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London, England, 1812-11-29

MISCELLANIES.

ANTWERP, OCT. 27 - The courage and generosity of a
young woman, who substituted herself for her brother, a con-
script in 1806, and who has just returned from the army, co-
vered with honourable wounds, is now the subject of much
conversation here. The story is true and the pai ticulars de-
srrve to be known.

Virginia Chesqueire, born at Dclemont, department of the
North district of Lille, finding that her brother who was or-
dered to march, was not in a condition to support the fa-
tigues of war, and that he was inclined to continue hii stu-
dies,
obtained from her parents permission to depart for him.
They were twins and very much resembled each other. She
Presented herself at the depot in the clothes of her brother,
and was sent to the 27th regiment of the line, in which she
has served six years. She was raised to the rank of serjeant
at the battle of \Vagram, for having saved the life of her
captain, who fell into the Danube, and was in danger of pe-
rishing. At the battle of the 2d of May, near Lisbon, where the
Duke of MIRA NTES commanded, her Colonel being sur-
rounded she demanded six men whom she could depend upon,
with whom she proceeded to his succour; notwithstanding a
gun-shot wound which she received in her left arm, she suc-
ceeded in saving him, besides making two insurgent prison-
ers. She also received on this occasion a wound from a bay-
onet in her side, was carried to the hospital of Ahneida and
thence to that of Burgos, where she was cured of her wound
without hersex being discovered ; but an illness has since be
trayed it, and she has just passed by the city Courtray, to go
to her depot, tq receive the recompence due to her valor►:,
and to be decorated by the hand of the Colonel whom she
saved with the honourable insignia due to the brave.—
( French Paper.)
On Tuesday, a beautiful Zebra from the Cape of Good
llope and three horses, as presents to the PRINCE REGENT,
from the King of PERSIA) arrived at Carlton house.
London, England, 1812-11-29

NOV. 29.

doubted. When a General sacrifices the public good to his
own personal resentment, as he did, in not opposing the
ionction of SOULT and SUCH ET, his service is nothing short
of treason in tfee, and calls for little less than the punish-
ment due to a traitor.
It is with regret we have to announce another naval
counterpoise, for the glorious military success which is re-
corded in The Extraordinary Gazette
" PLYMOUTIT, Nov. 25.---Arrived a Prussian brig, in
five days from Bourdeaux, was boarded yesterday by the
I'r°nch privateer which had captured the Racehorse (men-
foned in my last), which put on board twenty-five English
sai!ots, taken in prizes she had made, besides the Racehorse
and four others, whose names I have not been able to collect.
She also captured the ship Mary, of and for London from
Honduras; this vessel, with six others, were under convoy
of His Majesty's ship Frolic, ('f 18 guns, and fell in with a
large American frigate, on which the merchant ships dis-
per3ed, and to favour their escape, the Frolic brought the
enemy to close action, 'which was maintained for three hours
with the greatest vigour, during- which the frigate lost her
main-mast and foretop-mast ; and lastly, the Frolic was to-
tally dimasted, and her colours went over the side %..ith her
masts, and it is feared was taken possession of."
Extract of a letter from an officer on board the Tenedos,
33 guns, dated Halifax 14th October :—" We shall sail
Ina this in a few days, in company with the Nymph,
38, the Shannon, 38, and the Curlew, brig, is, in quest of
Commodore RoDG ERS'S squadron, consisting of the President,
Vinted States, and Congress frigates, with a sloop of war."
London, England, 1812-11-29

low, and all her vassal kings rejoiced, whilst their
imagination feasted on the spoils of the fallen. The popki.
lation of Poland in ardn ruihed to join the Conqueror. Re-
united to the parent stock, Lithuaeia, Courland, Samogi!ia,
and even Volhynia, turned in vengeance again,t their late
masters, end the Polish elvie, in fancied liberty, sprcad.onee
hiore his broad w:ngs to the sky. Such were- the menacing
features of the time chosen to dissolve Pat l'anfent. Such
the momentary gleam, which, Unless caught as shone,
w-uld set so soon, we were told by the adulators of an ex-
statesman, that in the night of calamity %%hien would iisevit-.
ably follow we should be induced to hang" (`Jr unworthy
Tilers! What then is the complexion of die present? For
we have reached that future, armed by VE t us W•th so many
terrors. has defeat dimeled the honour of our aims, aLd:
withered our laurels ? Have we even, without stifle, ing any
st:iin on our military fame, lost the benetioal cOnsequences
of our triumphs?—«'e have retreated from Bulgos and
from Madrid before an accumulation of force too welt to
be encountered by our divided attaie,. We have united
them on the field where they conquered, and where they will. •
again repel the foe, or should his overlJea:ing superiority
continue, whence they may securely retire into their for-
tress, Portugal. But we have not resigned all the f• nits of
our victories. Asturias, Callicia, Estremadura, Andalusia,
Grenada, Jaen, Cordova, and Cadiz, freed by our advance,
have not been re-enilaVed by' our retreat: The enemy drew
all his troops 110111 those provinces to compel us to fall back :
to prevent a renewal of our advance, he must keep them to-
gether in our front. He cannot, therefore, retake the prey
which he has been compelled to abandon, even should it re-
main defenceless. But when the benumbing pressure of his
power is removed, will not Spanish patriotism at fast burSt"
all the shackles of national prejudice and superstition, and ,
ceasing to envy time greatness or suspect the sincerity of Al-
lies who have bledin repeated battles for the independence
of the Peninsula, co-op rate so effectually with Them, as Ztt
frUstrote the designs of the enemy, and ultimately drive him *:
from the ground he still occupies ? The changeln the-Spa -
nish campailja *is, therefore, little more than one of position,.
which does not impair the brightness of its prospects, al- •
though it may delay the expirlsion of the invaders. But even
allowing that our hopes have experienced a partial disappoint-
ment in the Peninsula, have not our fears met with a_ fir.;
greater in the north ? Where is that tide of ruin which wAss
to overwhelm us through the •destruction of our Allies ?. •
The enemy, left triumphant amidst the wrecks of Moseow.jit
now flying from the desolation his advance has created. His •
van, his flanks, his rear, exposed to the sudden and inlpe7
tuous attacks of the Cossacks, suffer incessant losses, %hich
the wretched state of his cavalry renders him unable o.)

