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The National Register.
London, England, 1811-11-17

ANHOL I' MAILS.

Two Mails arrived on Friday from Anholt, but
they have brought no intelligence of any importance
from the countries on the Baltic. Every thing con-
nected with the discussions supposed to have been
lately pending between France and the Northern
Powers seems for the present, at least, perfectly
composed. All expectation of a rupture seems to
have subsided, The letters from St. Petersburgh
are to the 28th ult. at which date the Exchange on
England was at 14i, and expected to fall still
lower. The operations on the Danube are conti-
nued with activity, but without any decisive advan-
tage on either side. How long will these infatu-
ated Powers continue to exhaust, in useless warfare
and mutual destruction, those resources which may
very speedily he neces4ary for the actual defence of
their existence !

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RIOTS AT NO CTINGHAM.

It is reported that a disposition to riot and tn.
molt had manifested itself in the town of Notting.
ham amongst the working classes. Some thousands
are said to have taken a, part in the disturbance
which broke out there. The high price of bread
is asserted to be the cause of the riots. An express,
as we understand, brought the very unpleasant intel.
ligence to one of the Government offices yesterday,
and measures will be promptly, no doubt, taken to
restore tranquillity.

We have heard that the mortality at Carthagena
is still very great, and that Cadiz has become of
late sickly. Sir James Fellows is about to pro.
ceed thither immediately. He has been lately in
attendance on Lord Cholmondely. The following
private letter from Carthagena, dated the 18th ult.
says,
46 The coast from hence to the Ebro is visited at
this moment by every calamity that can afflict an
oppressed and devoted country—war, pestilence,
and famine. Suthet is before Valencia with 18,000
men ; but the precautions and admirable disposi-
tions of Blake are likely to render abortive the plans
of the enemy, at least for this time, or until he shall
be reinforced. On the 28th of last month, and on
the Bth of this, the French attacked Murviedro, the
ancient Saguntum, by assault, and were repulsed
each time with considerable loss. Upon the pre.
servation of this advanced work, the safety of Va-
lencia in a great degree, if not entirely, depends.—
The force Blake commands amounts to about
26,000 regulars, as they are called. Major-Gene-
ral Roche is at Alicant with his brigade, consisting
of five battalions of infantry, a regiment of cavalry,
and three troops of horse artillery ; besides all this,
the whole population of the province are in arms.—
The issue is most important, and must be decisive
of the fate of these provinces."
London, England, 1811-11-17

IRELAND.

between the hours of twelve and one on Monday night, and
during a heavy gale of wind,-. the following fatal event occurred
in a lane near the Square, in Waterford. The family of Pierce
Power, an indu,tripus and respectable cooper, were in bed hi a
titian house attached to one of considerably greater elevation.
In one bed were the parents, and in another three boys and a
young girl, all in the same room, enjoying an unsupected sere-
nity that r. pose which youth and labour bestow. At the time
mentioned, part of the gable of the higher honse was instanta-
neously thrown (!own on the roof of the lower house, which it
irtly forted on the bed where the children lay, crushing two of
the boys to immediate death, and so bruiting the other that he
Chin aftei. expired. An oaken Chair, which stood near where
the girl lay preserved her life, by supporting that part of the
bed which was above her. The parents sustained in* personal
injury, and it is beyond the power of language to describe the
anguish of their hearts ! The ages of the boys were about four-
teen, eight, and four years.
London, England, 1811-11-17

SOUTH AMERICA.

DECREE OP THE PROVISIONAL JUNTA OF THE UNITED
PROVINCES OF THE RIVER PLATA, IN THE NAME OF

FERDINAND VII.

