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The National Register.
London, England, 1811-07-28

THE NATIONAL REGISTF,R.

INVASION! !

It appears by the following letters from Dover,
stating the arrival of a neutral ship from France,
that BUONAPARTE wishes to amuse us ;Tam wi;h
the evolutions of his flotilla ; and wi.sely fancies the
assembling of a few regithents on his coasts, and the
•
timorous navigation of a few rotten boats, under the
protection of his batteries, will so seriously alarm usas
to make us either cease sending reinforceinents to Por
tugal, or recal our triumphant army to our shoreot
Were he to c•Alect half the force of his empire at
Boulogne, we have still a suff.cient number of true
British hearts and arms left in our land, to behold
such mighty rreparations without fear, and repel
such a power with complete success.
DOVER, JULV Cs.—The following passengers were this day
landA out rf the Varia; from Diepp, for London:—\ir. De'
Twefoy, Mrs. Quenedey, 11.1i,i Henrietta Butler (daughter of
the late Lord Laliir), and Mr. Henry De nude (nephew of
General D:: Budr); left Dit ppe in the evening of the 44th.
From these pers,)ns we learn, that a considerable number of
troops have asienthled at Loulogne, fur the purpose of threat.
this country with invasion.— Ile monununt near Bow.
I,:erie is erectA in hun..iiir of the Imperial Coionation of Duo.
napartc. Machnie Napoleon is stated t" be far advanced in
pregnancy. No reports of victory or success of any kind
respecting the canipaiiii in the Peninsula is mentioned, cunse.
quently we may rest assure-d all is well on our side.
A NC/TULA LETTER SAME afternoon ,rriVed.
at Doer, the Maria, a neutral vessel from Dieppe and
several passengers, who report, that there is a can forrn,og
at
Boulogne for 40,000 -troors for tae illvasion of England!
London, England, 1811-07-28

472

ARRIVAL. OF FOREIGNERS.

The Noblemen who landed at Harwich lately,
and were considered as Russians, now appear to be
Poles of some consequence, intending to travel in
this country. The public and notified manner in
which they have entered. England certainly tends
greatly to remove any suspicion from them as to the
real nature of their errand : but it must not be for-
gotten, that every part of that territory which con-
stituted Poland is now in a state of declared war-
fare with England ; and they are, therefore, enemies
tots by their country, whatever they may be in their
wishes or inter.tions.

A Russian nobleman is still said to be on board
Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ'S fleet, preparing for a passage
to England ; while ROMANZOW, the partizan of
-France, is stated to be removed from the Ministry,
to make way for an arrangement more friendly to
this country. We can speak with no certainty upon
these points. Perhaps, the resolutions of the Rus-
sian Court may be as varying as the rumours which
reach England respecting them ; and the only thing
certain is, that the Emperor ALEXANDER is less
settled in his subserviency to France than he was
some time ago : but whether he w ill ultimately
summon force to break through from the trammels
in which he is now tossing and restless, is not yet
clear.
London, England, 1811-07-28

SPORTING.

Sunday morning, Capt. Boghutst and another gentleman of
New Windsor, undertook, for a considerable sum, to sail in the
Eliza sailing-boat front Windsor-bridge to Margate in 24 hours,
which they performed with ease.
PEDEsTRIANtsm.—On the 14th inst. Thomas Standen, of
Salehurst, near barracks, finished the arduous task,
which, for a mere trifling wager, he had undertaken, of walk-
ing 1100 miles in as many successive bouts, going one mile only
in each hour. This man is nearly GO years of age ; and his per-
formance certainly considerably outdoes Captain Barclay, after
such great training, at Newmarket.
VA U.N. tl ta. ROWING MA IC H.—Wednesday the Annual Prize
Wherry given by the Proprietor of Vauxhall, was rowed for by
seven vvatermen in funnies, and won by Win. Collins, of Tem-
ple Stairs. The river was covered by boats, filled with com-
pany and music ; and in shoat, the spectacle to the admirers of
water sports was all that could be desired.
A silver cup and cover, given by the proprietor of the Minor
Ranela.gh Gardens, Milbank, was sailed for on the Thames on
Thursday, by eight gentlemen's pleasure boats, but from a failure
of both wind and tide, the match remains undecided.
A most sanguinary battle, for a subscription purse of twenty
guineas, was fought in Cobham's Meadows, near Hitchen,
I lerts, on Mond ty, between two game men, Wiver, a coach-
man, and horn ford, a miner, from Warwickshire. Neither
posiessed science, but they stood to each other and exchanged
heavy blows until one or both fell, for one hour and fifty mir
nutes. Dornford won the battle, at last, by giving his whit r-
sary a heavy fall.
On Tuesday a meeting took place in the rope-walk, at Vial-
mer, near Deal, between a gentleman in the army and a respec-
table tradesman in Deal, attended by their seconds. After
firing two resolute shots each, by winch the military combatant
was wounded slightly in the ear, the seconds interfered, and,
vnth much persuasion, the matter was adjusted.
London, England, 1811-07-28