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THE NATIONAL '?EGISTI:11;,

NOV. 9q,

is not to b_ t: '',.lured in civilized and well-rtguhit‘d.:::::"..,- • it
b: bJr".e down by the heavy hand of authority. Fur fti. 1:;;;7;
•:','ays has tie time cf the Court been occupied, almost exchisively,i,!
these chivaitous heroes. Yesterday we had before us a linen.dnrLt
,Crmig v. Itennel,) from. Bristol, who having been a fnv weeks',
sAne militia, had tiled his mind with all the prvjadices of
men, and must forsooth he sending challenges, and posting Tl4ll
cowards, because they did not ola:oso to assist him in breakiil4
laws. TO-diV two merchants Were the parties ;\:,:zheatiliinetrhettrieywhiticri,)
ever b"en military men or no he could not tell, but they were
chants, and had occupii:d the time in posting 0
might have been much better employed in posting their blots. It
was, however, necessai y, th it the peace of society should be pr.
s.•tryd, and no way wool t do it so eflectually as for the patties to
br might befire the Court, and then the Court should punish
with severity.—Rule nntde absolute.

SNTURDAYs NOV. 28.
LIBEL BY cIiALLENCE.

Mr. Aikin, who had been convicted of libelli..g Mr. Day, lateq
the lit Dragoons, but now of the Surrey Militia, in posting hint ftr
coward and a scoundrel, in March last ; was sentenced by the Court
to be imprisoned in the King's Bench Prison for six calendar
an ,1 then to give sureties for his vond behaviour fur seven yPars ; 1))1.
self in 5001. and two sureties in (2301. each. Mr. justice GROSE, 1
pronouncing sentence, observed, this was a cai.c marked by peakr
and almost unprecedented malignity, the defendant having for ty.ie
) ears availed himself of every opportunity to insult the prosecutor.
LOVELL V. GOLDSMITH.
This was nn application to make the Rule absolute for a rew
The plaintill; the proprietor of the Statesman, having bro4n
action against the defendant, the editor of the A nti-galhcan Mr4torl
for accusing him of being concerned in a plot to destroy Louii
XV I I 1. under which a verdict was given for the defendant.
Lord E L FNnoao ur. rt recommended the parties to enter a stet pro.
cosies, but the Counsel not choosing to proceed without instrgrtiool
the case was ordered to stand over.
London, England, 1812-11-29

CADIZ PAPERS.

CFNEE AL BALLASTERC•S TO THE MINISTER AT WAR.
" Excellent Sir,—From the time of the surrender of Barcelona,
Fiatieras, Pampeluna, and San Sebastian, at which epoch I was at
Madrid, I began to ',mit no means to bring about the revolution,
maintlin.ng a communication with various provinces of Spain, and
acting with an en..rgy surpassed by none. 1 tiatt.r myself that no
person contributed more twat' I did to the success of the id of M.
from which has resulted our present sitttatiou. 'I he motive
at,itnatc4 me to act thus, was a knowledge that it wi> :he gc:ietA
London, England, 1812-08-02

PEACE WITH RUSSIA AND SWEDEN.

At last every doubt respecting the line of policy likely
to be adopted by Sweden, at the present momentous con-
juncture, has been removed by an official document. An
Extraordinary Ga:ette, published last Friday night, contained
the important intelligence that Treaties of Peace and Friend-
ship had been signed at Orebro, between the Plenipotentia-
ries of Great Britain, Russia, and Sweden ; an event which
was immediately announced in a letter from Lord CASTLE-
REAGH to the LORD MAYOR.

This intelligence will be received with still more joy by the
Russian and Swedish people than by us, whose interests it af-
fects in a remoter derce. To them, our assistance may be
life. It may save them fr(nn the ruin with which France
threatens all the Continent. To us, their co-operation is
welcome, because it tends to revive the independence of Eu-
ropean States, Oy bringing down the power of our common
enemy : but it is not with us a sine qua no•? of success, for
we have shown during several years, that we could, single
handed, repel the hostility of a world in arms to its own
shores, and even there carry defeat to our foes. j:xperi-
ence has now so plainly demonstrated what kind of assist-
ance is useful to our Allies, that we trust we shall not, in
this instance, revel t to the system of largely subsidizing,
which has hitherto proved ineffectual, except in emptying
our Treasury. Forty thousand Englishmen, with a brave and.
skilful General at their head, have done more for Portugal
and Spain than all the millions of money lavished on the
Princes of the Continent who coalesced against France.
Let us follow our own example, and imitate in Germany
what we have done in Portugal and Spain. We shall.
find lees difficulty, and it will require a smaller force
to check and defeat the enemy in the North than in the Pe-
ninsula. In the latter, fighting by the side of undisciplined
peasants, we had to bear almost the whole weight of the war,
until we had taught the population the use of arms, and mili-
tary tactics. It was therefore necessary that our numbers
should be considerable, and that we should act in some de-
gree as principals, where we only engaged as Allies. In the
North, the case is widely different. There, we should join
experienced veterans, under Officers of tried skill, and
headed by a man, who, besides having commanded armiis
during the revolutionary wars of France, has attended NAPO-
LEON in all his campaigns, and become intimately acquaint-
eci with his system of operations, and therefore able to count

