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The National Register.
London, England, 1812-09-06

POLITICAL

HIGH PRICE OF CORN.

(CONCLVDID BROM OUR LAST NUMBER).

In antient times the fluctuations in the price of corn ap-
pear to have been so frequent and so great that it is difficult
from the accounts which have reached us to draw any con-
clusion at all applicable to the present state of thing's. From
the year 1200 to the year 1300, it has been computed that
the average price- of the quarter of wheat: was somewhere
about 48i. of our present money, but it is almost ridiculous
to attempt to ascertain what was the average price, at a pe-
riod when the troubles of the times seem alternately to have
raised and depressed it in a manner which the most tremen-
dous revolutions at the present day could hardly be expected
to effect. In the year 1244, the 29th of the reign of HENRY.
111. the price of the quarter of wheat is stated to have been
two shillings of the money of that time. It amounted in
IQ7O, a period only twenty-six years posterior to that we
have just mentioned (and in the same reign) to 41. 16s. at
one part of the year, and to the sum of W. Bs. at another :
that is, to no lep than 13/. 18s. of our present money
in the former instance, and. to the amazing sutn of 191. 4s.
in the latter. The average price of that year is stated to have
been .51.124 of the money of that time, or i 6!. 16s. of the
money of the present day. It is now extremely difficult, if
not wlinjly impracticable, to trace out all the causes which
led to what must appear .to us to be so very extraordinary an
event. Such an extravagant advance could hardly have
been caused by a dearth ; at least we know that in other years
not very far removed from the period of which stc are speaking
such was not the effect even of a famine. Great as were thc
troubles of the times, in the ordinary course of human
events, we know of no other'public calamity. however aggra-
vated
and increased by the evils of the feudal. system, which
could produce such a change. We cannot suppose it to
have been caused by any great degradation of the value of
silver at that period. Such a supposition, even if it
had been countenan( ed by events recorded in the history
of that day, must Lave fallen to the ground on a survey
of the prices of svheat in the subsequent years, to the close
of the century in which the price was frequently so low as
three shillings of oar present money, which could not have
been the case had such a dedreciation of the value of silver
taken pla-e in that year. From this statement it will be
seen, that what is called the average price of that time gives
but a very imperfect idea of the rate at which wheat was.
frequently sold.
In the two fo'lowing centuries the average price of wheat
appears to have been very consider ably lowered. A quarter
of wheat between the years 1300 and 029, bore at various
Via. V, No. CeXLV.
London, England, 1812-09-06

TUESDAY, SEPT ENBZR 1.
The fallowing American vessels, troat re:ersburg, are detained and
sent into Wingo Sound, viz. the Calibar, the Cuba, tie! li.heynii,
the Cygnet, and the Catharine ani Jane, bound to Boston; the Lot-
warn, and the William and Eliza, bound to Newbury Port ; and the
bound to the Brazils.
the Navi,!aror, (American,) Young, from Havannah to Peters.
burg, is detai..ed and sent into Wingo Sound.
The Airielicati brig America, Buntin. from the Balite to America,
arrived in Lcith Roads on Thursday, detained by the Cracker GB.
the brig Dolphin, from Jersey to St. John's, Newfoundland, has
been Cdpillfnd by the American ship of weir Hotuct, and retaken by
the Hazard SW.
Th.! Urania, Walker, from London to Smyrna, was all well 10th
ult. in lat. 46. 30. long. 11. 15.
Three or four vessils (particulars unknown) were lost near Winter-
ton durinl; a heavy gale ot wind between `27th and 30th ult.
The Providence Endeavour, Hebsen, of Whitby, was lost at Hunt
cliff Foot, VSth ult. Crew saved.
Two Collier brigs (names unknown) were lost, on the Kentish
Knock on
• The Jane, Mortle..v, from Newcastle to Colchester, was lost near
Yaravitith `2Bth ult. Crew saved.
The Betsey. ot Dteilin. Nixon, was abandoned on the Sih ult. in
?at 41. lung. 41. 9. having sprung a leak the day before. The
crew and 10 passengers. saved by the Sarah, itak‘r, arrived at Bristol
•if Olf) J aniaica.

FRIDAY, 6EPTEMSER
The Cirencester, Marquis of Huntley, Elphinstone, Wexford,
Altiwick Ca:4le, and Bombay, bound to China, were all well nn the
bth of June, in lat. 22. S. long. Li. W. tu,der convoy of the Theban
fri,,ate.
'I h.. Uni,m, Mary Ann, and the Palufox. from Lisbon to Philadel-
ph a ; the A lcoran, from Liverpool to New York ; the John and
Wil;i,m, trorn Lisbon to Marolehead, detained by the Jason frigate;
the Arab, Delano, from' Greenock to New York, detained by the
Vengenr MW. ; an American ship and two bligs, detained by the
Bawd SW. and a achoonet cietwited by the Pomone frigate, were sent
into Islewtimodoold previous to the 29th of July.
" The Caliban tan Anicrica;i), Atkins, from Petersburg to Boston,
(tit-time:l w4t; bore offthe coast of Essex on Twsiinv.
London, England, 1812-09-06

No. (245.

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1812.

a.
1. s.
1631
1647
1648
1649
,S 16 8
11350
3 13 4
1651
3 5 0
1658

1659
1661
1661

PH t c r, 9(i.

times the high price of three pounds, of four pounds eleven,
ana of five pounds eighteen and six •pence, or what to us the
same thing; it was considered as equivalent to a quantity of
silver, of those values in our time. From that period, or at
least from somewhere about the year 1330, to the year 1:350,
its price does not appear to have averaged more than (me
pound of our present money. After the period last me►►-
tioned, it sunk so low as ten shillings, and this, thoug'•►
it experienced great occasional fluctuations, may he said. to
have remained its average price till neatly the close of the
sixteenth century.