1. That henceforth, in all time coming, the Tribute which
the Indians paid to the Crown of Spain shall be abolished in all
the districts of the provinces united to the existing Government
of the River Plata.
2. That in order to give all due effect to the present resolu-
tion, it shall be published in all the chit f towns and villages of
the provinces of the interior; and that all exaction of the said
Tribute shall henceforth cease. For which purpose, they will
cause a sufficient number of copies to be printed in Spanish and
Quichua, to be sent to the Provincial Juntas and other Magis-
trates, who shall attend to the same.
(Signed) JUAN PASSO, Sec.
Buenos Ayres, Sept. 1.
The Junta have published General Orders, dated Stpt. 6, of
which the following are extracs
:-
6• We cannot dissemble it ; our situation is dangerous. Since
the defeat of our troops on the I)esaguadero, the execrable par-
ricide Goyoneche has occupied La Paz ; and is endeavouring
again to 'subject the people despoiled of their rights to the yoke
of their oppressors. Infamous Minister of arbitrary power ! he
is not ashamed to have recourse to violence, iu order to esta-
blish despotism on the ruins of his country.
" The country, then, is in danger; and till it is saved, war
must be the principal object to which the attention of Govern-
ment is directed. The warlike virtues shall be the road to dis-
tinction, honour, and dignity. The troops shall be under the
most severe discipline—their only relaxation shall be in a change
of military occupation. All the citizens are born soldiers, and
shall receive from their infancy an education conformable to
their destinatiou. The field of Mars shall be the public school
where the young men shall go through their apprenticeship, and
procure for themselves robust constitutions. The cities shall
present only the image of war. In fine, every citizen shall look
upon his arms as forming part of himself, and war as his natu-
ral state."
The Junta have therefore adopted the following Resolutions :
" Ist. A Committee of War shall be appointed, which shall
inspect the arming and equipment of the troops, carry into
effect plans for the improvement of the organization of troops,

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ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, ,S-c.

On Monday application was made at the Bow-street Othce,,
for an 011icer to attend at Mr. Clarke's, In the Edgeware-road,
in conAeglienoe of a female servant who had been discharged
refusing to quit the house, and behaving iu a very disorderly
manlier; in consequence Lack was bent. On his arrival th, re,
to his great surpriie, he found, the girl had hanged herself is
t:ic back kitchen;and the house in the grcate st state of con-
fusion, the mist! *.; having fainted on 'her first discovering thi
girl hanging. A milkman came in and cut her down. A
medical gentleman was immediately called in, and by timely
assistance she was in a short time restored to life. Atter
her recovery, the Officer prevailed on her to leave the house
quietly.

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London, England, 1811-06-02

SATURDAY's LONDON GAZETTE.

ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, JUNE 1.
A Copy of a Letter from Admiral Str Charles Cotton, AIM
Commander in Chief of his Majesty's ships and vessels in the
Mediterranean, to John Wilson Cruker, Esq. dated on board
the San Jogf, of Port Mahon, the 17th April, 1811, incluse*

the following :
His Majesty's ship Cerberus, at sea, 4th February, 1811.
SlR—Having discovered four ve.,,els at anchor under Pes-
tichi, it being nearly calm, I dispatched the barges of this ship
and the Active, under the command o- Lieutenant Haye of tilt
latter, to attempt bringing them out, in which he completely
succeeded, although exposed to a heavy fire of musketry from
the soldiers quartered at that place.
Lieutenant Haye speaks in high terms of the conduct of the
petty officers, seamen' •and royal marines employed under hini
for their cool and steady conduct on the occasion. •
Inclosed is a list of the vessels captured, and return of the
wounded, which I ant happy to say, is only one man belonging
to the Active. I have the honour to be, O•te,
(Signed) HENRY WILIT Bv, Captain.
To Geo. Eyre, Esq. Captain of his Majesty's
skip Magnificent, senior Officer, &c. &c.
[Here follows the names of eleven transports, chiefly ladtn
with corn, hemp, and oil, which have been taken in this gallant
Wounded.—Francis Free, land man, badly.

BANKRUP'T'S.
Nathaniel Porter, of Birmingham, Warwick, factor and
clock-dial-maker.
Thomas' Rowlandson and Joseph Bates, late of Cheapside,
merchants.
Dudley Bagley, of Sedgley, Stafford, iron-master.
Edward Creaser, of Great Driffield, York, chymist and
druggist,
George Lapraik, of Bishopsgate - street Within, cheese-
monger.
George Dodd, late of Vauxhall-place, South Lambeth, Sur,
my, surveyor.
Thomas Dunstan, of Falmouth, linen-draper.
James Young, of Fooiow, Derby, shopkeeper.
George Park, of North Shields, Northumberland, anchor-
smith.
Richard Attwell, of Toddington, Bedford, baker.
John Coates, of Park-lane, Piccadilly, tailor.
John Wilson, of Leeds, York, merchant.