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

470
us from letting adulation intoxicate ottc fancies, and make us
leek upon ourselves as mere deligatei from him who is all
Power, and as being accountable to him for the abuse of autho-
- ulty: if •-it be ticket, let it teupport us against the temptations
they present to seduce us from the recollection that we arc but
stewards. to him who will exact a strict " account of our stew-
. sidship." If it be lame, let not the bubble popularity so puff us
with vanity as to snake us lose sight of the retributive hour, when
it.wlU 'be enquired whether the applause bestowed upon us has
been merited, asd whether or no it has been the idol of our am-
Whin; and when, if the enquiry turns against us, the punish-
ment will be in proportion to the incense offered to us, and the
anodes taken to obtain it.
. If calamity be the impulse of our Fortitude, let us reflect whe-
ther we have brought it upon ourselves by neglect of- our duty,
in whether it has fallen upon us by the ordinary or particular
dispensations of Providence ; if the latter, let us consider and
lay with David " the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away,
.birseed be the name of. the Lerd !" and we may rest assured,
.while possessing this pious disposition, he who corrects like a fa-
ther for our welfare,will in his own good time remove the burthen ;
if the former,let us sincerely repent of such neglect, and endeavour
to repair it, and He who sees the sorrows of our heart, and who
" will not quench the smoking flax, nor break the bruised reed,"
will accept our contrition, pardon our transgression, and miti-
gate or remove our punishment. In fine, let us seriously niedi-
Mte that life is a scene of trial, a probation for eternity, then
will prosperity appear only as a more strong incentive to a s;ir-
aims discharge of our several trusts, and calamity only as a kind
monitor to recal the wanderings of our imagination, and correct
the errors of our hearts—th n will Fortitude prove an easy ex-
ertion, the offspring of the most steady faith, the companion of
the most sublime hope, and the parent of the most exalted
charity. A LAYMAN.
July 241811.
London, England, 1811-07-28

MR. AfORIF:R TO Alit. SMITH.

Mr. Morier presents his compliments to Mr. Smith, and begs
the favour to be informed when he may expect an answer to the
letter which he had the honour to address to Mr. Smith on the
13th instant.
Mr. Morier at the same time hopes that Mr. Smith, concur-
ring in the opinion that it would be desireable that his Majesty's
Government should, as soon as possible after the receipt of the
President's Message, be furnished with the explanation which
Mr. Nlorier has requested in the above letter on the occupation
of West Florida in the name of the United Sta es, will readily
excuse the solicitude with which he again presses this subject
upon the attention of this Government.
Washington, Dec. 22, 1810.
London, England, 1811-07-28

COVENT-GARDEN THEA I'RE.

This house dosed on Tuesday with the following address,
which was delivered by Mr. Youivo with great applause :
" LADIES AND GENTLEMEN—I am directed_ by the Propri-
etors of this Ibeitie, to offer you their most grateful and heart.
London, England, 1811-07-28

PROVINCIAL,S.

A few days since, as the post chariot belonging to Lord Burg-
bersh, containing some of his Lordship's domestics, was travel-
ling through Hertfordshire, a trunk containing a gold snug box,
together with articles to the amount of above Win. was cut 1. cm
• behind the chariot, near Biggleswatie, with which the robber,
got clear off. On returning part of the road back, a waggoner
was met, who had seen the robbery committed, and he pointed
out a wood where the thieves, two in number, hal entered,
and the trunk emptied of its contents, was there found. The
waggoner said he had no suspicion that the robbers were thieves,
as they were dressed so much like gentlemen.
Late on Wednesday night, or early on Thursday morning, the
barring-house of Messrs. Lacoste and Co. at Chtrtsey, was En-
tered and robbed of Bank of England and Chertsey notes to the
amount of several hundred pounds.
The following story has been fur some time in circulation, for
the ttuth of which, however, we are unable to vouch :—" A
• female, of the name of Hudson, died lately at Mill-hill, near
}tendon, of a galloping consumption, brought on by the poison-
, ous medicines which she had taken at various flints, but with-

out success, to procure abortion. Upon her death bed, this
miserable creature related how she had falsely affiliated her first
two children to an innocent man, and how she had disposed of
three others race. Tne first, a boy, she destroyed as soon as
born, and buried it under a tree in a garden, near Dors-lane.—
The second, a girl, met with a similar fate, but the mother bu-
ried it behind a public-house called the Adam and Eve, Mill-
bill. The last child, a girl also, she buried alive in a field near
Totteridge. After this disclosure, the unhappy wretch appeared
more resigned, and expired almost immediately. Her confes-
sion had such an effect upon the persons in the neighbourhood,
that no one could be found to sit up with the corpse during the
nights previous to burial.
On Wednesday morning last, as two horses were at plough
near Norwich, a flight of bees alighted on the animals ; the
borses of course were terrified, and the bees not being suffered
to swarm in their usual manner, became provoked, and stung
the horses in so violent a manner, that one of them died on Fri-
day fa the most excruciating agonies. The other was preserved
by applying cloths dipped in a solution of salt of tartar in cold
water.
London, England, 1811-07-28

CITY BUSINESS.

Thursday, a Ccurt of Common Council was held at Guild-
hall, which was numerously attended.—A letter of thanks from
Mr. Joseph Lancaster, fen. the sum of 300 rtuineas, voted him at
the la ,t Court, r. as laid before them and read, and ordered to
be entered the Journals.— The Lord Mayor laid before the
Court a lever he had received from Lord Wellington, expressive
of his thanhs for thin honour conferred upon him by this Court.
—A Pc,:zicn of the Contractors and Lessees ei Buildings in
Skinner-ftatt, Snowhill, was presented to th'• Court and read,
v,4..t.n a n.:o:ion was made to refer it to the Temple-bar Com-
mittee, to consider any, and what proportion should be paid by
the Corp=ttion to them for their loss in the sale of the Tickets
for the City Lottery, which was carried in the affirmative, and a
division was den landed and granted, when the came was carried
by a majority of eleven.

SINGULAR GENEALOGY.-All the persons named in the fol-
lowing genalogy were living at Faversham, in Kent, 1760, ex-
cepting ~nly the former wife of the elder Cashich. Old Har-
wOod had two daughters by his first wife, of which the eldest
was married to John Cashick, the ton, and the youngest to John
Cae::!ct-7, the tither. Cus!iicit. the lather, had a daughter by his
first wife, whom old Harw,.;od married, and by her hada son;
then Lire C;,.shick's second wife could say My father is my
son, and 1 am my mother's mother; my s:ester is my daughter,
nd I am grandmother to my brothvt."
London, England, 1811-07-28

VAUXHALL.