We should greatly exceed our limits if we were to allow
ourselves to comment on the object and effect of the various
statutes which were enacted respecting the price of corn
within that period, which we have been led in some sort to
include io this inquiry. We will not, therefore, allow our-
selves to glance at the assize of bread and ale ref HENRY
M. in 1526.2, the statute of labourers of EDWARD lit.
in 1350, or the Acts of 1436, 1554, and 1558, for regul :tin};
the exportation of wheat, and the other legislati%e enact-
ments on the subject, which some of our made's milt
expect would come under our observation ; on these we
shall be silent, and proceed, without loss of time, to resume
our statement.—Towards the close of the sixteenth cen-
tury the price of wheat rose very considerably, • insomuch
that the average price of the quarter, which h.. 4.1 previously
been usually so'd at ten shillings, was advanced to somett.ing
above two pounds.

From. the commencement of the seventeenth century to
its close, the average price of the best wheat
.has been
et down as fluctuating between 2!. and 21. "1 2i. the
quarter of nine bushels. Within that period, however, it
way be, pro Fer to remark, that wheat w:is often :old at
more than 31. the quarter„as will appear from the following
extract from the Returns of Windsor Market. The price of
the quarter was, in

1 s. d.
1674 4 8 8
1675
1679

1693
I ,94
tt,96

1097
1698
1699 • • 3 4

From the year 1700 to the commencement of the pre-
sent reign, its price did not fluctuate ver) much; and'upon
the whole expel ienced a declension ra+ber than an advance.
It averaged very little more than 21. When the present
King ascended the throne, it sold for something under that
sum, as in 1760 the price was 11. 16s. 6d. Since that period
it is almost unnecessary to say, that its auchistions• bay.
London, England, 1812-01-05

12

THE NATIONAL RMISTER.

WINDSOR, JAN. 3.
This morning the Purrrcessgs' •horses were ordered for
them to ride out ; they remained at the door of.the Castle
upwards of half an hour, and then the order was counter-
manded. Neither the QUEEN, Or any of the Royal Family,
'Ave cone out of the Castle to-day: the reason is not
known, but it is feared the KING is worse.

rJAN. 3.

MURDERS AT SHADWELL.

On Monday James Cahill was again examined, when it appeared that
his prevarications was in consequence of his having received bounties
from different regiments and then deserting. He was acquitted of any
transaction in the murder, but remanded as a deserter.
Thete has been no fresh examinationcelattng to the Ratcliffe Mur-
ders, since Mondv. The Magissrates are of opinion the atrocious
deeds were perpetrated by Williams alone ; and this is strongly corro.
borated by the evidence of 'ruiner, the lodger at Williamson's, who
distinctly stated, at three several examinations, that he never saw or
heard but one man.
London, England, 1812-01-05

PORTUGAL AND SPAIN.

- _
A Mail from Lisbon was brought by the St. Fiorenzo
frigate, which has arrived at Portsmouth from the Tagus,
with dispatches from Lord WELLINGTON. By the lates.t
accounts from the Army, it appears, that• Lord WELLING-
TONIS Head-quarters remained at Frenada, and that the..
Allied. Army was taking up winter cantonments-in the
interior.cf Portugal. The sick were recovering fast. Se-
veral vessels, laden with provisions for the Army, sailed
from Lisbon to Oporto. A private letter states, that Mr.
COLEMAN, Serjeant-at-Arms to the House of Commons,
and a Colonel in the Portuguese Army, had fallen a victim
to disease a few days previous to the sailing of the St. _Pio-

Team
Letters from Cadiz state, that a misunderstanding ex-
ists between the Regency and the British Minister, from
the wish of the Regency to prohibit the importation of all
British cotton manufactures into the Spanish colonies, un-
less upon plyment of an extravagant duty. The Regency
has, besides, demanded a further supply of arms, clothing,
and warlike stoles, which the British Minister has refused,
until the Regency shall enable him to account to his Go
vernment for the application •of the supplies already af-
forded them. Another ground of difference is said to be
a,renewal of the demand by Mr. WELLESIAY to have a
certain proportion of Spanish soldiers placed under the
command of British Officers. This the Regency is un-
derstood to-have peremptorily refused; and in this state
things are expected to rest until thereturn of Mr.VALIGIIAN,
whose visit to this country is supposed to have been occa-
sioned by these unaccountable and impolitic differences.
In the Cdrtes, Senor SAMNA proposed sev"ral Resolu-
tions for the better administration of puilic affairs, all the
London, England, 1812-01-05

SEPTEMBER.

3. The Court of Common Councii vote an Address to the Prince Re-
gent, on the victory of Salamanca.
4. Dispatches received from the Marquis of Wellington, announcing
his entry into Madrid on the 'Mb August, and the surrender of the Re-
tiro on the 14th of the same month.
8. Arrival of the 13th and 14th Bulletins of the French Grand army,
dated August 21 and 23, from Smolensko, which was entered by the
French on the 18th August, afrer a sanguinary battle.
11. Accounts received of great riots in Baltimore, in America in the
latter end of July, which commenced in an attack made by the demo-
crats, on the otlice of "Thee Federal Republican" newspaper.
18. The 15111 French Bulletin is received, dated Slawkovo, August
27.
21. The 16th and 17th Bulletins of the French Army are received ;
the former date Viastua, August 31, the latter Glijat, September 3, de,
tailing the advance of Buonaparte towards Moscow.
22. Baron Rehausen, the new Swedish Ambassador, introduced to
Prince Regeht.
23. Dispatches from Major-General Cooke announce the taking of the
City of Seville, on 27th of August, by the Corps under General Crus
and Colonel Skerritt.
24. Dispatches from Lord Wellington announce his having quitted
Madrid on the Ist instant, and proceeded to the North of Spain.