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t'llE NATIONAL REGISTER.

BATTLE OF ALBOERA.

The official accounts of this sanguinary action
have not yet reached this country, and the anxiety
which the various reports, contained in private let-
ters from Lisbon, have created, remains unallayed.
The latest arrival is that of the General DON) at
Jersey, from which island the following communi-
cation was yesterday evening received by Govern-
ment :

HOME DEPARTMENT, JUNE

General Dom, the Governor of Jersey% has trans-
mitted to this Office a Lisbon Gazette, brought to
that island by a brig in five days from Lisbon, from
which the following is an extract :
The Telegraph announces the following news :

" Et.vAi, MAT 19, ELEVCN o'CLocK.—Before eight in the
evening the enemy's army began to retire. At eight in the
morning our army marched after the rear guard of the et,einy.

" In the battle of the ltith the enemy had three Generals
killed and three wounded. RoPIN and GAZAU arc two of the
killed.

46 ELVAS, Tiu 09C Locx.—Lord WELLINGTON is anived.'
From this account it would appear that Marshal

BERESFORD was at Elvas, where other letters tell us,

he had sent the heavy artillery which he employed
in the siege of Badajoz previous to the battle. Yet
this does not coincide with the report of Socues
having abandoned his killed and wounded.

The General Don his brought Lisbon Gazettes
to the 20th ult. from which we have made the fol-
lowing extract.

44 115110 N, MAY 20.

" By authentic Letters received t his slay from the army of
Estremadura, we learn that we have gained a victory, which,
however, cost us dear. The French lost between 12 and
13,C00' men, and abandoned thtir killed and wounded. The
Allies lost letween 7 and Bcoo. The allied nati.ins behaved
like heroes, and 11;e1 an equal share as well in the glory as in
the }6SS. With regard t the list of killed and wound. d, and
London, England, 1811-06-02

VAUXHALL GARDENS.

Yesterday morning a general muitrr and rehearsal of the full
Band :aid :.iitigers look place at the Gardens. The Sofro re-
-I,(•arsed were all n-w composed, chiefly by !look and Parke.
The Vocal Perforiaers this year are—M,s.. Mountain. Mrs.
Garrick, from Bath, and Miss Tiron Mr. Dir#num, Mr. Smith,
and Mr. Taylor. The Mar.:ravine of -kiispach, Lord 'Mount-
joy, and a great nufnber of Nobilit:: and persons of fashion were
present. The Gardens open to-morrow evening.

All to be Drawn Tuesday next, King's Birth Day.—Sixty
Prizei.—HODGEl and Co. PO Oxl-A-street. rtsptct-
fully recornmertc) to the Nobility and Pubho, the very superior
Scbtme of the weselit Lotttry, Twiny tho trst f the Regency,
and will all be ttlawn the 4th of June, conta;ning 4 Prizes of
gO,CCOI ,24 PrLtes of 1,0001., 32 Prizes f,f go. ar,,, upwards
of 4,000 other Paix'..s.-1 icket s S:i.irci gr, az varit ty, are on
Sale as above, t 711r:re in the late Lotteries were sold ayil sharcd:
5 Prises of 2 AOOl I 4 Prises of 10,(.001., 7 Prizes of 5,c001., &c.
London, England, 1811-06-02

ACCIDENTS, 'OFFENCES, ‘ST.

On.the eBth, a violent storm passed over 'Worcester, in the
afternoon. 1: came from the east, and lasted above an hour ;
&rink; which period, hailstones of an enormous bulk fell, break-
ing, windows and destroying vegetation. The damage is
reckoned by some at SDM. and by others is estimated of ho less
a sum than 10,0001. The h ilstones perforated the windows
like bullets, }caving round apertures indicative of the force with
vvhirh they were driven against the glass. Owing to the burst-
/iv of a cloud dm-ing the storm, Nicole and other brooks within
ten or twelve miles, in a S. W. direction from Worcester, were
So rapidly swollen, as to almost instantaneously overew their
banks to a most astonishing height,extending for miles over
tire adjoining country, art by its velocity tearing down and
darrylng off every thing in its course, stock of every descrip-
tion. In the neighbournood of Minsterley and Pontesbury,
tram/ persons, we have heard to the number of 16 or 17, have
peilshed. At Mr. S. Heiphwav's, of Pontesford, the scene was
indeed lamentable; not fewer than ten person*, intrAinfbitit