The favourable auspices under which the present season com-
menced have not proved vain and illusive. The varying seasuns
supply new charms to this romantic spot, and each following its
gay succesaion, so enchants us with the present, that we can
neither regret the past nor sigh for the future. Here is found
the best antidote for care, the genuine Lethe for past sorrows.
'These Gardens now shine forth with unprecedented splmidour
in all the luxuriance of summer beauty. The whole of the
amusements are such as must ever please those who are not too
wise to he happy, and such as must secure to the Proprietor a
long continuance of that flattering patronage which he has now
the happiness to enjoy.—The following were among the com-
pany on Friday evening :—Duke De Castries, Duchess De Cas-
tries, Marquis of Lansdowne, Marchioness of Lansdowne,
Lord Arden, Lady Arden, Earl of Yarmouth, Lord Dillon,
Dowager Marchioness of Lansdovine, Lord Petersham, Duchess/
of Rutland, Lord Cavendish, Colonel Dillon, &c.
London, England, 1811-07-28

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

ROYAL MAUSOLEUM AT WINDSOR.

Previohs to the death of the Princess Amelia it had been the
*fish of his Wrjesty to have a burial-place for' the Royal
Family ; and after consulting with Mr. Wyatt, the King's Sur-
veyor-General, and several other architects, on the subject, Car-
dinal Wolsey's Tomb-house was fixed upon for a vault. Since
November, 1810, workmen have been busily employed in this
building, and it is now in such a state of forwardness, that the
Public may be enabled to form a just estimate of the grandeur
and extent of this Royal Sepulchre. It is built after the manner
of the Egyptian vaults, being 100 feet in length, 30 feet in width,
and 14 feet in depth. In the recess at the end of the vault is
intended to be deposited the remains of their present Majesties ;
and along the passage are arranged depositories for the future
Kings of England. On each side arc erected four tiers, divided
into eight compartments, making in the whole seventy-two
depositories for the Royal Family and the children of the Royal
Blood. It is to communicate with the choir of St. George's
Chapel, and to be built of Bath free stone, after the Gothic or-
der of architecture. Over this spacious tomb will be erected
a Chapter House for the Knights of the Garter, arched over
with a ceiling of fine wood work. As soon as it is completed,
the body of the Princess Amelia will be removed into it. This
fine stone edifice is situate at the east end of St.
George's Chapel, and was built by Henry VII. as a burial
place for himself and successors, but this Prince afterwards al-
tering his purpose, began the more noble structure at Westmin-
ster, and this fabric remained neglected until Cardinal Wolsey
obtained a grant of it from King Henry VIII. Wolsey, with a
profusion of expense unknown in former ages, desiened and
began here a most sumptuous monument for himself, from
whence the building obtained the name of Wolsey's
.Tomb-
house. At the time of the Cardinal's disgrace, the tomb was
so far executed, that Benedotto, a statuary of Florence, received
4'150 ducats for what he had then already done, and 3801. 18s.
sterling was paid for gilding only half of this sumptuous monu-
ment. The Cardinal dying soon after his retirement from
Court, was privately buried at Leicester, and the monument
remained unfinished. In 1616, it became the plunder of the
Parliament party, and the statues and figures, of exquisite
workmanship, made fur the ornament of the tomb, were sold
to carry on the war. King James the Secon, i converted this
building into a Popish Chapel, and Mass was publicly performed
here. The ceiling was executed by Verrie, who is considered
to have here excelled his other performances. The walls were
finely ornamented and painted; but it soon became neglected,
and after the abdication of James the Second, it remained in
ruins until the year 1800, when his Majesty ordered the win-
dows and external parts to be repaired.
London, England, 1811-07-28

470

On the 6th tiro divisions of infantry and the cavalry of the sth
ailny, under the Conde de Penne Vallamur, were crossing the
Guadiana, on a bridge constructed fur them at St. Lucar by
Colonel Austin.
_ _ .

The artillery was embarked at Ayamonte, and General Bal-
buffos with the advanced guard remained upon the river St.
Piedrti.
It appeared to be General 13Iake's intention to embark his
troops for Cadiz, but mither. General Castanos nor I have
heard from him since he marched from Jurarneil.ha on the 18th
of June.

In the North Marshal Bessieres had returned again to Valla-
dolid from Benavente ; and in the end of the month of June
the enemy assembled at, and in the neighbourhood of Valla-
dolid -a consl.3erabl body of troops, Ganetal ronnet, how-
ever, still retnained in the neighbourhood of Leon and Berta-
vente with the troops under his command ; and I have received
from General Silveira a report of the defeat of the French in an
attack made upon a Spanish detachment from the army in CO-
licla, in front of Astorga, on the 25th
The Guerillas likewise continue their operations, and besides
the alarm given to Valladolid on the 15th ultimo, Don Julian
gave a similar alarm to S,:lamanca on the 19th ultimo ; but a
considerable party of Cuerillas bAonging to. different Chiefs,
which had taken a convoy at Penar nda, were afterwards sur-
prised on the. Sc`th of June, and di=persed, about two hundred
having been killed, wounded, and made prisoners.