52j. Parliament dissot•ed by Proclamation.
OCTOB ER.

2. Accounts received of General Hill's having entered Truxil!o, rya
the 1 Ith of September, and having shortly after crossed the Tagus on *
bridge of ho its, at A Imaraz ; and of Joseph Buonaparte having retie-
Valentia, after having sustained some loss in an affair with the
corps of Bas,ccourt.
The Queen, Prince Regent, and other Members of the Royal
Faint l_, visit the New Theatre Drury-Lane.
-- Accounts received of the Battle of Borodino, and occupation of
Mosinisk hr the French.
3. I lie capture of Moscow.
Tue Eii!liteentli liulletin of the French army, containing the ac-
count of the battle of llojaisk, received
5. Failure of the attempt on the Fortress of Callinger, in the FAA

6. Intelligence of the refusal of the PresOent of the American Con-
Frt!s.s, to r.A:I the proposed armistice bet," Ge•.cral L'rarburr► and
the Guvernor of Can ula, and his order issued for tli: coir.racrx-413mt
ta.dostilitics atter six days nonce.
London, England, 1812-01-05

AMERICA.

- NEW YORK, Dr.c. 4.. •
THE COMMITTEE TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THAT PART OF
THE PRFSIDENT'S MESSAGE, WHICH RELATES TO OUR FO-

• REIGN:AErAnis, BEG LEAVE TO REPORT IN PABT—
. .
That they have endeavoured to give to the subject sub-
mitted to thejn, that full and -dispassionate consideration
.which is dtte to one so intimately connected with the inter-
jest, the.peace, the safety, and the honour of their country.
Your Committee will. not encumber your journals and
waste your patience with a detailed history of all the va-
tious matters growing out of our foreign relations. The
cold recital of wrongs, of injuries, and aggressions, known
and fel! by every Member of 'this Union, could have no
other effect than to deaden the national sensibility, and ren-
der the public mind callous to injuries with which it is al-
'ready too

Without recurring! then to the multiplied wrongs of par-
tial or temporary operation, of which we have so just cause
of complaint against the two great belligerents, your. Com-
mittee will only call your attention, at this time, to the
systematic aggression of those Powers, authorised by their
edicts, against neutral commerce; a system which, as
London, England, 1812-01-05

to a renewal of ill? conte, t.

Dismembered and exhausted by the ravages of a pro-
tracted war, chiefly waged in their provinces, and some-
times in the heart of their dominions, most of the Euro-

pean Powers had-purchased peace at the exFence of im-
mense sacrifices. Engaging in hostilities with France at the r!
time they possessed numerous and well appointed armies, !
composed of disciplined veterans, they had wasted their best 11
troops, and lost their most experienced ofli-,:ers in the con- 11
test ; whilst the French, who opposed them at first with
an un.lisciplineci rabble, had, in their turn, formed vete- !i
rans and able commanders. At the dose of the war, the !I
situation of the various parties concerned in it was there-
fore completely altered. The on', weakened by the loss I
of extensive territory, had only new levies to guard what
remained; whilst the other, at the head of several hun-
dred thousand soldiers, trained by constant practice. to
arms, hardened by a long struggle with difEculzies and
dangers, and exercised in victory, found herself su:round-
ed with Generals. able to wield her vast military means,
and to secure, or in the event of fresh campaigns, to en- H
large her acquisitions.. Such was the relative situation of
France with those Powers that had so frequently, and un-
fortunately so v3inly, coalesced against her gigantic am-
bition. Others had sunk in the contest, anti had- either
seen their territories added to the -dominions of the con-
queror, or holding a nominal independence on no other
tenure than that of French alliance, after having been the
victims, were now the vassals; Senn to becothe the tools
of despotism. Two' kingdoms, it is true, presented a
• different spectacle. They mourned no losses, and amidst
the devastations of war had enjoycd undisturbed security.
Engaged in the first coalition against France, either fear
or venality had disarmed them at an early period ; and
they beheld the ruin of their former Allies with the
watchful eye of selfishness, that -seeks for adVanta-
ges even in the heart of desolation. They followed the
policy which present interest seemed to dictate ; „which
the experience of past ages dcm.mutrated to be wrong;
Vol. V. No. (TX.
London, England, 1812-01-05

JAN. 5.

PEACE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Advices from Riga, recently received, state the con-
firmation of the report of an Armistice having been con-
cluded between Russia and Turkey ; and, also, that Nego-
ciations for Pacification were proceeding. These advices,
the correctness of which we ardently hope, seem to
strengthen the rumour of approaching hostilities between
the Russians' and French. Russia would not easily be in-
duced to grant peace to Turkey, just now, did she not
expect a rupture with some other Power. Clouds seem
to arise in the North.

SWEDEN.
Advices from Sweden, of a very recent date, mention
that BERNADOTTE has ordered a levy of 80,000 men, who
are to take the field early in the next spring ; that maga-
zines and hospitals have been established in different parts
of the country ; and that corn has been procured from
Russia and Swedish Pomerania. In short, that every ,
thing seems to indicate that the North of Europe is to be,
this year, the theatre of some great event. Against whom
are these mighty preparations destined ? Is the question,
naturally suggested by this intelligence, and rumour re-
peats for the hundredth time, that Sweden is to join I,
France in a desperate attempt to annihilate Russia. Yet
we should suspect these accounts to be either without
foundation, or at least greatly exaggerated. The popu-
lation of Sweden, before she had lost the whole of her
eastern provinces, was never calculated at more than
1,800,000 wuls ; it is now probably reduced ta1,200,000,
and a levy of 80,000 men .would be in the proportion of
8 men out of every 120 individuals ; a thing in itself im-
possible. Besides, the finances of Sweden would never
maintain, nor could her territory feed an army half as
numerous.
London, England, 1812-01-05

DUKE OF DALMATIA.