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the Pyrenees, rendeis the arriv
forcements hopeless, at the time they are most
wanted, and the detaching of small bodies from the
capital, useless, as they are•-almost always inter-
cepted by the Guerrilas. These considerations, no
doubt, induced Lord WELLINGTON to endeavour to
make Estramadura and Andalusia the seat of offensive
operations. For that piirpose the French were driven
from the places they occupied on the Portuguese
frontiers and the siege of Badajoz, the only fortress
in their hands Which could prevent our advaneing
towards Seville, was actively commenced. The
trenches were opened as close to the town as pos-
sible, and the bombardment began. Aware of the
importance of this place, and desirous by every
means in their power to deprive the people of the
South of Spain of the point of re-union which the
p.resence of a British atuny would offer, the French
commanders weaken all their posts in the interior,
and were even compelled to.abandon some in-or-det
to 'assemble a force sufficient to meet ours. Yet
according to every account which We have re:
ceived, they could only bring 22000 men to the
field, whilst Marshal BF:ItESFORD carried on the
siege of Badajoz at the head (If about 32,0000 men,
British, Portuguese, and Spaniards. As he had
further offensive operations in view, he did not,
like Lord WELLINoroN, remain on the defensive,
but hearing of the approach of the enemy, left a
strong corps of observation before Badajoz, and
tiiarched to meet them and defeat their plan. The
detailed accounts at the battle have not yet reached
us. According to every report it was most san-
guinary. The French are said to have lost IZOOO
men in killed, wounded, and prisoners, and the
- 8000. Several regiments are stated to have
been annihilated, and the two armies to have taken
a fresh position in sight of each other with the inten-
tion of renewing the contest immediately. It is
probable, however, that:apprized of the reinforce-
ments, detached at the same time by Lord WeL-
-I.INGTON and Ely MASSENA, both Marshal BERESFORD
and SOULT will have waited for their arrivals, and
• t.hould then the enemy try once more the power of
the sword, we trust the result of the action will de-
cide the fate of the South of Spain, on which that
of the whole Peninsula in great Measure depends,
and that still brighter rays of glory will beam round
'the military crown of Great Britain. The chief
• burden of the war has been rolled to the vicinity of
Badajoz, and in the plains of .Extremadura will its
• last tremendous shock be felt.

It is reported, that a reinforcement of 6000 ca-
valry and 10,000 infantry, are forthwith to be sent
to Portugal. Lord PnoLa is to command tlie ca-
valry.

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339

Blake, at the head of 8000 Spaniards, forming the ‘,.11. s,)11
of Cadiz, debarked at Ayarnonte, to act in concert with tyres-
ford.
The advanced guard of the reinflrcements de‘tinerl for the
army of the South arrived at Cordova on the '242d. The ; )uke
of i).:lniatia had at that period milted at Seville a reserve
of 20 ,tx,o men, without having touched the troops besieging
Cadiz, and without comprising the reinforcements tha' ar-
rived, nor the sth corps, which, under General Latour Mau-
bourg,- was on the frontiers of Estreinadura, observing the
Allied army
The French artillery besieging Cadiz has found out the
secret of firing bombs, which carry 3025 wises, burst admira-
bly, a!ld whose fuse keeps extremely well during the whole
of its passage.
The Duke of Treviso, whose health has suffered by the
climate of Andalusia, is ar ived at Madrid.

DIPERI,4L PARLIAMENT.
London, England, 1811-06-02

POLICE.