This Gazette contains the appointment at Robert' Viscount
Melville to be K eper of his Nl:jc:6ty's Privy Seal in Scotland.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.
Welcogte Cole, late of Lanthvi victualler, from August
tqAugust 28, at ten, at Guil,'liall.
BA 4:.•KRUPTS.
4f3eOrge Hodgetts, of Birmirsharn, button-maker.
10lin. Land, of Exeter, confecti:mer.
JOhn•Bolt, of Portsea, green-ererer.
JAmeph Bradhy, of Milford, Wilts, timber-wet-chant.
George White, hen. of BiNgharn, Nottingham, grocer.
Tam r Hill, of Nilsson, Lin, oln' maim!.
John' Dunkerly, of Pitt Bank, Lancaster, cotton-manufac-
et
-Saultlel Stead, of Leeds, York, cabinet. maker.
Richard Hopes, or Rawley Regis, Stafford, victualler.
George Crowne, of Bilston, Stafford, Jinen-draper.
Thomas Garner Richmond, of Church-street, Rotherhithe,
Starr(l,, merchant.
Janes Byrn, of Broad•street, insurance-broker.
James Augustine Greenland, of Lamb's Conduit-street, Theo-
bald's-road, babe: dasher.
. Benjamin Noble, late of Bedford, tailor.
John Archer, late of Clieshain, Buckingham, baker.
Joseph Mason Gait!,kill, of St. John of NVapping, mathemati-
cal instrument-maker.
Jesse Coles, of Hanway-street, Oxford-street, jeweller.
Robert Salmon, of Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, linen-
liraper.
London, England, 1811-07-28

BIR7 HS.

On the C.lth inst. at Charter House, the Lady of F. E. Bar-
ker, Ecq. of a son.
A :,taniford-hill, on Saturday :as:, the Lady of M. Gilmore,
Esq. of a son..

DIED.
Lately, a Russian peasant, of the name of Alexai Nikforov,
in the village of Kanie»ka, in the province of 'Elsa, at the ad-
vanced age of 124. At 101, he lost his wife, aged 90; and two
years after married another. by whom he 14.1 two daughter's
whom he lived to see married, and mothers. •
At Oakham, RutlaudsLire' W Anne Clark, datighter of .
W. Clark, aged 16; her death was occasioned by dipping her
head, when hot, into a bucket of water.
At Nlu,steed. Hants, after an illness of a few hours, Mr. •tr.
Scoray, age d 83, a man pos .ess. d of many excellent qualities,
tempered with great peculiarities. At his wedding, 52 years
ago, he preserved three candies, one of which he burnt at the
funeral of pis wife, another at that of a relation; arid he or-
dered that the third should he burnt when his own funeral took
pl ce, and that some m9d, preserved also at the marriage least,
with all the cyder and liquors remaining In his house, .51.0U1d
then be drank. His funeral took place on Tuesday, when
friends and relatives f !lowed his ri mains to Minsteed hutch,
witnessed the funeral iites, and heard an excellent sermun ;
after which they returned to his house, burnt the candle, and,
in religious fulfilment of his injunctions—drank out all the
liquor.
At Worcester, Sarah Smith, aged 103; ten years ago she
married a second husband, who survives her untimely departure.
At Clifton, on Saturday last, Mrs. Zirott, aged 32, wife of
Joint Scot:, Esq. of North Cray-place, Kent, much lamented
by her family and friends.
SUDDEN Dz.,...ru.—Frhiay afternoon, a man of the name
of Flint, a carpenter, at Brixton, was found dead by his wife
in a field adjoining to a house where he was at work. At break-
fast he complained of a pain in his head, and not coming home
to dinner, as usual, his went to seek him and found him
lying on the ground a corpse, with a hiinei horse standing with
its head over him, in a patient posture o; animal sympathy;
by this 31(1 stroke of fat.iiity, the poor woman is left with a fa-
mily to lament the loss of a husband, father, and a daikr prow
tector.

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London, England, 1811-07-28

QNAL, REGISTFR.

BONAPARTE TURNING PROTESTANTI

It is not an easy task, perhaps, to point out the connection there is betwaea
the triumphs of Bonaparte, insurrections in India, discontents of the Ame•
ricans, and the Cua►srlAN RICLIGION: and awn thoughtful only for the
present life, a►►d its enjoyments, are not disposed to moor to consider; but
GOD sees! Hg who made tl►e overthrow of Babylon, and the victories of
Alexander, instrumental to fulfill prophecy, now sees the end from the
heicioning, and from ancient times the things that are not et drbue:r..--new
connects causes and events; and will overrule the commotion of the nations.
fur his own honour; and, we hope, for the true gior., of our land.
Vide The 'Watchman; for March ISIO.
London, England, 1811-07-28

FRANCE AND AMERICA.

A very busy interchange of communication seems
to have taken place between the American Minister
at Paris and the Claire d' 41fizirs of the same Go-
vernment resident in London. The Adelaide cartel
from Morlaix has brought over two American Gen-
tlemen with dispatches for the latter, the contents
of mhich are said to be of considerable importance.
It is not very likely that their purport has fully
tianspited; but an opinion pretty genet ally pre-
vailed, founded probably as much on general spe-
culation as on facts, that the French Government
*as anxious, in the present crLical•junctuve of
affairs between Great Britain and America, to cul-
tivate a good understanding with the latter Power.
With this view, it is s lici, the French Government
has released the American ships and cargoes de-
tained, and ui.kler sNuc•stration, since the Ist of
November last. A kite'. f..om Paris, on the same
subject, goes still farther, and asserts, " that some
American vessels which were captured by the
French, and caiiied into St. Feb:ntians, in 1809
and 1810, among which is the Camilla, of New
York, have been also r, stored."
As an additional contradiction of the above in-
telligence, we have to notice the contents of a letter
from Morlaix of the 20th. It is from the Captain
of the American Wig Belisatius, of. New York,
London, England, 1811-07-28

DREADFUL FIR:.