" Iyesterday received Girard's report—l send the original to your
Excellency by an Aide•de-Camp of that General Officer, in cider that
you may question hint upon what happened. There was throti#icit a
reprehensible security; but the honour of the, French arms has been
save..l by the firmness and valour tlf the Generals Girard and Dem-
brouski ; and this affair, which might have been attended with-fatal,
even dishonourable consequences, ought now to be ranked in the num-
ber of those which are not infrequent in war. General Girard has
brought back with him 800 men • be tad 1300.
" I bare drawn from iladaios the battalion of the 40th. This batta-
lion will join its regiment, and be replaced by one of. the 88th. I will
form the nth and 34th in two battalions, in order to gtve these two
regimvuts the organization, which belongs to their actual situation, and
the number of Officers which remain.

" liiad:quarteis, Alinendralejo, 4th Nov. 1811."
LETTER FROM GENERAL GIRARD TO THE DUKE OF

DALMATIA.

66 MARSHAL—The Count D'l.:.rlon directed my Aide-de-Camp to
days? to your Excellency the report of the battle of Arroyo Molinos.
" YourEccollency will see that I was in march, that I could have
retired and avoided fighting with my rear-guard. but the cavalry had
compromised themselves, and.it would not have been requisite to have
abal.doned them.
" The enemy was numerous. I considered but the honour of the
arms of his Niajesty, the duty of a devoted soldier. I marched upJit
the Enzlish, and, by drawing upon myself all the forces of the enemy,
disengaged the light cavalry.
66 We have suffered sensible losses, but disengaged ourselves with
honour • ruin the most difficult position. Three times surrounded, three
Mmes we opened ourselves a passage with the bayonet.
'" Marshal—l shall be in despair, if the result of this unfortunate
affair should'make the forfeit the confidence of Lis Majesty—l merit it
by the sentiments which directed me-p-by those which animate me.
(Signed) " CIRARD."
London, England, 1812-01-05

FE3ItUARY.

4. Lord Morpetly's Motion in the House of Commons for an inquiry
as to the stare of Ireland, was lost, after two days debating, by a lila..
jority of9t, there being—Ayes I:33,—Noes <229.
"f he fall of Val'e'ncia annotn:ct 1, by whLh the enemy lost 9.0,00
men, as well as the taking of Ciodal Rodrigo.
lan,..ods, the late Governor-Geheral of Batavia, arrived in this
cow' IV.
1-4. The Prince Regent, on com7ng to the full and unlimitAl exercise
of t.:e tunctiuns of Rb;alty this tidy, endetvau:ed to form " an United
Govzrah wilt on a lib:ral b Isis, " but his Rod al Highness failed in his
enlz:ivours ; Mr. Percev...l, therefore, columned the Prime Minister.
;12 C ..rfr.spon.lence respecting the ahoy:- inzntioned endcavours,

pul,lislic 1.
21. littw!liigcnce received of the arrest of the °leen of Sicily, fit con-
septence of it being discovered :hat she was concerned in a conspiracy
to giv.: up the island to the enemy.
23. The Prince Regent declared in a note to Mr. Ponsonby, the os-
tensible leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, that the
Catholic claims should not, in future, be discussed by his Ministers as
an ordinary Government question.
21. Au account of the death received of Major-General Craufurd, a
most gai'ant and much-revered British 01111e2r, which happeoed in
consequeih.e of the wounds received by him in the stcrming of Ciudad
Rodr go.
Lord Castlere)gh appointed Minister fur Forego Affiirs, in the
room of Lord Liverpool, who had succeztled th-. Marquis Wellesley.
. '25. I niAlig nee reccive.l of the abdication of thc King of Sicily, and
of the Hereditary Prince having been appointed Vicar-General.
•• 94. The House of Comm •its r.:fuse to grant the salary f•)r the Office
• ' Paymaster • of Widow;'
.Pensions, to which office Col. killMaltoa
c ••.1 been appointed by the Prity.7e Regent ; for in the debate that took
• ~ce on it, the Minister was left in a inioority.
MARCH.
Is. .. Intelligence received of French troops having entered Swedish
terania.
Mr. Brougham moved in the House of Commons fora C6m-
• tee to inquire into the state of Trade, particularly with ref.,rence to
...: Orders in Council "; but the motion was lost by a majority or i 2,
there bring—Ayes I4l—Noes '216.
.18. Diet, Mr. John Horne Twice, a celebrated literary and political
c taracter.

Some rioting at Manchester.
23. -- Men convicted on the charge of having brpken frames at
Nuttin4lianr.
Parliament grant 36,03 M. to the Prince Regent, for the four
P ri n ces,es.

—French armies march towards Prussian Poland.
24. Notice of the death of Cromck, the Engraver, and FAitor of
" The Ikeliques of Burns, "
30. Intelligence received of the investment of Badajnz,
mu ly yiel.led to tho English, under Lord Wellington.
—Some French praains, forming part .1. the Fi-encit dotilla at Bolt.
I,gne, captured by the English.

which ulti.
London, England, 1812-01-05

HAYMARKWF lIEATRE.

Mr. MARSHAL, who has unfortunately lost his sight, had a benefit
here last Monday. The play was The Merchant of Yenice. .Sll9"Jcic
lOLDILI :all awe representative in Mr. I'.ll WA RIM ;
unusually important by Mr. SIDNEY, and tile o; int
gave new interest to Ponta, and the whole perfoimance was vei y re-
spectable. G.
_

The
46 The

3OUR7 AND .IVOIILD OF
•
Ti 1E
following Bulletin was is,ned on Sunday last :--
KING continues pearly in th s:alie :tax."
London, England, 1812-01-05

POLICE.