14.0E1111 MS AT THE OPERA.
".•••-• ie. ?. a :ran who has moved hi thefirst circles of fashion,
• . 41. r .!'•4(•;.!:,,, Own and otbfr public
p; ices of resort, wa4"nrought •
for further examination, -on a charge a being the robiier who -
has for some time past perpetrated thernblieries that have lately
been committed- at the Opera, without the least suspicion against
Mm, he being supposed to be a man of consequence, from his
coostantattendance lit those places.
Mr. Harrison, the Manager of the Opera, attended, when the
prisoner claimed acquaintance with him as serving him and' his
brother with coals, and also as a frequenter of the Opera for 20
3 cars past. Mr. Harrison recollected him as a constant fre-
rewriter ofthe Opera so much, that he used to bow to him( but
denica any knowledge of serving hirg with coals. Humphries,
s(-arching him, found a silver lhmnting watch iA ithout a
mak .'r's name, but with fast' and slow' on it; a double row gold
i~air:, with a slider, two large oval gold carnelian seals, one
pl;:in, and the other with G. N. engraved on it, and a gold key ;
a silver Opera Ticket, No. 42, G. with an admission on it for.
ffftcen yearF. from May, 1794.
Mr. Aldhorough Richardson, of Portman-square, attended
andidentified the snuff box as his property, and that he had
been robl.cd of it in the Opera House, on Thursday night.
The prisoner was committed for trial on this charge.
London, England, 1811-04-07

SECOND BULLETIN.

Dispatches have been received at the Office of Marquis Wrt.-
LESLEY from Mr. STUART, his Majesty's Minister at Lisboa.
dated the '2.3d of M.rch ; they state the army of Gen. MASS N A
continued to retreat towards the frontier, and that every march
was facilitated by the abandonmcat of wounded, the &strut.—

tion of baggage, and whatever could encumber theirmovement.
The enemy attempted during the 18th and 19th to make istard
in the Sierra de Moita, but they were driven from that position
with the loss of 600 prisoners on the 19th. On the 21st the?
reached Galiza. The British head-quarters were at Po:ubeiro
on the 18th, and at Argazil on the 20th. The cavalry and light
•roops continued in sight of the French rear-guard, and the
movement of the Allied Army :along the skirts of the Estrella.
which flank the positions in the valley of the Mondego, pro-
mised nee impediments to their retreat. ,
Badajoa and Campo Major had fallen into the bawls of the
enemy. Marshal Souz.T had stib,equently moved la the ditto-
tion of Seville with part of his forces.
Gen. BERESTORD reached Portalegre on the 2.0t/a.
The folloiving is extracted from a pr ii 14
ter

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war

LISSON, Mitten S3.—Our army still pursues the enemy, *ho
continue to retreat It is supposed that they wills mike their
stand at Altneida. Their rear consisted of 30,600 men, all that
could fight in their army. Marshal BERESPORD'S army, con-
sisting of 24,000 men, is on its March to relieve Campo Major.
Portugal may now be considered as perfectly secure. The re-
gular post to Oporto is again opened.

BUONAPARTE's ANSWER TO THE DEPUTIES OP
THE MANSE TOWNS.
It is difficult for a Briton, whose native character -
is freedom, to conceive how men can he so debased
as not only to bear patiently the chains imposed on
their ancient liberty, but to receke slavery as a
boon, and thank the tyrant by whom they are yoked.
That a people long accustomed to groan under the
weight of an arbitrary Monarch's will, should feel
little repugnance at changing its master, and
wel-
coming a new one, would create no astonishment.
But that cities which, almost since the time they
were erected, have, amidst the storms that have
rent the continent, preserved their constitutions and
independence, should pretend to see them torn
away from them without a pang, nay, with ex-
ultation, would- never be credited, had we not
convincing proofs of their degradation and
servility in the late address of their deputies to
NAPOLEON. They even make a boast of the s'acri.
flee of their independence, and seem desirous that
it should appear a voluntary offering at the shrine
of him " whose destinies had determined that the
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