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TIIE NATIONAL RE.GISTER7

AU G n.

pretensions. We behold our seafaring citizens still the daily victims
of lawless violence, committed on the great and common highway of
nations, even within the sight of the country which owes them pro.
tection. We behold our vessels freighted with the precincts of our
soil and industry, or returning with the honest proceeds of them,
wiestcd from their lawful destinations, confiscated by prize criers,
no longer the organs of public law, but the teatrumeets of arbitrary
edicts, .end their unfortunate crews dispersed and lost, car forced or in-
veigled in Briosh p; its into British ; whilst arguments are
employed in supnort of these aggressions, w Inch have no foundation
but in a principle equally supporting a claim to regulate cur exter-
nal commerce in all cases whatsoever.
We behol:, in tine, on the side ot Great Britain, a state of war
against the United States ; and, en the side of the United States, a
state of peace towards Great Biitain.
Whether the United States shall continue passive under these pro-
gressive usurpations, and these accumulating wrongs, or, cppoitiee
force to hirer in defence of their natitral rights, shall conimii a loot
cause into the hands of the Annelle). Oiapo ot eveets, avoitline ail
r connexions which might entangle it in the contests cr views of other
powers, and preserving a constant rcad.ness to concur in an honourable
re-establishment of peace and friendship, is a solemn question, which
the Constitution wisely confides to the Legislative Department of tite
Government. In recommending it to their early deliberations,
am happy in the assurance, that the decision will be worthy the
enlightened and patriotic councils of a virtuous, a free, and a powerful
nation.
Having presented this view of the relations of the United States with
Great Britain, and of the solemn alternative growing out t f limn, I
proceed to rettark, that the commenications last made to Congress °a
the subject of our relations with France, will have shewn, that since
the revocation of her decrees, as they violated the vent rid rights of the
United States, her Government has authorised illeeal captures, by its
privateers and public shies; and that other outrages have been prac-
tised on our vessels and out. citizens. I t will have been seen also, that
no indemnity had been provided, or satisfactorily plc god, for the
ex-
tensive spoliat ions cominitted under the violent and retrospective Order
of the French Government against the property of our citizens seized
within the jurisdiction of France.
I abstain at this time from recommending to the consideration of
Congress definitive measures with resnect to that nation, in the expec-
tation that the result of the unclose ddiscussiens between our Minist:o.
Plenipotentiary at Paris, and the Fre ch Government, will speedily
enable Congress to decide with greater advantage, on the course due to
the rights, the interests, the honour of our country.
Washington, June 1,181(2. JAMES MADISON.
London, England, 1812-08-02

THE HUMBLE PETITION OF

SHEWETH,

That your petitioner exhibited himself at for
days on the hustings, calling on the voters to choose him for
their representative.
That your petitioner promised them bread at six-pence the
quartern loaf, meat at four-pence the pound, and gin for
nothing—if they returned him.
ThAt your petitioner hired a rery respectable rabble, who
broke the windows in the house of his opponent, and per-
foimed other services equally creditable to themselves, and
beneficial to the district.

That your petitioner handsomely paid them for the same.
That your petitioner took upon himself to insult every
respectable freeholder; and in order to display his inde-
pendence, caused a subscription to be set on foot fur him,
at the tiame time holding up the skirts of his coat, and in-
viting those who supported his opponent, to come and----*
That your petitioner, to shew his respect for the lower
orders, and at the same time to mark his gallantry, of tired
to pay his addresses to every modest woman he met, and
accommodated every ragged prostitute he could find, with a
place at the hustings.
That your petitioner caused the cap of liberty to be car-
ricil before him, desired his friends to come armed with
bludgeons, and endeavoured by every means in his power
to impress upon their minds the constitutional glories of the
French Revolution.
That your petitioner by these means cawed several
serious riots, which he had reason to hope, properly encou-
raged, would not fail to break out in open rebellion, and
which at a time when other districts were in a disturbed state,
might have produced important results.
That your petitioner after all these exertions, found him-
self at the close of the election near two thousand votes
behind his opponent.
That your petitioner is satisfied that his accomplishments,
engaging appearance, and gentlemanly manners, must hoe
ensured success, had the opposition to him been fair, and
has therefore no hesitation in asserting, that his opponent
bas gained his election by bribery and corruption.
That your petitioner anxious to have another opportunity
of exhibiting himself at hopes your honourable
house will give him an opportunity of doing so, in order
that he may give the electors of another taste of
London, England, 1812-08-02

THE NATIONAL REGISTFRi

ATTACK UPON THE 13ELVIDER-1.