NEW-YORK, JUNE 6.—On the evening of the 31st ult. a fire
broke out in the town of Newburyport, which constened up-
wards of 200 houses, stores, &c. The lois is mentioned at two
millions of dollars, and hundreds are thrown into the wide world
pennyless. It is hoped that the donations from every town in tae
Union will immediately alleviate the distress of the real sufferers.
Amongst the public buildings destroyed in the lire, arc, the
Post Office, Custom-House, Phmnix Insurance Company, Norris
and Co's. and J. Gilman's Printing Offices, Union Insurance
Office, and Baptist Meeting-House.
The appaling alarm was given about a quarter before ten last
evening; when, almost instantly, a range of wooden buildings,
more than 100 feet in length, near the market, which been
improved as stables by David Lawrence? Samuel Shaw, and
others, were in full blaze, which soon extended down to the
market. Every effort to subdue or controul the fire prov.:d in-
effectual, till all the north side of State-street, from ,lie market
to Pleasant-street, and all the south side from Essex-street to the
Ferry-!gays, including all the brick stores on the Perry Wharf,
and (excpt Major Perkin's store on S. E. side) the market Midd!e-
street, half-way through, and all below, from the Ferry Wharf to
Marquand's Wharf, both inclusive, were inclosed in one common
ruin. The flames spread with such rapidity, that but a small
proportion of the vast property in this centre of business was
saved.

A list of 50 vessels, condemned at Carlscrona,
was exhibited on Wednesday at Lloyds, with a re-
quest that the persons interested in the vessels and
cargoes should send an account of their demand to
Mr. H. Bennet, the Secretary, preparatory to a re-
presentation to be laid before Government on the
subject.
London, England, 1811-07-28

LAZY REPORTS.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
SATURDAY, JULY 27.

FENTON, ASSIGNEE OF REWARDS, V. PEARSON.

This was an action of Troyer, brought to recover the value of
a cargo of Russian produce. It appeared on admissions, that
Messrs. Brand and Co. Russia merchants, of Archangel, had
consigned the cargo in question to Renards ; but he becoming
insolvent before its arrival, the defendant Pearson, as the agent
of the Russian merchants, on its arrival stopped the cargo in
trunsitit. _ _ _

The Attorney-General, for the plaintiff, stated this to be a new
case in commercial law; and contended, that the ;igent of an
alien enetny could not stop goods in Ira 'anis, as he could not
legally, have an authority from his eniplo) yrs, being such alien
enemies, ilk that, purpose.
The Learned Judge considering this a question of great im-
portance, reserved the point, and the Jury found a verdict fur
the plaintiff, subject to the question at law.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
FRIDAY, JULY 26.

ADCOCK V. PRICE

This was an action to recover damages for the utterance of
certain scandalous weeds, which were applied to the plaintiff hr
the defendant.
It appeared in evidence, that the plaintiiT, who is a druggist in
St, Ma: y Axe, was connected by marriage %%nil ti,e defendant,
and that in consequence of his having pursued a Cha eery shin,
after it had been mutually agreed' that proceedings Should he
stopped, the defendant caled at his house, in company with a
Gentleman named Wilcox, to remonstrate with into on his
London, England, 1811-07-28

AMERICAN PAPERS.

CONFIDENTIAL. COMMUNICATION BY THE PRESI-
DENT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

GOVERNOR FOLCII TO MR. SMITH.

_ ..
SIR—I will not detain myself in giving to your Excellency
information relative to the letter which I directed to his Ex-
cellency Governor Holmes, being persuaded it will be in the
hands of your Excellency long before this ; but I will add to its
contents for your Government, that I have decided on deliver-
ing this province to the United States, under an equitable capi-
tuhnion, provided Ido not receive succour front the Havannah
or Vera Cruz during the present month, or that his Excellency
Adarquis Somernelos, on whom I depend, should not have open-
ed directly a negotiation on this point. The incomprehensible
abandonment in which I see myself, and the afflicted situation
to which this province seer; itself reduced, not only authorise
me, but force me to have r: course to this determination, the
only one to save it from that ruin which. threatens it. The
United States are also authorised to accept it, as the disturb-
auces which now afflict this province so near to them must
increase every day—they cannot but have an influence on their
tranquillity, an object which merits the first care of every Go-
vernment.
The inhabitants of Baton Rouge may figure to themselves
many teotives which may in their conception justify the deter-
mill ohm they have adopted ; but they cannot produce even a
sitTle one which can make tolerable the tyrannical, illegal, and
unjust obstinacy with which they insist, that the other districts
• of the province should subject themselves to their will. Jhe
United States, which profess the exercise of equity, cannot ex-
empt themselves from taking part with the party unjustly op-
pressed. In this belief I recur to its Executive through the
medium of your Excellency, supplicating him, that he will be
please(', to send orders to the Commandant at Fort Stoddard,
that he should as-Ist with the troops which he has under his
orders for the purpose of forcing t• .• party under the command
of Ruchen Kempir to retire within the district of Baton Roa2e,
intimating to him, that if in future lie should repeat his
incur-
sionsin the di-itrict of Nlobille andYensacola, tl.e troops of the
Utrited States, jAned to the Spanish troops, will be forced to
keep them heck.
These districts have the more reason to expect, from the rec-
titude of the Unit d the assistance I ask, as the party
which Kemper commands ha; been recruited, armed, and pro-
vkioned, within the limits of their sovereignty. At the same
time, if any proposition is accepted, orders may be given, au-
thorising some person to meet with me for regulating the eva-
cuation of the province, and what ou.ght to precede it.
I conclude, &c.
/Vlobille, Dec. '2., 1 31 0 . V. FOLCH.
London, England, 1811-07-28

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, 4.c.