rati,n was carried into effect ; but it Appears by
the cispatches from his Lordship, received yest Ar.
day, and dated Villa Sera, 14th and 16th ult. that
MAssmt, instead of continuing his retreat towards
the Zezere, along the right bank of the Tagus, by
far the shortest way into Spain, suddenly turned to
the right, and endeavoured to reach Coimbra. A
series of sharp skirmishes ensued between our ad.
vanced guard and his rear, which frequently took
up strong positions, from which it was constantly
driven, either br charges of our cavalry and light
infantry, or by bold and skilful demonstrations on
its •flanks, chiefly by the divisions under the com-
mand of General PICTON, Brigadier-General PACK,
and Sir WILLIAM ERSKINE. A large number of
prisoners fell into our hands at every encounter,
and the line of retreat of the enemy was strew-
ed with wounded and dead, with ammunition
and broken carriages. Cut off from Coimbra, by
the superior rapidity of our march, his intention
of crossing the, Mondego was frustrated, and he
moved along its left bank through a difficult coun-
try, in the hope of being able to cross it nearer the
frontiers, and to regain Almeida. That it is in
Lord WELLINGTON'S power to prevent his re-enter-
ing Spain cannot be reasonably expected, but there
is no doubt that he will only bring back to Ciudad
Rodrigo, if he is not compelled to seek for safety
still further, the wrecks of that large army with
which he boasted he would drive us into the sea.
It is difficult to conceive what reasons could in-
duce the French Commander to abandon the line of
retreat which he had made preparations to pur-
sue, especially as he must have been conscious of

SOULT, near the confines of Alentejo, to assist his
operations, and of the siege of Badajoz undertaken
by the diyision under the orders of that Officer.
His Lordship's dispatches state that this city fell into
the hands of the enemy on the 11th ult. when the
garrison surrendered prisoners of war. Later
dispatches also received yesterday from Mr. STUART*
and dated Lisbon 23d ult. inform us, that in order
to facilitate his retreat, MASSENA abandoned all
his wounded, and destroyed his baggage ; that he
made an unsuccessful stand in the Sierra de
Moita, from whence lie was driven with
the loss of six hundred prisoners. He adds,
that subsequently to the capture of Badajoz
and Campo Mayor, SOULT had withdrawn part of
his forces, and marched hack with them towards
Andalusia, probably to reinforce Via rOR'S army
before Cadiz, after the late defeat it experienced.
The following are the Official Bulletins issued
yesterday evening from the Government's Offices.
'lie intelligence whieh they contain is far more pro-
mising to the common cause in the Peninsula) and
London, England, 1811-04-07

DIED.

On the 2d instant, suddenly, at her sister's house. in Fen.
church-street, Miss Adamson
At Parsloes, in Essex, in hor 64th year, Fa., hawe, re•
lict of John Gascoyne Faushawe, Esq.

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ARMY PAY.

C;ereral COIGNE moved tit the appointment of a Coinrnit-
tee to inquire, into the pre4ent pay and alloWances to the British
army. He much regretted that the subject had not originated
,Aith Ministers, but expresSed his conviction that his loyal
Highness the Prince ge.gent Would* riot withhold his sanction
'from any parliamentary might condute to ame-
liorate the condition 'of the Officers- nf'the British a.rrhy. lie
entered Into an examination of the pay and allowances frbm the
year IG4O, and contended that since 1695 the pay of officers of
every.ratik lyas actually diminished, although the price of pro-
vton. s had been enormously increased, and that their allowances
had Tii-ateriafly. Suffered.
After some observations from Lord Pi!ir..trß s TON, who Op.
posed the measure, and others, the Motion was negatived with..
out a ,
. SUBSTITUTE lOR THE SLAVE TRADE.

13kRtimot „ptirtiant to his notice, moved.for a Commit-
tee to inquire hip the moans of laying the foundation of a plan
tit-rite Ltalehrlifflie,Wett Indies. He aimed, he said, to ac-
celerate the abolition of slavery ; ytt he did not attempt thl3. to
the injury of the rights of the-planter, but by slow, though sure,
and progressive steps--brimproving the negroes, in introducing
to their view the efier.ts of, tree labour, and exhibiting to them
namples c•fyohittVati- itiAlistty and 'domestic bliss. By a return
16 tf1;!1-Thuile of Asteffibly,, it arpeared that there trad -hten a
tlccrehsVoltr.ti titourthStavesdStaves in 1809, wl;ich decrease was
•pOry 'ffilii&Ment. The population of ohr West India Colonies
'Onsisted t WO/ of youti men, 'who Went out to make fortunes,
xioulf to return, and from within tli negroes could copy. no
Z.aiirOPTes'of 'habituated industry and domestic settlement. Mich
tiiithtte done, however, bya corninixture of manntrs ;:the
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them-
upon it
witnessing
General L
1-111ataileInd vitime • push Its
it Innis