GUILDH ALL.
Yesterday proved a maiden day at this °Mee, there not being a single
charge on the books from the day before.
The Sitting Magistrate (Mr. Alderman SctioLev) congratulated that
district of the metropolis; that the vigilance of the Putice had produced
so singular zn occurrence.
Some light bread, which had been seized by an Inquest at Shadwell
on the preceding day, was condemned, the owner not appearing to
claim it, or prove to the contrary.
MANSION-HOUSE.
Ye4erday Henry .2Vrayln.,rry, a cownwiiore (porter); bAonging to the
East I tv-li7t Warehouses, was brought before the LORD Mnvoit, charged
pith stealing about lib. weight of Indigo from the Company's stores. A
brother commodore stated that entertaining suspicions of the prisoner's
honesty, be watched him, and a little before dinner hour (twelve
o'clock), observed him go to a parcel, containing a quantity of indigo,
and put some in the crown of his hat, and was retiring with it, when
the witn•!ss informed the head* porter, who detained him with the
property in his possession, and he was immediately taken. before the
Lord Mayor.
London, England, 1812-01-05

LOSS OF THE HERO.

Paris Papers were yesterday received down to the 23
install!: An article dated Amsterdam, December 26,
confirms the afflicting intelligence of the wteck of the
Hero, of 74 guns, with IWO brigs, off the Texel, on the
morning of Christmas-day, after a most dreadful night !
Captain N 7.11' NA M and all on board the Hero perished,
except eight men, who were washed ashore. The Lieu-
tenants of the Hero, who were lost, were—Messrs. CHAS.
HITCHINS, JO[I .111rrcliuLL, JoHN MEDwAY, JAMES WIL-
COX) and JOHN NORTON. The Captain of the Furet, the
ererny's ship, declares, that he saw the Hero. and two
brigs, perish without it being possible for hirh to assist
them. Such was the violence of the gale in which the
Hero was lost, that the Grasshopper, Captain FANSHAWE,
beat clean over the wreck of the Hero, when she was
taken ty,sscssion of by the enemy, and the crew
.made
prisoners of war. Both ve=sels had struck on the Haak
Sand, near the i)lace where the Minotaur was, during last
winter, lest. Our intellience adds, that the Texel "is
I surrounded with wrecks !"

GENERAL GIRARD.

SUMP'', in a dispatch dated, Camp before Valencia,
2d December," states, that the operations against Va-
lencia are carrying on vigorously ; and it should seem
that General GlitAttp instead of having shot himself, or
being likely. to be put under arrest by his Emperor, BuoNA-
PArirv,'-according to some journalists, had partly rein-
stated hinisell in the favourable opinion of SouLT.—
Spe4ing of. General and the Duke d'AttEmumto,
gOULT,. b9wcver, greatly regrets the loss of those Officers,
so mach distinguished for their valour and their merit."
GIRARD gives his account 'of the affair. It is at least
exculpatoi y,. if. not quite satisfactory.

. I .1

JLie.
London, England, 1812-01-05

WILLIAMS AND HIS ASSOCIATES.

The accounts given of Williams and his connexions, on the authority
of the Captain of the Roxburgh. Castle, shew that this desperado, and
one at .least of his companions, were knovrn, previous to the recent hor-
rid murders,.to be men of very bad charactir; and the discharge of All-
bias (the particular associate of Williams) out of custody, on the depost•
;ion of a woman so directly interested in his fare, is to be regretted. It
is hut justice to state, as ourbelief, that thin fact did not appear before
the Magistrates at the rime of his examination.
IF Williams (as he has been called) shipped himself in the nme of John
Williamson, in August, 1810, in the Roxburgh Castle, Capt. Hutchinson 1,
London, England, 1812-01-05

FASHIONS rot JANUARY.

Pam EN ADE Cos ruMl.—An high dress of tartan plaid, made of mtg.'
?leper Merli.) crape, trimmed round the bottom with white swat's'
down, and two rows of the same down the front, alternately relieved
by a narrow silk cord in loops, and buttons of a bright nakara colour,
with a belt to corre4ond. A mantle of dark Clarence blue Merino
cloth, made with half-sleeves'of rsnet, lined with amber and trimmed
with se:ans.:own; Scotiah cap of the same, with a triniming of sivans-
down next the lace, and a full puffing of plaid riband, answer the
dresa,,abnve it. Zplume of Clarence blue feathers tipped wth amber.
Gleve of York tan, and half-boots of Clarence blue kid, laced with
wale .
Evi.::ING COSTUML—A white or pearl colour gossamer .satin gown,
with a demi-train ; fancy apron of the same; the bottom of the ova
and round the apron trimmed with a rich gold fringe of the Branden-
burgh kind. A cap in the Persian form, of white satin, with orna,
metes of gold to correspond with the dress ; two gold tassels de-
pending over the left ear, and the same side the head Is adorned with
a plume of white ostrich feathers, end one light gold sprig. Small
earrings of pearl, with a solitaire neck-lace of the same: th sleeves
wry short, tastemd up in front, with, ;old button and loop: the halt the
same colour as the gown, with a superb gold ornament in front. White
and gold fan; kid gloves; and white satin Italian slippers, fringed wizh
goal.
FANCY BALL DRESS.—A willow-green satin cymar, made close to
the shape, and hanging in patted drapery over a three-quarters dress of I
whist: crape, embreiderecl with small sprigs cf green and gold ; bottom
of the crape dress trimmed with a bread Vandyke lace; each division
nreaelenteci with a narrow border of light green ribbon, and trimmed
at rash point with a small green tassel. Petticoat of white, satin,
spangled with gold; trimmed at the 'bottom with narrow lace, and a
border of green ribbon. Small Angouleme tippet, surrounded with a
full plaiting of tine net. The aleeWs short, with points from the cymar
to correspond wi..h the drapery of the skirt. The hair tastefully dressed.
iu ringlet round the face, confined by a broad plait, above which is
gracefully twi,te n white lace handkerehlef, ra I'rique, embroidered
with gold, and brought down in two points, ornamented with tassels
•of gold on the left side. A full blown damask rose in Cont. Diamond
ear-rings in the form of a crescent; white kid gloves; white satin slip,
pars, bound with green, and green rosettes.
London, England, 1812-01-05