The bri?,y of a female, apparently about 20 years o` age, gen-
teelly dre.;sed in a blue silk pelisse, with a si!k bonnet corres-
ponding, was found on Monday. by Jacob I3rce, a waterman, a
Short distance from V. estrrinster Bridge. The body was owned
on Tuesday morning, and the deceased turned out to be a
teacher at a re-p. e.::ble Lady's s:.-rrinary four miles from Hyde
Palk Corner. had been missed ten days from her situation,,
and had not been heard of She had 'been in a dejected state
sometime from disappointment in affections.
Ty z FAIR 'rum —A Lady. in high dress, attended by a
footman in livery, went on Thursday right into a box; iti the
Hoymaket Theatre, and begued pardon for intrusion, as the
box she had engaged w occupied by a genteel party whom
abs did not choose to displease. She was politely accost-4mo-

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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

on a cowl, or would, like Louis the Pious, place me In a convent,,
or banish me to Africa. What ignorant ideots you are !—Prove
me out of the Gospel that Jesus Christ has appointed the Pope
his substitute or succe•_sor of St.,Peter, and that be has the right
to excommunicate a Sovereign. —(From these repeated expres•
.sions one might almost suppose the Pope actually excommuni-
cated the Emperor.) 4 If you care about my protection, then,
preach ihe Go-pel as the Apostles did. I will protect you if you
ar^ good citizens ; if not, I will banish you from my Empire, and
will di-perse you over the world like Jews. You belong to the
Bi.ihlptic of Moulines : appear before your Bishop, n.ake your
confessions to him, and sign the Concordat. The Bishop will
inform you of my will. I will appoint another Bishop at Her-
zegenhuch. Is there a seminary at Breda ?' An affirmative was
given. Well, then, Mr. Prefect, you will make the necessary
preparations that these people may swear to the Concordat.
Attend at the seminary, and be it your care that the Oithodox
Gospel be preached there, in order that more et lightened men
should conic forth than those ideots, who preach a strange kind
•f doctrine."
London, England, 1811-09-29

THE NATIONAL REG

Nobility were arrested by order of the Sicilian Government, and
*ere immediately afterwards sent on board the Sicilian ship of
war the Tartar, to be conveyed to the island of Faviguana, iScr
Their names are, the Princes of Belmonte, Villa Franca, 41ci,
Castel Nuevo, and the Duke of Angio.
The arrest and exile of these Noblemen has given rise to a
report, which is wholly destitute of foundation, which is inju-
rious to the English character, and calculated to diminish the
authority of the British residing in this island. Tke report is,
that these proceedings were instituted at the desire of the Bri-
tish Government, and that the Admiral and English charge d'Af-
faires, residing in Palermo, had taken a principal part in the ex-
ecution of it. It was also asserted, that an English ship of war
was employed on this occasion.—Such a representation is known
to be utterly false and absurd, by the inhabitants of Palermo,
who were eve witnesses of the transaction; it will also be ac-
knowledged that such an interference would be both opposed
to the established conduct of the British Government, and to
the duties of its principal agents in this island.
Be the rumours on this subject what they may, we are em-
powered, from the highest authority, to contradict them, and
to declare that the English had not only no participation in the
business, but not eve ti the smallest know ledge of it. The in,
ventors and propagators of such vile calumnies could have no
other object than to promote discord between the two nations,
and to disunite the hearts of the Sicilian people from their best
friends.

7R.

his medicine had poisoned, received an extremely pointed re
proof from the Court; and, with a view of securing the public
in future from the deleterious' effects of his surgical practice, in-
structions were given to the Sheriff of Renfrew to institute an
inquiry, how far the Charter of the Kt.yal College of Surgeons
in Edinburgh,. or of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons in
Glasgow, entitled them to prevent this person from following
the medical profession in future.
Lord HEANTAND charged the Jury, and lamented that Ductal*
Carswell was not ni the place of the prisoner.
The Jury unanimously foucd a verdict of—Not Guilty.
London, England, 1811-09-29

PAPER..MONEY:

. • .
• BErtmcE.—The paper:Money in circulation in the
colony of Berbice having become so defaced that
the sums .were scarcely legible, ROBERT GoUDON,
Esq. the Governor, has ordered the whole (that
Under three guiLlers excepted) to be culled in, pre- 1
paratory to a new issue, to the same athount, bn i,
stronger paper. The Post-master tidying complained il
of the evasion of the laws pis 1.6 the delivery of let.o.2rs 1
at the Post-office, by the nea%tel-s of vessels frthn this
iou.ntry, the .Governor, with the concurrence of the i.
• 'Court of Policy, has decreed, that-offenders in this I
. 'respect shall, in future, be liable to the penalty of 1
twenty-five guilders for every letter withheld from
the Postmaster. The offence of conveying from the ,
. tolony any individual not provided With a regular
. 13assport; is, by the same authority, subjected to a I
penalty bf six thousand guilders, besides payment
of the debts of the person so carried away. To en- ,
force the execution of this regtilation, all masters of 1
tnerchant-vessels, previous to their being admitted
to entry, are to give proper security at the Secreta-
fy's office.;---=Whilst the new Governbr haS tlittS
shown due attention to the interests of the revenue,
and the pecuniary concerns of the.coloniSts, we have
to state, with heartfelt satisfaction, that he has had
the firmness to insist upon an important alteration
of the Dutch Colonial Code, in favour of our sable
brethren. In an edict Of the ISt of July, it is enacted,
tle4t every white, or other free person, convicted of
murdering, minting, or wounding a sldee, to whom.
ioever belonging; shall stiffer the satire , punishment
which would attach to , the perpetration of such
Crimes upon persons of their cla's.
o_

The greatest attraction in the Shiallest State Lottery ever
inoWn. The Capital Prizes more Various.—Ticketd and Shares
idosiderably cht aver than for many Years past, and s Prizes of
15,0001. 3 of 5,010, 3 of 2,000, 6 of 1,000, 12 of 500, and up-
*aide of 7,7C9 of 100, 50, 25, and '20,-111 to be draWriTu'esday,
of October. In the late October Lottery, upwards of
19,000 'rickets im.rh sold; in the preseht there are orily 13,500
Tickets, awl frel'n the uniVersaiiy aP;roVed Scheme, and great
Deniatid, it is likely all tbe Tick:ear anti Skare4 will be sold- be-
fosf Elie Drawing.
London, England, 1811-09-29

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.