The details of this affair have been communicated in the
following letter from Halifax, dated June 28 :
The tilackarel schooner, which sailed yr, sterday with my hasty
letter, returned last night, having been ordered back by Capt. Byion,
oldie Bel videra, I %yid relate the cause. On the v3d instant he led itt
with an American squadron of three large frigates, and two sloops at
war. After satisfying himself what they were, and having
learned
from a pilot-boat off Sandy Hook, that a declaration of war had pased
the Lower House, he made sail from them ; two of them, both hearing
broad pendants, had the speed of him, pal Ocularly the President, alto
brought up a breeze with her, and was about three cables length dis-
tant from the Belvidere, Captain Byron standing on the hammocks
ready to h when she fired three shuts, one of which went through
the rudder coat, and another killed a man quartered in the cabin.
To prevent the Fssibility of an accident, Captain Byron had or-
dered the guns 11,74 to be primed. This was now immediately done,
and the fire returned from two large 18-pounders on the gun-deck, and
two 32• pound carronades on time quarter-deck, sternehasers ; and these
were the only guns tired for three hours, during which he maintained a
running fight, going right before the wind : the Pi esident never dared
to run hinu alongside, but as be came up yared the ship, givino
Itin' fist
one broadside and then the other. The Belvidere kept a stetted). cootie
to escape from such a superior force, which she effected. Her damage
is nut very great : two ugly shots have struck her in the counter ; one
went through her main-top-mast, another through a beam in the cabin,
and the cross-jack-yard was shot away : two men were killed, and seven
wounded. Captain Byron received a violent contusion in his left thigh,
by the swivel of one of the c irronades. Upon a presumption that a de-
claration of war had passed the Senate, Captain Byron has taken three
Americans, which are cumin.) in.
The, Macharci i. gettitn? under weigh. The above account i 0
front Captain Byrotis own mouth."
London, England, 1812-08-02

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

THE BRISTOL ELECTI‘ N.

--war.•p
TO MR. HUNT.

SIR,---111 taking up my pen to address you, I beg to state,
tbat I have no disposition to overwhelm you with my prai,es.
I shall not even attempt' panegyric, as really I cannot 'it'd
words to express the sentiments I entertain for you; bur
must at least say, and I hope you will believe me sincere,
that I admire your talents just as much as I reverence your
integrity, and think your actions entitle you to quite as much
of public gratitude, as your intentions.
My object in writing this letter is merely to submit to von
the form of a petition which I have drawn up for the use of
patriots and reformers at large—in general I me ;n. I cannot
say there is in it any thing peculiarly applicable to your case;
but if it should please you in the main, or if anv 'mit of it
should obtain your approbation, you are exceedingly wel-
come to make use of it in the next petition you may get
your friend Burdett to present to parliament. Ilavin.4 said
thus much, I shall present it to you without further preface
or apology. -

To the Honourable the
in

of Great Britain,

a ssembkd.
London, England, 1812-08-02

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

onDon,
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2.

EMBARGO.
Last night's Gazette contains an Order prohibiting any
Ships clearing out for America, and directing an Embargo
to be laid on all Vessels belonging to that nation in our ports,
'H'l all others at sea, to be brought in by our cruisers.

REATTLE3.
A report was generallyPO prevalent yesterday, that a battle
has been fought in Spain, in which the Allies were completely
lictorious. This event is said to have taker. place on the 18th
IQ. In the neighbourhood of Valladolid ; and the loss of the
rnerny is said to amount to 8,000 men. Government has
received no accounts of the engagement ; and the affair resat
London, England, 1812-08-02

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Aro. S

Utr~tul c„pvof the painting of Raphael on this subject, may he seen
a Aciw the altar iu the chapel at Dulwich-colege, Surrey, painted by
Ittpuatio, alter the dr4wing of Raphael himself, and which is be-
come mure va!aable, since the orig.inal has been much no-
pr.ll•
•ei ,iuce its transportation to Paris. 180'2. Bilonaparie appointed
Cutisill tor life. Ile was already so enthusiastically ftittered at that
font• by his courtiers, that one of theta who watt a sctiattir, gave ',Ls vote
is tlie following line :

• Oiii, pour la vie ; et qu'il suit immortel."
• Yes, far his life-time; and may he Heuer die."
The title at consul did not long satisfy his ambition. IEIO6.
framis U. resigns the crown of Germ.tily. ]631. Nri!. of It-nylon.

The Sun rises at 41►. 23 win. sets at 7 G. 35 win.

7. Fridart.—St. Cajetan, founder of an order of regula- clergy, who
their time, not to idle ecstasies, or deep and silent medttati ns.
hat to the care of the poor and sick. Ile died at 1N 'pies 1560. Also
notions, who suffered martyrdom under the reign of Julian the
apostaste, ann. 366. This was the birth-day of au amiable princess,
%she, after lung sutierances, borne with truly christi:in patience and for-
t;tile, eicd nearly two years ago : an event which Lrot,lit on our ve-
ra.cable monarch the lamentable illness under which he has labouted ever
si!:ce, a victim to paternal feelings. 1485. lie carl of Richtucnd,
Lf'crwards Henry VII. landed at Milford-h !ern, Pembrokeshire,
South Wales, with 2000 men. 1799. Death of John Bacon, R. A. the
crietirated sculptor, whose talents will be remembert d and admiied as
hag as the durability of mat ble will preserve a most beautiful specimen
of than, in the m liniment of Lord Chatham, lit AVestminst.er Abbey.

The Sun rises at 4 h. V 7 min. sets at 7 h. 33 min.

8. Saturday.—The Mane of Jesus, an antient festival, instituted in
1:01loar ot that name through which we are to hope for salvation. Also
S. S. Cvriaeus, Largus, and Smaragdus, who lost their lives in the most
c:vl torments, under the reign of Dioclesian, si►m. 304. 1310.
Henry VI: I. married Catherine 'lnward, having been just divorced
fium Ann de Cleves.

