The National Register.
London, England, 1809-12-24 00:00:00

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whe i. after recovering himself, and making known the
~f hi. having left his fellow traveller behind him, upwards
of slit y miners were in.tautly collected, who proceeded in every
direction in search of Borne, whom they at last found almost
covered with snow, and apparently lifeless, on which they
adopted such means as their experieilce had taught them. to
bring him to animation, which, after some time proved effec-
tual ; but it is feared that he will lose the use of hi' limhs.
Tuesday night, as some militiamen mere drinking iu com-
pany with some sailors at the Trafalgar Inn, North-corner.
street, Plymouth Dock, a dispute arose relative to the late ex
pedition to the Scheldt, wlvn one of the soldiers drew his
bayonet, and stabbed a sailor in the body. The culprit was im-
mediately taken into custody. The sailor is not expected to
survive.
On Saturday last, nine French prisoners made their escape
from the Princess Sophia Frederica prison-ship in Portsmouth
irlwbour, by boring holes with a gimlet, round a space sufficient
for a man to pass through, they then droped into the water
and swain to a boar; which haft neither mast, sail, oar, or rud-
der, and it then blowing a gale of wind. The boat was driven
on shore near Portchester, where they divided themselves into
two parties.—Five of them took a boat near I.,:msworth, and
welt :16 ven on shore near Itchenor ; not having sufficient know -
edge of the place, they snrrendered themselves at day-light,
nearly exhausted. The others were taken at a less distance from
hence, and sent to Forton-prison.
A most daring attempt at robbery was made, on Wednecdav
sennight, at Cootehill, in the county of Cavan. As Mr. Conte,
Mr. W. Lees, and two other Gentlemen were sitting after dinner
in the parlour. thfy were iraddenty alarmed by the discharge of
a pistol, which lodged a ball in the ceiling, and was immedi-
ately followed by the entry of two armed ruffians, with blacked
faces. The gentlemen sprang sip, and Mr. Lees, by a tell-
aimed blow, brought one of the ruffians to the floor. The other,
rushia; forward with a drawn sword to assist his companion,
was treated in the same manner, and both of them being se-
cured, were sent off the next morning, under a guard, to the
county gaol. It appears that they had information of a large
sum of money which one of the company had received that
morning, and hoped, by a sudden effort, to wake it their plunder.

TUESD.I S LONDON G-4ZETTE.

..4dmitalty-o,Bice, December 19.

Tice-Admiral Lord Coll ingwood has transmitted to this Office
a letter from the Honourable Capt. Duncan, of his .lajesty's
ship Mercury, giving an account of the boats of that ship having
on the 7th of September last, under the direction of Lieutenant
Pall, boarded and carried without any loss, in the port of Bur-
Jetta., the French schooner of war La Pughese, of scvcn guns, and
37 men, protected i•n addition to her own force, by a castle, two
armed feluccas, and musketry.
And alio a letter from Captain Lumley, of the Hind, stating
his having, on the '2ot:: cf September, captured off Metazzo a
French privateer, called Le Temeraire, of two guns and 36
men, out four days from Naples, without n:;:king any cap-
ture.

And a letter from Captain Prescott, of the Wrazie sloop, re-
porting the capture, on the 27th of October, of L Veloce
French letter of marque, of four guns and b 3 ince ; four days
from Tunis, without taking any prize.

tintiraltg-Office, Deconbcr, 19.
Dispatches of which the following are copie!, and- extracts,
have been received by John Wilson Croker, .F;ig. Secretary to
the Admir:ilty, &on, Rear-Admiral Sir Richard John Strachan,
Bart. and K. B.

Sift, His Majestg's ship Blake, in Flushing Mfr.'s, Dec. 13
I have availed myself of Vice-Admiral Camp ofrer ut
the Jason to convey me to Flushing; acct a soon as it
mod rated on the 9th, in the afternoon, I hoi-Aed my flag on
board that ship, and, accompanied by the Ides utter, pro-
ce:_•ned to this anchorage, where I arrived on the e‘cl,in of the
Nth. -

I found Rear-Admiral Otway with the stioldron here; he
had einharked the troops, and pnt every tni.:z in a state
of preparation for retiring front Walcite:r.a w heorver
the wind became favourahle; the arsenal and «o::;:,
attract the basin nt flushing having been destroyed on thz:.t
day. •