapers to England, meanitg to follow
them himself in less dam ten days, when, on the 8.11
returning late at night, and alone, front the Opem, he was
attacked by two ussa-sins, evidently with no intention of rob-
bery; for though thry sli,abled him, they did inn attempt to
plunder him of his watch, money, or other valuables.
" The Colonel defended himself resolutely, and a violent
struggle ensued, in which lie rectiveilfiinr wounds in the head,
(spy,' 'rutty with a knile, and one in toe chest, evidently with u
stiletto. The last would certainly have been bean fatal; but for
the thickness of his great coat, coat, tonal wi7isteoat, it ittia,
the weapon penetrated on thu left side of the chest, and eun+i-
derably injured the seventh rib.
" The Colonel's friend and physician, Dr. Ciceri, was called
in, olio, on t)ereeiving the n dare o. the won .ds, th night it
necessary to require 'Ow assistanse of an entinen. surgeon. Pi a.
fossor Paletta, of the Milan Hospital, anti both of them conti-
nued assiduously to attend their patient.
.• Three of she wounds in the head were pre!ty deep, the other
slighter; but the must dangerous was the wound in the chest ;
from which, however, his inectic,l uttehdants arc inclined to
thin 4 that fatal co:lst-pi:awes are not to he apprehended. It is
attended with acute pain, restlessness, and ditHeulty of breath-
ing ; but these symptoms have been alleviated by bleeding.
" Upon the whole, the Colonel is going on as well as could be
expected ; lie is in the hands of very skilful men, and will
receive every benefit that ease and attention can give.
'• The ssuasAns have for the present mounts!, but the Govern-
ment has taken every step for their apiirelkn.ion.
" The above ace not is contained in a letter from the Duke
of Leeds to the Earl of Liverpool; and a bulletin by llt. Ciceri
and Professor Pletta, up to six p. m. on the loth instant has also
been forwarded, Ilrr the satisfaction of the Colonel' fri. nth.. It
is honed, that he himself be wife to teritc by eke tact, con-

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A Supplement to the London Gazette of Tuesday
was published on Saturday morning, containing
some dispatches from !tulip, of an old date, and
relating to events, all the particulars of which have
transpired through other channels. One of them is
us far bark us Dec. 1817, uud the greater part of
the other dispatches uud letters are dated betweeu
the months of January and July, 1818. The most
recent one is a dispatch dated August 9, 1820,
inclosing a letter, (March 1, 18*0) from Captain
Miles, political agent, giving un account of tome
military operations ag 'hist tie Khoosas.
All through Ir, laud, the ceremonial of wakes and
funerals is itiost mincittally attended to, and it requires
some sravariiiire to carry through the arrangement in a
master:), manner. A great adept at tit:. brismeis, who
had been the priute tarattalin at all the wakes in the
neiglihoorhood for of.tly yeais, was at last c Ilea away
front the tlea:lf•he:ls of his ftiettas to his own. Sootily
Is% f ,re he died, he gave minute. directions to -his ',Node,
as to the tootle of waking him in proper style. .6 Re-
coll,ct," says ite,.4 to pot three candles at the head of the
b,41, after you lay me out, and ttto at the ‘OOl, uud one
at each mile. :11ithl now, and put a plate wish Cie salt
at it just a-top of my breast. And, an you hear, have
plenty of mince° emnight, And rementuer In make die
punch strum:. And-.-what is the use of talking to you
bore. I know. you'd be sure to hutch it, as I won't be
there myself."