The Sun ri-cs at 4 h. 29 min. sets at 7 h. 31 min.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The ove.tti w of important political matter has compelled us to post-
pone the insertion of many valuable Communications ; amongst the
rest, the Memoirs and Correspondence of the late Count d' A ntrague,
Z's Vindication, Translation et' the Latin Epigram%, and of Ovid,
with many favours of our Advertizing Friends, which will appear in
nut next.

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
s per Cent. Consols
3 per Cent. Reduced Mil Exchequer Bills
4 per Cents.
5 per Cent. BBl trif i thallium 1i it pr.
London, England, 1812-08-02

A UG. Q.

FOREICiN INTELLIGENCE.

FIRST RV,sitiN BULLETIN.

Supplcment to the St P,tershurgh Gazette, June 21 (July 8), 1812.
Head-grunters, 17th (29th) Jui.e. 1812.
in the month of February the French troops crossed the }Jbe and
o'h r; and directed their march towards the Vistula. Front that titne
brellled un::cr,idairle. In the hope ut Maintaining peace, his Ma-
jesty look only sod' steps as were dictated by prudence and circuit'.
,retion, mid with this flew the troops were stationed without t,t! least
;we. ranee of hostility. This plan was the snore readily adopted from
the experience of the former War having prayed, that the defensive is
relcroble to an offensive system of warfare. By the end of April, the
French troops were assemlded, notwithstanding which, warlike opera-
tions did not commence till thg 12th of June.; a proof of the effect pro-
duced on the enemy by the measur-s adopted by us.
The corps under the orders of Field-Marshals Ney, Oudinot, Mac-
donald, Prince Poniatowsky, and the guards, crossed the Niemen al-
most st the sante time, by Jurbura, Nowt)°, Ulna, and Mereey. As
soon as intelligence of that had reached Isis Majesty, he ordered the
troops to concentrate. The point of concentration was necessarily at
some distance from the frontiers; pursuant to this disposition, all ad-
tan; ed corps fell back to occupy the positions allotted to diem. That
movement being completed, the army this day stands thus :—The
corifs of Count Wittgenstein is near Wilkomir ; ditto of General Bag-
goliutwudt, near Schiwrink, betwixt Wilkomer and Mina ; ditto el
Generals Tutshkuw end Suwarrow, near Wilna the resert e, consisting
of the guards, near Schwenzen; the army c f Prince Bagrathion is on
its march from Slonin Wileika. The army of observation, com-
manded by General Tormassoff, is at Lutzk. These movements were
recessary, in order to avoid a general engagement until Prince
Bagiathion's approach. W'ilna therefore has been abandoned for a

Operations have commenced, and have lasted five days ; but not one
of our ditlerent corps has been attacked : thus the opening of the cam-
paigo has not produced any of those enterprises which characterised
every previous one in which the Emperor Napoleon has been engaged.
There have been some skirmishes, in which the Guard 'Cossacks have
distinguished themselves.

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London, England, 1812-08-02

AN ACT,

DECLARING WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF
GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, AND THE DP.PI7NDLN-
CiES THZREOF, AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
AND THEIR TERRITORIES.

" Be it Enacted, by the Senate and House of Reprentatires f the
United States of America, in Congress assembled, that \V:ir
the same is herby declared to exist hatween the United King.it m of
Great Britain and Ireland, and the Dependencies thereof,
United States of America, and their territories ; and the Presis!e, . 01
the United States be, and is he:-::by authorised, to use the whole 1.011
and naval. force of the United States, to carry the same into tdett ;
and to issue to private armed vessels of the United States, Coninas-
sions or Letters of Marque and general Reprisal, in such form as lie
shadthink proper, and under the. Seal of the United States, iteinst
the vessels, goods, and etkets of the Government of the r.aikl Liatcd
Kiegdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the subjects thereof.
" JunelB,lSt.2..—A pp roved. " JAMES MADISON."

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.

MONDAY, JULY 27.
The Volunteer's Agent General's, the White Herring f i:/iery, the
London Prisons, and the Woods and Forests Bills, were read u third
time, and passeA.
On the third reading of the Dissenters' Worship Bill,
The Loan CHANCELLOR proposed the attaching of a clause to 11
11, IT.
by way of rider, which he described went to obviate s.,:ne an:
biguity of expressions in the Bill, respecting Places of Worship, and
not in the smallest degree to affect the provisions of the Bill.
The Noble and Learned Lord having read the Clause, it was agree,l
to by the House, and attached to the Bill, which was then iead
third time, and passed.
PEACE PRESERVATION BILL.
On the Report being taken into consideraticn,
Lord HOLLAND, in a speech of some length, urged a variety of ob.
jections, not only to the principle, but to the details of the treasure'
His• Lordship stated it to be his intention to move iiCYCIAI amendments
when the proper time come.