USAGE OF SLAVES•

Parliament is about to assemble, and amongst those national affairs
which will necessarily occupy their attention, we most fervently hope
that the present condition and-usage of the negroes in the West Indies
may not escape their consideration. By the passing of that Act, which
is a most memorable proof of the hobest and honourable zeal of Mr
Wilberforce, the Billfish Legislature evinced their desire to promote the
ultimate happiness of the whole human race; but neither that measure
nor the one subsequently furthered by Mr. Brougham has done aught to
better the condition of t hose who must continue slaves to the end cf their
existence. The slave trade, it is true, may be ab.dishedi but thousands
of negroes are still in a state of slavery in our West Indian plantations;
and so long as it is deemed pa/Ric to continue the chains around the
necks of those who are now staves in every sense of the word, for the
sake of suff.Ting humanity, let a law tie imposed by which the PLANT-
ERS shall be c impelled, at the peril of their own personal liberty, to treat
those in boimage to them as Christians ought to treat those that are,
from their hunib;e birth, necessit:sted to labour for their richer brothers!
Till such a law is passed, constantly shall we be *WMO4 to hear the
It I. A NU R *1 discipline of 451,44150/I
London, England, 1812-01-05

EXTEiVSIVE FAILURE.

tree extremely concerned to state that the old' and res-peetable.
, Bankiog-house of Messrs. Bolder*, Luthington, and Co. stopped pay-.
went an 'Thursday morning.
k is to be feared, from the great confidence placed in the stability of
thii house, to the period of its stopping payment, that many country
banks and mercantile connexions will receive a greater shock than has
been experionced in the failure of any tudividual concern which has oc-
rev rred during our recet7t.commercial distresses. In the present state of
rhinos, the precise amount of the defalcation is not known; hut it is
reirnated at Soc,Grol. 'lite banking concertos of the house 'were. very
ee tensive: They llid bushiess with ten 6: twelve country banks, prlnci-
pety in the Nereli; ut York, Leeds, Burton, Lincoln, Beveriey, Brad
ford' Derby, Hull, erby, lieweehtle, Thirde, Whit.-haven: &c. It is one of
the oldest hi the C:ti, and, v•i:h little alterat:on in the paws of the
partners, it h... been main:allied in credit and importance during 70
years
'rho immeillete came of the present stopulee was, we understand, an
order r.:r one of them to pay into the l'xcl:equer a large sum, which the.
/trios.. was tint: 11- to comply with ; awl it i, seid, that an extent has
been issued to serene the claims of Covernment. Besides the country
conitexions already alluded t the house kept cash for many of the Pub-
lic fativaims, and a number of the most respectable ntercantile houses,
the Stock Exchawe, &c. The Equitable Ofiice, the Patriotic Fund,
and :he Committee at Lloyd's, and the Trustees or Committee fur the
Straed Briele,.,e, kept caelr there.
1: was the custom of this house, as well as niany other Banking-
hoivt-s, to edvance money on securities of various descriptions, which
they troelel eot 2t t Tie. moment convert into cash to meet their accept-
ant. ea. 'I lt; eiecanistance, no doubt, has tended to increase'their em-
bar res.
eteles stand that a meeting of the friends of the house tor* place
on the melit previous to its stopping ; >rhen it apt4aring that no ulti-
mate hene:':t was likely to accrue from any temporary scheme of relief,
the Ito arnouncement of the failure was agreed to, and declared
a, co:Jitl4ly.
London, England, 1812-01-05

CONTAINING

Political Disquisitions—Foreign Intelligence—State Papers—Proceedings of the Imperial Parliament—.
Provincial Information—Tuesdays an'.' Soturdays Gazettes—Extraordinary Gazettes—Summaries of
the Political Events of the keek—Miscellanics—The Court—Fashion—Literature—Fine Arts—

Dramatic Registee—The Pulpit—Original Communications—Poetry—Military and Nautical Intel-
ligence—Legit Reports—Sporting—Accidents—Births, Deaths, and Marriages—London Markets, B,c.

Om *tiff, Comatitutton, anti Eataft.

VOL. V.

LONDON:

Printed and published by HENRY HAY, No. 1 t, Newcastle-Street, Strand.

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JULY.

I. Accounts received of a dreadful epidemic disease haying broken
out at Seville, which had carried of numbers its inhabitants
13. Accounts received of Peace having been concluded between
Rti.,sia and the Porte on the 9th of June, at Oddersa.
15. The first and record Benefit) of the Grand French army recei,
ved ; the former dated Gumbinnen June 20th ; the latter Wilkowisky
June 22.
li;. The third Bulletin of the Grand Army received, dated,Jime 26th
at which place Napoleon passed the Niemen into the Russian territory.
Accounts received of a dreadful eruption of Mount Suuffriere, in
the island of St. Vincent, on the 6th May.
22. The Count and Countess D'Antraigues, are mut dered by their
own servant, a l'iedniontese as they are proceeding to their own car-
riage, at Barnes-tenrace, Sutrey. The Murderer immediately after
shot himself.
2.5. The fourth and fifth Bulletins of the French army are received,
tinted June and July tith from NVilitu, which puce was entered
by the French on Ow 13i~, ultimo.
;t, uoi,„tche, mon,'transmitting Treaties of Pence,
iutied at Orebro on the 113111 July, between Great Britain, Rtssia, and
5.% ei4en.
London, England, 1812-12-27