Stephen Clement Webb, of Bath, Somerset, money-scriyener,
to Oct. 11. at five, at Guildhall, London.
Daniel Solomon, of Sion -square, Whitechapel, weaver, from
Sept. 28 to oq. 8, at ten, at Guildhall.
George Luaeman", of Fore-street, I imehouse, baker, from
Sept. 28 to Oct. xl9, at ten, at Guildhall.
George Crow, late of Titchborne-street, man's-mercer, from
Oct. 5 to Nov. '23, at ten, at Guildhall.
BANKRUPTS.
Dennis Chandler, late. of Stowupland, Suffolk, corn-mer-
cha )t. ' •
William rate, jun. of Bi'ston, Stafrord, brick-maker.
William Graham of Liverp.,ol, liquor-nierchanr.
Cnarlei Ward and James Brown, of Bolton-le-Moors, Lan-
caster, My-merchants.
John Smith; of Manchester, cotton-rratitifacturt-r.
Jus,Th Ogden, set). of Pe!.dieton, Lancaster, b:racher.
Tames D6wni,-, of I,:mehouse, merchant.
CEWCIPI.CAI°E.-;—OcT. 15
Stephen 'M'Creciy, of Liverpool, merchant.—Edward Hattori
Wilsoli and John Westmorland, of I..verpool, spirt-niercliants;
—Samuel King, of Union-street. Whitechapel, i tiny
Richards, of the Ftrai;cl, gun-tn:lker —Stephen Casey, of Plais-
tow, Esst.x. garckner.—Williarn Nelson, of Liverpcol.--Frank.is
Hill, of Wood-street, Spita6fields, weaver.—Henry
Lower Rowfolds, within Liversadge, York, card-rnaker.—Jolin
Daniel l;ouse,, jun. of 'Walhrook, Sl:akeshaft,
jun. of Wfdt,gate,,reet, Botolph Witht,ut, earthenware-
, mar.—A ichard Jones, of Liverpool, tailur.—Thomas Hughes, of.
1 Ludgate-street, bookseller. -
London, England, 1811-09-29

ROBBERY.

- -
On Sunday night, the house of Mr. Robinson Ulyeate, writ-
ing-master, at Shepherd's Bush, was broke open by a gang of
robbers. The circumktance was reported about in the neigh-
bourhood, and reached the ears tif Mr. Connie, the landlord of
the house, in Southampton-buildings; after which Mr. Ulyeate
called on him, and stated, that his wife was so much alarmed
ante time, and her fears continued so strong, lest the robbers
shJuld pay them another visit, that he intreated Mr. Con►rie to
allow intn to give up the house, as it would be impossible for
him to remain in it with any degree of comfort. Mr. Connie
inquiredif he had given notice at Bow-street. Office of the rob-
bery, or taken any steps to discover •the robbers ; to which he
replied in the negative. Mr. C. informed him he should, and
accordingly applied at the above Office on Thursday afternoon ;
and Bacon, the conductor of the patrole in the neighbourhood
of Shepherd's Bush, was desired to attend him at the house ;
on the examination of which, no act of violence appeared,
either in breaking in or breaking out. The principal account of
the robbers was from Mr. Ulyeate and his gardener. The gar-
dener gave a particular account., stating, that the roam where
he slept was very near the kitchen, and, hearing some men in
the house, he believed four, but was positive there were three,
.he armed himself with a bayonet. On his approaching the
kitchen, which was perfectly dark, a pistol was discharged at
him, the ball of which fortunately missed him and went into
_the wall; he instantly thrust his bayonet into the robber, which
entered his body about four inches, from the bloody state it was
in. The robbers then made off, supposed to be carrying off

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MISCELLANIES.
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A cruel hoax has been practised this week by some malignant
female, calling herself Fitzgerald, on a number of poor Irish
washerwomen, whom she has sent to Buckingham House,
under the pretence of hiring them to assist in the Queen's laun-
dry, where they were to receive two guineas a week, others at
4s. a day, pot of porter a day, and as much rum, gin, and wine,
as they chose. They have come from Whitechapel, the Bo-
rough, Wesminster, and various parts of London; and are
principally Irish women ; some of them it will be nearly the
ruin of, as they have left good places for the engagement ; some
of thenr being servants, the terms being so advantageous; others
have sent their children into the country to nurse, to enable them
to take the place. It is to be hoped the author will be discovered,
and brought to condign punishment.
Lieutenant Cdlonel Cochrane has been brought to a Court
Martial, at Gallegos, in Portugal, on a charge of having written
certain letters to his superior officer, General A. Campbell, in-
conlistent with military discipline. The result of the trial is not

known. •
London, England, 1811-09-29

LYCEUM.