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SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

At the Court at Carlton House, the 31st July, 1812, present, Pis
Royal Highness the Prince regrut in Council.
It is this day ordered, by His Royal Highness the Prince Re-
gent, in the' name and on the behalf of his Majesty, and by and
with the advice of his Majestv`:: Privy Council, that no ships nr
vessels belonging to any of his Majesty's subjects be permitted
to enter and clear out for an:,, of the ports within the terr;tories
of the United States of America until further order: And his
Royal Highness is further pleased, in the name and on the behalf
of His Majesty, and by and with the advice aforesaid, to order,
that a general embargo or stop be ma(le of all ships and vessels
whatsoever, belonging to the citizens of the United States of
Ames ica, now withii., or which shall hereafter come into any or
the ports, harbours, or roads, within :,ny part of his Mjesty's
dominions, together with all persons and effects on board all such
ships and vessels; and that the Comtn'nders of his Majesty's
ships of war and privateers do detain and bring into •.•opt all r.hips
and vessels belonging to the citizens of the United S,.:tes of Ame-
rica, or bearing then g of the said United States, except such as
may be furnished with British licences, which vessels arc allowed
to proceed according to the tenor of the said licences; hut that
the utmost care be taken for the preselvation of all and every
part of the cargoes on board any of the said ships or vessels, so
that no damage or embezzlement whatever be sustained ; and
the Commanders of his Majesty's ships of war and priv -trees are
hereby instructed to detain and bring into port every such ship
and vess( I accordingly, except such as are above excepted ; nod
the It'?;ht Honorable the Lords Commissit.-ners of his Majest‘'s
Treasury, the 1 olds Commissioners of the Admirnity, and Lord
Warden of the Cinque Ports, are to give the necessary directions
berem as to them may reEptctively cppertain.

B NK • PTS.

W. J3rorubly. cf Leicester, tn,:ltster, to F. urrenc?er Aug. 7,8, at
eleven, and S‘ipt. 32, at tw,..ive, at the Blue Bell Inn, Leicester.
A ttornies, Messrs. Ilcrton, and Roarke, Crane-court, Fleet-
street, Lcrilen ; a'd Mr. Pilkington, Leicester.
E. Young, at West Maliir4;, Kcnt, school-master, Aug. 1, 15, and
Sept. 12, at twelve, at Guildhall, London. Attornies, .Ir. Mares,
Maid tone; and Mr. Jan ;, Millman-place, Bedford-tow, London.
I. f'a'ience, lute of Bury, St. Edmunds, Suffolk, builder, Aug.
11, at five, 13, and Sept. I‘2, at eleven, at the Angel, Bury St. Ed-
mund's ; and Messrs. Blagrave and Walter, Symond's-Inn, Chancery-
Line, London.
T. t.;laik, late of Barthf:lomew-close, worst:Al-manufacturer, Aug.
4, 22, and Sept. 12, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Davies,
Lotbbury.
I). Tubb, late of Basing, Southampton, miller, Aug. 17, 18, and
Sept. 12, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Basinotoke. Attornies,
Messrs. Raggett and f:ule, Odiliant, Hants ; and Mr. Hurd, Temple.
H. Dot*, of boutliamptou-place, Camberwell, Aug. 4. S, and
Sept. 12, at tell, at Guildhall, London. Attorney,
L.Ambeth-haul, ariey.
London, England, 1812-08-02

STATE OF THE NATION.

Sir F. BURDETT said, that since public grievances required public
remedies, and since, notwithstanding the appearance of success in the
prosecution of the war, the country might be fairly stated never to
have bem placed in a situation of greater peril, he thought it his duty,
before the House separated for the summer, to endeavour to draw the
attention of the Prince Regent to those circumstances, and to state
the only remedy which could be applied to the evils with which the
country was at present surrounded. Among legal grievances he would
place the method of Judges construing the law in a manner unfavour-
able to the liberty of the subject, a.ll in particular whenever the li-
berty of the Press was concerned. The power of the Attorney-Ge-
m ral to institute ex-officio informations when he pleased, though to-
lerated in matters of small moment, should not be allowed in matters
of such vital importance as the freedom of the Preis. The power SC)
illegally assumcu by the Attorney-General of bringing en, or putting
Ott a trial at his will rd 4z.,l;;;ssen with a tine, without giving
London, England, 1812-08-02

AMERICA.

WASHINGTON, juzeilB, 4 o'CLocK, P. M.—The Injunction of
Secrecy was about an hour ago removed from the following Message
and Act :

MESSAGE OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTA
TIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.

I communicate to Congress certain documents, being a continuation
of those heretofore laid before them, on the subject of our affairs with
Great Britain.

Without going beyond the renew4l, in 1803, of the war in which
Great Britain is engaged, and omitting unrepaired wrongs of interior
magnitude, the conduct of her Government presents a series of acts
hostile to the United States as an independent and neutral nation.
British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the
American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and
carrying off persons sailing under it, not in the exercise of a belligerent
right, tounded on the law of nations against' an enemy, but of a mu-
nicipal prerogative over British subjects. British jurisdiction is thus
extended to neutral vessels in a situation where no laws can operate
but the law of nations and the laws of the country to which the ves-
sels belong ; and a self-redress is assumed, which, it British subjects
were wrongfully detained and alone concerned, is that substitution of
force for a resort to the responsible Sovereign, which falls within the
definition of war. Could the seizure of British subjects, in such cases,
be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknow-
ledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be
adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal,
would imperiously demand the fairest trial, where the sacred rights of
persons were at issue. In place of such trial, these rights are sub-
jected to the will of every petty commander.
The practice, hence, is so tar from affecting British subjects alone,
that under the pretext of searching for these, thousands of American
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nizens, under the safe-guard of public laws, and of their national
flag, have been torn from their country, and from every thing dear to
Ine,m•—have been dragged on board ships of war of a foreign nation,
"!"(I exposed, under the severities of their discipline, to be exiled to
their oppressors,
distant and deadly climes, to risk their lives in the battles of
."2eir oppressors, and to be the melancholy instruments of taking away
those of their own brethren.
Against this crying enormity, which Great Britain would be so
prompt to avenge if committed against herself, the United States
"6 w vain exhausted remonstrances and expostulations ; and that

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

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as yet upon private letters received in the city from the nor-
thern coast of Spain. We hope the intelligence may be
confirmed.