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

814

a.
parent, and induce him not 0,,1y to make good the de,aication, out
to for v.:. the past, paoinising, that it the old gentleman sh.nthi
rein
to d, tuz iiist, he hhnsell would furnish the penitent with the sum
recci.,ary :o stye repot ttion He rien left the y iung man to
iris promisz, :hid having tun id the father, declared to ltim the wh.ii
at .ry ; the father npt only thanked Ate warm-hearted physician, but
promised hint not to tutich more on the past than was necessar
so An the young man's agitaZion, mi:l went to his bankers to teti_li
the money ; the young man was so i•verj,;yed at this sudden tun: of
his aft:Airs, that he vowed to live hereafter a virtuous and religi.lus
kept to his word, mil lived to bea very etnine a merchant
several years after this transaction, Mr. Ross, received for Iris tiehetit
Night ten guineas with the filloss ing note. —" A tribute of stAittr.'.:
srotn one who was highly :.dived, and saved from ruin. by seeing MI
Ross's pertormanee of George Barnwell."—WhAt will the virulent
decriers of stage-plays say to tins ?

DEC. E 7.

Lordship that the object of his n was to exitia.i. ton
duct to the !Jury Magistrates, his Lordship Lit it uo:
him to write to the Chairman of the Quarter Session, of `urr r 1
Edmunds, and explain the error into w hrul he (Ltd Nloaa) 1),(113„,,i1
heti.i)ed, oat ing taund that an annuity had been paid to Ali.
fi •id, but there w..re oth.r accounts which led his Loh:Atli) to Le
thr :er conclusion, in the fist ionamt.e.
Mr. John Beardmore was called, twin whose evideto:t it aprarm,
that the annuity of ;;50.. had been paid to the Plaitaill for the 14,t
two )ears, by the proper Otill.ef, U/Il•ei the revenue.) of the .11itay ct
Coi
A le:ter was put ;nand read from the Plaintill- to Mr. B....ardnr.r, in
witicit the !or.iter complained of the reduction of the Propeit)-tax
trc,in his y.
The SOLICITOit GENERAL then, in a short repk., uri4ed, rat
however fru,. tit se lacts ought appear, they uid 1.31 amount to a
jiistakat ion of in-:. Defendant.
Lor.'. ELLENBOROUGII, 11l tile Jury, observed, that
A 1 th of- gl die e facts ',hived on the part of the Defendant, itt support
o' his plea of juAiticatrat, ;alight b.: 'sue., let they oot 'co tile
%)/110;e lengt Art however they ;nista ..111•ci quaotunt of
Oarna6es • be. inclined to give the Plana :IL who was col..
taint), entitled to a verdict. What that measure of s might be
btr weep thc)c part.es, u.ldcr all the ciremstances, it was their peen.
liar province to judge.
he Jury, after a.shorl consu tation, found a verdict for the Dc.
tendant.
London, England, 1812-12-27

THE NATIONAL

Vo Or, 1.

POLITICAL 1)IS2UISITION.

RttnosrEur OF THE YEAR 183!.

At the close of a year like the present, which mist long I
stand distinguished as one of the most eventful of that extra i
ordinary period in which it is our lot to live, it must neceg- I
sarily be a subject of interesting reflection to mal k the i
changes wrought Tifitie progress oF events, and Cfleir effects
on -.1.e country to which we belong. It is natural that we
should Ee: anxious to compare our situation at the end of
oue year, 'with illat in which we found ourselves at the
termination Gf the last, and a pleasing task do it-Ives upoU 1
the Journalist, w;:ose duty it is to d'.'irw the compvison. 1
when the result is as gratifying as that presented to him, (.71 li
wind up the history of the year One Thousand Eight Hun-
dred
and Twelve.

It has, we know, been stated by come, that no improve-
ment has taken place in our affairs. Thk, however, will not
deter us from confidently asserting the contrary to be the
fact. Those very persons who now contend that our situa-
tion has not changed for the better,. would, a year ago, have
been the first to rail against the inanity and folly of the
" Ministerial hirelings," as they call those who happen to
ditrer from them, if any journal had been bold enough to pre-
dict, that by this time the ci use of England and of Europe
would be so much benefited. What expression of contempt
or of ridicule would have appeared to them sufficiently
strong, to characterise the fond intoxication of those sanguine
dreamers, who had presumed to prophecy, or even ventured
to surmise, that in one short veai so much of glory would be
acquired by England in the Peninsula, and so much of disgrace
by France wherever her arms wet e carried. What would have
been thot'ight of those who dared to express a hope founded
t.n the then state of things, that within a period so short,
Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz would be in our possession, that
the enemy would be completely defeated in a general battle,
and finally compelled to raise the siege of Cadiz, after be-
sieging it for two years and a half; and yet more, that in the
same! year Russia, from being at war with this country, would
be so actively engaged iiihostilities with France as she DOW
l'. and, to consummate all, that the mi,jity, all-conquering
BUONAPARTE,CODOCteIy routed, wculd be happy to con-
sult his own safety by thing fi mu the wreck of his army, a
wretched fugitive, to give to the world a catalop,-,ue of disas-
ters, and a detail of misery, zlinost unexampled in the history
of war !

Yet all these things, wild and improbable as the supposi-
tion would then have appeared, have actually taken place.
WhP.e the discomfited lejons of France, fled, or fell, before
the warriors of England in the Peninsula, the avenging
!thunder of Russia aas heard in the North, and her immense
Va. No. CCLX/.

Cur ging, Constitution, anb tatrg.

PCOLTSiIED AT NO. I I, NUWCASTI.E-STRLEr, STRAND.

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London, England, 1812-12-27

BA RU PTS.