This theatre re-opened for the winter on Monday, having
closed fir the summer on the preceding Thursday. The per-
formances were The Clandestine Marriage, and The Irishman
in London. Stock pieces have been played all the week, and
the public are gravely informed, " That the Proprietors of the
minter licence have made such arrangements with the Pro-
prietors of the summer licence," (that is, Mr. SAMUEL A:-
- T4OLD has made such arrangements with Mr. SAmuti. ARNoLD)
that the last new opera M. P.; • or, The Blue Stocking, will
shortly be performed. G.
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London, England, 1811-09-29

TH

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U)

TES—Ocr. 19

George Burton, of the New City- Chambers, insurance-
broker.—Ann Lanchester, of St. James's-street, milliner=--Sa-
muel Goodbody, of thr Horceferry-road, Westminster, coach-
smith.—John lt,chards, of Liverpool, ta Croker,
of Ratcliff-Highway, ironmonger.—Richard Bishop, of Old
Ford, Bow, Middlesex, jeweller.—William Atkinson, of Three
King-court, Lombard-street, hat-manufacturer.—Jamts Good-
win,of Ludlow, Saldp, shopkeeper.—Charles Battye :int! "Tho-
mas of Lawrence-Pountney-bill, brokers.—William
Carpenter, of Westuratting, Cambridgeshire, farmer.—Joseph
Smith, of Bristol, zarpenter.—Williain Heywood, of Man•
Chester, small ware-nrumfactiirer.—James Saffery, of Canter-
bury, bookscler.—Willam Hall and Allan Hinder of Wood-
Wcett silk-manufacturers.

POPULATION.

-+Ningftai...-

The following Census has been taken of the seve-
ral parishes in the hundreds of BlaCkheath, Little
and Lessners, in the county of Kent, by the Palish
Officers, pursu.nt to Act of Parliament, in 1811 ;
to t‘ hich is added, the total increase from the last
returns (.1 18.)1. The statement only enumerates
the regulai farnlies, resident mechanics, &c.
pen,lent of the number of soldiers in the regular
bervice, embodied militia, persons belorging to his
Majesty's navy, or to registered vessels, which form
a considerable body to Deptford, Greenwich, Wool-
wich, &c.

Males.
9,526
8,723
7,605
2,923
880
1,134
536
769
559
213
129
76

Females.
10,307
8,2 .4
8,972
3,702
933
98.2
671
'734
580
299
109
53

85,600

Total.
19,8:;3.
16 947
16,577
6,625
1,813
2,11 G
1,'211
1,553
1,119
512

213.8
129

68,678

Increase.
2 285
2,608
6,751
2',616
186
950
464
843
15)
136

16,496
London, England, 1811-09-29

FRENCH OPPRA rioNl IN SPAIN.

~,

By the arrival of Afont'lcurs and other French
Papers to the 16th it,sant„ we have received die
French accounts of the late operations in the Pe.
ninsula. Though fraught with ..the
.inual boasting
of the French Inilitary commun:cations, these
official dispatches aft', rd a much more mode-
rate report of tL,' transactions they, relate to,
than we might have expected. The dispatch
from Marshal Socur detailing his operations
against the united forces, of FRIERE and BLAKE
in Valencia, taken in its fullest sense, does not re-
present the result as in any degree so disastrous as
we had been previously led to suppose. It does
not appear that thrre was any general action, though
during five or six days the French were advancing,
and the Spaniards constantly retreating. The
Manner in which the retreat was conducted may be
judged of, from the circumstance, that the enemy
cannot boast .of having made more than 6or 700
prisoners, amongst whom were thirty Officers.
What appears most remarkable in this French
account is, that General QUADRA, who was
before
.reported to have been, by his absence
from a particular position, the cause of the loss
of an action, not only was p• esent at the differ-
ent operations, but actually saved a whole di-
vision of the army from being destroyed on the
9th at the Rio Barbata, by his having again in part
United that corps. Souur represents the great
Mass of his whole force as having been broken
up completely, only 7000 of that great body
having retired into Murcia. The remainder is
said .to have been destroyed or to have dis-
persed to their respective homes. This account
of Marshal SOULT, we must confess, affords ns
Much gratification. With all the exaggeration of
ivhich vice know him to be capable, it is some satis-
faction to find, that he allows even7ooo of the Valen-
clan army to be still on foot, and that he cannot
swell the amount of his prisoners higher than six •
or seven hundred. Upon every ground, therefore,
we may safely conclude, that, as he has boasted of
no splendid victory, the Spaniards have sustained no
disastrous defeat—that though he has advanced
without meeting any decisive resistance, the Spanish
Generals have retreated without hazarding any
ruinous engagement—and that whilst SOULT has
only to boast of a little acquisition of geographical
limits, the Spaniards have not to complain of any
great numerical losses. The Valencian army is
gin, then, in existence, and in sufficient force to
keep the corps of SOULT, strong as it is and flushed
as it may be with its previous success, at a respectful
distance.
, The French Papers contain also a dispatch
from the corps einployed in the Galician army
under SANTOCILDLS. ' The similarity of circum-
. stances between the management of the operations
on the part of tie sithwils Generals in Leon and
Valencials so strikink, and the result in' both *cases
so nearly the same, that we cannot help considering
London, England, 1811-09-29

MORNING.

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100011.
SUNDAY, SEA! 1:1,1:&113ER 29, 1811.

TliF. KING.

BULLETINS FOR Tir r. WEEK. •
U WINDSOR CASTLE, SEPT. 22.—His Majesty remains iR the
same state."
" SEPT. 23.—His Klesty has passed the night without sleep,
and is pot quite so well this morning."
" SEPT. 24.—His Majesty had some sleep ih the night, and
is much the same as he was the day before yesterday?' - •
" SEe-r. 25.—His Majesty continues' in the same state as
yesterday.",
• " SEPT. 26.—There is no change in his Majesty to-day."
" SEPT. 27.—His :Majesty's state has not varied for the last
three days."
" Sr, 28.—His Majesty continues in the same state :-.%
Testerday."