It was reported last night that letters from Holland, of the
egth ult. had been received, stating that accounts had ar-
rived there " of a most dreadful battle fought near Riga, be•
tween the Itu,,ians and the French under General MACDO-
NALD '.l'arentuni), at the head of 60,000 men, in which the
latter was defeated with the losi of 15,000, and compelled
to make a rapid retreat." It was added, that

" Two more Prussian regiments had deserted from the
French."

The letters further state, that " the coast of France is
completely drained of troops, and that BUONAPARTE has
issued a great number of new Licenses, which he has been
induced to do in the hope of obtaining some revenue, and al-
laying the discontents which his rigorous system h.ls excited."
This report of a battle is the F. amc as that which has been
received from other Faits. We doubt it. The accounts fe-
ceived by Government from the Baltic are of the 25th ult.
and they mention nothing of it- We hardly think any later
news could have reached Holland on the 29th ult.
London, England, 1812-06-28

Tin: NATIONAL uffisTEß.

STVLLA DESART V. JOU? R( G.

In this cause the Rule was made absolute agai,.n Mr. I ii g. Mr.
Watlington, the prothonotary t 9 whom it was referred, seemed to coo.
sidcr that whether usury is taken or not, tiny oiler or baroiin In give
it is corrupt and vittat,.s the security. By this decision, though Mrs.
Deart admitted that she owei a larg.. sum, and had met great inal
long indulgence, Mr. King lows it all, principal and interest.—Aa
investigation will take place in involver Court, where it will be acre,.
ay to produce her letters ; Mr. King will have recourse to no other
evidence that, her letters. and leave to the Public Judge whether he
is not hardy dealt with, whether he has not been cruelly and alto-
eiou,lr used in this transaction, and how danaerJus it is to place
i:,discriminate confidence.
London, England, 1812-06-28

FINE ARTS.

BRITISH INSTITUTION—DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUNR
100. A Gypp/ and her Child. Ily A. RonEwrsos.—lt
is not under the nodding plumes of a noble crad!e, nor in
the nursery of the rich, nor even upon the ap of the com-
fortably situated peasant, that we are exclusive to look for
infant beauty ; under the migratory tent, on the margin 01
a brook, shaded by the thick-set hawthorn of the protecting
hedge, and nursed on the bosom of poverty, the gyr
child and his mother present sometimes to the astotii.shek!
eyes, features and traits of an extraordinary ca,t. Wando,
ing through all parts of the globe, under pretence of fore.
telling the event of future times, or revealing the tran,au.
tions of the past, these people originally migrated frot"
Chaldxa and Egypt, where all sorts of divinations, anal, 11
particular chiromancy, were
practised. Like the Jews of Vl-
lestine, scattered among, but unmixed with other nation,'
they have preserved their habits, and they seldOm, if ever,
intermarry with any individuals of the society upon which
I they subsist. Their features have retained a character
„Iwo:,
lis known, and is stamped with a somet ling u.

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SUNDAY, JUNE cB. 1814.

No. (-1 35 .

POI IFICAL

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TOTAL REPEAL OF '[HE ORDERS IN COUNCIL.

The satisfaction excited by the announced suspension of
these Orders, and displayed in various parts of the country
by public rejoicings, has been carried to its climax by their
subsequent repeal. The first efiecti of this measure are sen-
sibly felt through the commercial world, may its last be
equally propitious! Late distreisei seem to be already for-
gotten: simulation revives, and anticipated success wakens
enterprise. Our wharfs are covered with goods ; our vessels
laden with the produce of native industry ; and whilst
the flag of trade waves unfurled in all our harbours, and
courts the western breeze, hope and confidence Levisit the
'waits of our mauufacturers, labour resumes its activity, and

regains its price.
`This is a pleasing scene, which no eye can behold without
brightening with sympathetic joy : but which cool reflec-
tion desuoils of all its charms. For should not the Repeal
of the Orders in Council yield its expected fruit, the ex-
ultation and the belief artfully impressed on the popular
mind, that all the distres'es of the community Were pro-
duced by, and will vanish with, our retaliatory measures,
being totally disappointed, will create deeper dejection, or
spread wider discontent. Notwithstanding the sincerity of
our wishes to the contrary, we cannot conceal our appre-
hension that this measure, adopted in the pure.spirit of con-
ciliation, will have only a temporary effect, and that the
present high expectations of the people will prove barren of
future advantage. We ground this opinion on the firm
evviction that the Orders in Council were not the cause of
our commercial difficulties and losses, and that consequettly
their repeal, although it opens for a short time a channe' of
trade closed to us for some years, and may lead to a new
prospect of an accommodation with America, if the spirit
of French intrigue, which rules her councils, hate not
already hurried her into a declaration r.,;* war, will not
permanently relieve the sufferings of our manufacturing
population.

We only intend to curb extravagant expectations, not to
extinguish hope. Disappointment has a more bitter taste
than restraint ; we wish, by the timely use of the latter, to
moderate, if not to avoid the former.
The Orders in Council had long, and most unjustly been
unpopular. A measure adopted for the protection of our
trade was represented as more destructive to it than the
Decrees of the enemy. This was in itself incredible, for its
Projectors were• neither traitors, who profited by the dis-
tresses of the country, nor so blind as to stab her bosom
whilst fighting in her defence. They weie men possessed
of sources of information to which their situation in the
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE A lIIRDER CLUB !