J. Nowlin, Kent-street, IViiitech ipel, soap manufacturer, to siarell-
(ler Ike. 129, Jan. 5, and! Feb. £2, at twelve, at Guildtt4ll. Attoiniess
Me-srs. Sweet and Stokes, Basinghall-street.
W. Will'ains, Margaret stredl, Cavendisb•square, corch. maker, 'as.
2,12, and Feb. 'l, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. King, Castle-
sheet Holam,.
G Gould. f .th, druggist, Dec. 30, .31, a d Feb. 2, at one. at the
Full Moon Attornies, ['Jesus. I lighiw.or and Young, lislitips-
gate street, London ; and Mr. Wingate bath.
F. F. Walker, tivcrpoul, merchant, Jau. 6,7, and Feb. 2, at one, at
the fikbe l'avern Liveriinol. Attornies, Messrs. Cone•er and Lowe,
Southampton buildings, Chancery-life; and Messrs. Orred ansl
Li-erpool.
W. Wighttnan, Derby, hosier, bit. 8,9, and Feb. 2, at eleven, at
the Fos and Owl, Derbs7. ,Attornies, Mr. Evans, Derby ; and .Messrs,
Kinler'v. Ling, and Austin, Gray's lan.
W Hatfield. DmvstitY, Pincer., Dec. 29, at the New Combliouse,
Wakefield. 30, and Feb. 2, at elcven at the Cyrano-vial ('offee-home,
Dew..bor v. Attnrnies, Mr. Hopkinson, Dewsbury; and Mr. Bartley,
New Bridge-street, Bliekfriars.
J. Milner, Halifax, bookseller, Jan..lB. 19, and Feb 2, at eleven, at
the Cooper's Arms„ Halifax. Attoinies, Mr. Mason, Bread-erect-hill,
L std n ; and Mr. Scale erd. Halifax.
G. roue-, finiosiserouzli, Lincutnshir. , chinaman, Jan. 11, and 12,
and Ft b y at eleven. at the White Hart, Gisinsbuieugh, Attorne),
Mr. 11:•na mu, East Ret ford.
J Hul,and, Lewes, corn dealer, Jan. 12. 13, and Feb. 2, at eleven,
at the Star inn, Lewes. Attorney, Mr. G. Gwynne, Lewes.
T. P Green, Oxford-street, stay maker, Jan 2, 19, and Feb.:', at
ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr Hamilton, Berwick-street, Soho.
M. Greaves, Hanley, Stoke-upon-Trent, inalester, Dec ::10, at three,
ut the Ituebti k Inn, Newcastle under Lyme, :31, u' one, and Fel) -,
at, twelve, at the Swan Inn, Hanley. Attornie-, Mr. Wilson. King's
Bench Walks, Temple, London; and Mr. Griffin, Hanley, Statferii.l4re.
J. M'Calluni, Christopher-street, Finsbury-square, merchant, Dec.
1-9( Jan- 2, and Feb. 2. at twelve, at Attornies, Messrs.
Vanden-nisi and C.myn. Ruth-lane Cannou-street.
R. Mansley, Little polton, Lancashire, rope-maker, Jan. 13, at five,
14,..andItb, 2 at eleven, at the Nagg's',gead, Great liultuu. Attu;
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London, England, 1812-12-27

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REGISTER.

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population rose to overwhelm the t.‘ rant of the Continent
with confusion and disgrace, and to teach the other nations
of Europe, that to he independent it was only nfTessary to
be united. With patriotism and otion almost un-
precedented, Russia resi.ted the invader in the most ef-
fectual manner, and exhibi•ed him to the world a melan-
choly picture of distracted insiolence and blasted ambiti
n.
Dispassionate men, comparing the twenty- (lin! h bulletin
with former documents of the same nature, and both with
those well established facts, to which a ready reference cart
be made, will see in it nothing of candour,- nothing of a re-
gard for truth, to entitle it to a greater respect than those
which preceded it. The admissions it contains, important
as they arc, ought not to be regarded as einat'..rvng front -5,
manly disposition, to avow the worst They arc ex-
torter' by dire necessity, by the impossibility of cone eallng all
.4/101,:alandty to which N A POL res wretched fol-
the havoei..
lowers have been expou:d. From beginning to end, it is an art-
isasters which have *educed his
ful attempt to gloss over the
n:famished v;igal.onds. In
once numerous army to a handful
every instance inwhich it can I!4> corneal e(I 'het. au"u nts'
ad-
the losses of the tyrant are ditninisht-d, and sonietiille' h*.e

vantages claimed where defeats have ht en experienced.
this, the statemeots relative toDu MEROWSKI, N Y, and BEAU.•
14 A aNOls, atThrd sufficient proofs, and demon,t rate that this
bulletin contains as much falsthood and mi:representation as
any which preceded it, and shat must that calamity be of
which this is but a favourable sketch, a flatterii:g outline

or

When we take this into consideration, and see the enemy
so far humbled, we cannot but think that we are iustified in
regarding the situation of this country a 3 much Unproved
since the close of the year 1511. In making a general com-
parison like this, we disclaim taking for rur data tern-
pory triumphs or transient reverses, but. we are justified in
assuming the recent overthrow of BCONAPART C, to be an
advantage as permanent as it is splendid Supposing it possible
th:_t he could instantly find himself at the ln..ad of an army
equal in strength and numbers, to that which he lately led
to destruction (which is utterly improbable), still would his si-
tuation be greatly inferior to. that in• which we saw him a
few months hack. No longer the paten', the invi.ncA)le,
would his followers think they -m4rched under a Gene al
who knew but to lead them to victory!. Tllt•y would 'ce
in him the dastard who deserted his soldiers in the

hour of d:stress, to consult hi; own talety in ignomi-
nious flight. The splendour of Conner triumphs would no
longer light them to new conquests, bur ,the grim spectres
of murdered thousands immolated in the cantpagn of
1r319. to tl.eir leallei's brutality and rashness, ~ouid
cross their pith.and giro to m^inory a mournful retrospect,
—to anticipation a horrible. prospect. These :lie