The National Register.
London, England, 1821-01-21 00:00:00

Ministerial Paper gives the following account
of a reported attack upon Colonel Browne, with a
view to assassinato him ! !!!
" HORRIBLE ArI'ENIPT AT ASSASSINATION.
" We have to.anuounce, with feelings of horror, a diabolical
rut apt to prevent, by assassination, the arrival of Col. Browne
. innhis country.
Tilts gentleman, against whose character such infamous
slanders have been circulated by the pi:tended friend. of the
Queen, emir time ago cane over to England, where having
learct the particular charges brought against hint, he returned
to Italy to collect decisive evidence for the refutation of those
calumnies. Whilst he was here, he did not onticial his belief
that his life would be attempted in Italy; and he mentioned to
the gentleman from whom we receive tuts statement, that he.
enanittuly carried pistols forelfidefetace.
•` lie had nearly arranged his affairs at Milan, and had al-
ready forwarded all his papers to England, meaning to follow
them himself in less than ten days, when, on the tith instant,
returning late at night, and alone, from the Opera, he was
attacked by two assassins, evidently with no intention of rob-
bay ; for though they di.,uhled hint, //icy did not attempt to
plunder hint of his watch, money, mother valuables.
The Colonel defended himself resolutely, and a violent
struggle easued, in which he received four wounds in the WI,
apparently with is knife, and one in the chest, evidently with a
stiletto. The last would certainly have been been fatal; hut for
the thickness of his great coat, coat, and waistcoat, As it was.
t re weapon penetrated on Ow left side of the chest, and consi-
derably injured the bacnth rib.
•` The Colonel's friend and physician, Dr. Ciceri, was called
in, who, on perceiving the nature of the wounds, thought it
ne:essary to require ilia assistanSe of an eminent surgeon, Pro-
le/80f Palma, of the Milan Hospital, and both of them semi.
nued assiduously to attend their patient.
•• Three of the wounds in the head were pretty deep, the other
slghter ; but the most dargerous was the wound in the chest ;
foul winch, however, his medical attendants are inclined to
think that fatal consequences are not to be apprehended. It is
a tended with acute pain, restlessness, and difficulty of breath-
ing ; but those symptoms have been alleviated by bleeding.
'' Upon the whole, the Colonel is going on as well as could be
sit octet': he is in the hands of very skilful men, and will
receive every benefit that e-se and attention can give.
The ssaassins hive for the present escaped, but the Govern- I
mem has taken every step for their apprehension.
The above account is contained in a letter from the Duke
of Leeds to the Earl of Liverpool; and a bulletin by Dr. Ciceri
and Professor Plena, up tosix p. the loth instant has also
b.en forwarded, for the satisfaction of the Colonel' friends. It
is herd, that he will hirttrey Lc wale to write by the next cou-
ri r.'
Adviccs from Naples to the 23d ult. confirm the
accounts published in the Fratch journals of the more
tality that has taken piece among the Austrian
forces in Italy. A .species of epizuolie had been
particularly fatal to the horses, which were dying
by hundreds. These advises communicate the
proceedings of the National Parliament on the 18th
. December, the day on which the Prince Regent,
after having taken the oaths to the new constitution,
- opened the session with which his new authority
was to commence. A lively debate took place on
the reading a despatch from the Minister of War
relative to a demand made by some of the deputies
of Parliament to be exempted from service in the
National Guard during the continuance of the ses-
sion; bnt, on taking the votes, the claim of exemp-
tion was refused. A discussion also took place on
the project of a law ter the abolition of feudal rights
in Sicily, which was agreed to, with some unim-
portant modifications ; and it was ordered that the
provincial deputies should co-op...rate with the local
magistrates in carrying it into execution.
CAUTION.It is customary for tradesmen to take
.papers of penny pieces, containing five shillings. A
deception has lately been practised of putting iron
rings of scarcely any value its the roll, tilling the
space of the edges of pennies to the amount of five
or six in each roll. Persons therethre should take
the money out of the roll, •.o see that it is complete.
The ultra-loyalists, in spite of their defeats in
every field where they venture to face their enemies,
ere mustering courage for another encounter, in
what they consider their strongest hold—the county
.of Oxford : the contest is fixed fur the tied, the
. day before Pat 'lament meets. We have no doubt
that the manly and independent yeomanry will
come forward in full three, and chew that true
loyalty consists not in subserviency to Ministers and
their pensioned adherents, but in honest and fear-
less expression of disapprobation of all public mea-
sures which outrage the thelings and endanger the
tranquillity of the country.
It was expected that the Dividends now payinr,