The Admirers of the Constitution, the Patrons of Pa-
triotism, the Friend: of Humanity, the Lovers of Charity.
and the Advocates of Reform, bad yesterday a grand meet-
ing at Slaughter's Coffee-house.
(OLD WHITE-Whi.o in the Chair.)

Mr. 11---T (a lamplighter) o: erred the business. He
thought it unnecessary to remind the company of the hint
he had formerly given respecting the utility and necessity of
exhibiting Sir `ICARY Clans on a Lamp-posi. They must
feel that it was no small gratification to him to see the spirit
in which that was thrown out, bad lately exerted itself in
the most glorious manner and with the greatest effect. To
encourage that spirit wag, he knew, an object dear to the?
hearts of all present, and it was needless for him to say that
it was the pu,-pose for which that meeting had beet% called,
In order effectually to do this, they all knew that a subscrip-
tion had been set on foot for the family of the individual
who had unfortunately
.fallen in their cause—the immo,tal,
Bellingham ! Their laudable exertions had, however, been
baffled by his widow, who had refused to accept of a public
subscription. Thus circumstanced, as the sums ahead,/
subscribed could not be applied to the purpose originally
intended, that ofrewardiog the last murder, it was his inten-
tion to propose that they should be kept to give a bounty
on the next. As he could anticipate no opposition to that
measure he would detain them no longer. lie should, there-
fore, first move, '' th a the sums subscribed to rewx-d BEL-
LINGHAM'S glorious deed, he kept in the hands of the vene-
rable Chairman, fur the purpose of rewardinA the next pub •
lic murder," intending to follow this moion up with a ieso-
lution for establishing a fund for the benefit of all future
murderers !"

The Lamplizrhter then moved his first resolution amidst
shouts of universal applause.
Mr. J. KtiTc u ((fthe (Ed flails;') regretted, that owing
to the unexpired confinement of some of the staunchest.
hien& which the caue possessed, it should dc%olve upon
him to second this important motion. Not that he did not
perfectly agree with the Ilon. Mover ; but bee.iuse he al-
ways considered his humble talent, rime suited to at., ican
than public sixaking. 11c had, however, the saristlietion
know that he only expre;sed the opinion of those abseni.
patriok, whose day of liberty wac., he rejoiced to announce,
near at hand, when he assumed the h:~rrl:l,
re,peetatie meutiog•
that he bad never heard of any proposition that furaishi ft
-eyli a pro,pect of aikaub:.re :IS that submitted fur their
adoption by hi.• p4tliotic fliend. Ile conceived that nothiai..l
was more esspnth: to the I.;e:fr in and pros::crity vf the cocui..
/iv/ than that those by whom it WA-; formed, shouid all ha/J.,
fo:ret,icr, which Ae hoped they would do. He knew most ti
the ;.*.entlonen pre-cut, having often icen their faces be ore,
and indeed he IniAlit add the Backs of many of them, Ile
puked he should often sce them agilia. To say he piped was
cold c,lne icrh uhe wat confident he must be ranspertil

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THE FATAL GIFT.

TIIE POLITIC; AL I3UNDLE OF STICKS ;
OR, TILE POLITICAL ;TICKS BL'NDLLD•

An old man who felt that his end fast drew nigh,
And who knew chat his sons had sad quarrelsome tricks,
Begged all to attend ere he breathed his last sigh,
And bring to his ned,,ide a bundle of sticks.
They came with the bundle—" Now striplines," he cried,
is Take each one, and if you can break it let's see ;"
They pulled out a few, and to break one each tried,
And the same moment each snapped one over his knee.

lIEBIiOII.4PARY ;
OR, EPHEMERIS OF THE WLEK.

With pulse fast ebbing, and ob‘cure the sight,
The soul half-%ing'd to take its Heav'nly flight,
Amalie bei:kons to her Sire and Knig,
Then grasp his hand—and gives thefet,l ring :
lit liulering accent. thus take it," she tries.—
Casts the last filial look—she pants! she droops ! she dies!

" I see you have done it," he faintly oh%erved,
" The bundle each now take, break at once what remain ;"
In turn each :low strove, till quite faintiitv, Unnerved,
His oft renewed of proved idle and vani.
" Of union, rny sons, aLle the use," erit-d the sage,
" Nor more risk vonr safety by quariefsoitie tricks,
e. But when I've the debt paid if nature avid
" Remember at it isure the bundle of sticks."
I suppose .prey and Grenville thin fable had read.
And thought it in -time suit to then ntight.;ipply,
And that it with teitots rosy
nit . h ...ye been said, •
That they are two sticks I've Uo wish to deny.
These sticks, it should seem. thought together bound
They just as 'key pleased the Prince Regent might trundle ;
And their fliends, Lilo' sad sticks. tliOuglit siirr“w was past,
While their talents tuned were bound in a bundle. '
Pat Wrainblin:, Oree white Household sticks to obtain,
Their wishes to furthee, their pinver to 14,
The Regent rejected them all Nish disdain, •
And cast all as hunher the Bundle if sticks.
And now like the dog, who with moush full of meat,
Moat needs make a snap at the shatic in the pools;
They mourn their rapacity's total defeat,
• And each bundled stick calls the next one a fool.