Whitbresq
' their

ey bad been described by his Hon.' Friend—cold-bloi
cnitors of the battle ! Wu this doing their duty to ti
selves er to their brave allies ?It was not-easy to speak up
without giving way to indignation.; and alter coldly, witne
a band of heroes fisting and dying for their wee, General
Penas tells our small arm , exhausted with its rnparaileled
tory over numbers, that, noviwas the tiMe to pus!
success.—What did this General Inflia ? Was it
or treachery, or cowardice, each, or all 1 He (Mr. Whitbi
did not mean to complain of. the Spanish. people, but of
officers. He should be sorry to say any -thing-so severe 01
army, as that every soldier. dare felt aa
_their Oeneral did.
only wished that the Spanish soldiers were put under the
inand of Biitish officers, as the Portuguese were, and, ht
an doubt, that they would behave as the Portuguese hat
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London, England, 1811-04-07

MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

The few beans and
.peas already abcvc ground look healthy.
Spring sowing generally backward, but the Kurds • now work
well. The wheat recovered from the degree of damage re-
celeed during
.vvintery and in a flourishing state upon ail good
lands; but, on the cold and wet, improvement must he waited
far, and will depend on the mildness 0; the Spring. Saint have
still a yellow and unhealthy appearance.
Accounts from various parts speak well of the retnalniag_tur.
nips, and the cattle are said to be in a very thriving state. Win-
ter tares, r; e, .young clovers, and grass, appear very promising;
and the clover seed of last season has proved equal in quality to
the tingst of former years, indeed can scarcely be remembered 0
fine. 1-lay very scarce.
Stock of cattle in the country abundant, cows radrer dearer.
Pigs becoming very plentiful, the price of barley, pease, and
beans, having been for sonic time favOurable to the breeder, and
a stock of pigs being soon raised. The stock of wheat in the
country univer,ally reckoned considerable, still more SO of
barley, on -which a farther depression of price may be expected•
a circumstance extremely
.fav:)nrable to the puhlic, since not
only is the breeding of pigs encouraged, which has been do.
fective so many years, but vast additional quantities of pork
and bacon in cow,:quenoc be made, and the .price of those
necessary articles greatly reduced in no great. length of time
anwher. large crop of wheat succeed, a great revolution
may be expected in the price of all the necessaries of life, an
event which will be accelerated by our constant large imports
of provisions from Ireland, where also breedinrand stock.fefd-
big is in a state of rapid increase and .improvement... fall
of lambs has been very large and successful, and they are likely
to be very early fit for market.

T. BISII solicits the attention of the Public to.the Scheme of
the present Lottery, which contains Sixty Capital Prizes, all to
be drawn on the Birth-day of our beloved Sovereign. Scheme :
—4 Prizes of uO,OOOl. are 20,0001. • 2.4 of 10001. are 24,0001., 2
of 5001. are 16p001. ;60 of 501. are :ZOOl ; 1000 of 251 are 2.5,0001.
1000 of 201. are 21) ,0001 .; 2000 of 161. are 32,0001.—.20,(0) Tic-
ltets.-200,0001.-- rickets and Shares are selling in great variety
at both of Buiu's truly fortunatethfices, where in the last Lot.
tery 2 Prizes of 20,0001. ip the Lottery before 2 Prizes of 110,6001.
and in the last 15 months 7 Prizes of 20,0001. arid 37 other
Capital Prizes, were Shared and Sold, and the Monty paid up
demand, at 4, Cornhill, and 9, Cliaring-crots.
Maximilian De Lisle, a French prisoner of war, had been ap•
prehended on board the Glory prison ship, on a charge of having
forted a ten pound Bank of England note. William Lee, a
private marine on board the same ship, who tendositthe note
to a butcher at Chatham, is also in custody.
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CAof. OF 1:47, .‘;;:c.slGE.
Lord FlLits TONE said, that if no decision took place early in
next term, he would make a motion to inquire whether the
prosecution was to proce..4 or drop.
The ATI oarity-GeN ER AL stated that the case was under
the con6ders-ion or the Judges, and the prdsecution was "hot
given up.
IVir. Was RTON moved for an Account of the Surplus of the
Consolihated Fund, to sth April, 1811.---Ordered.
Mr. Hever:Eß gave notice that ht intended, on Monday next,
to sub,nit to the Houso certain resolutions respecting the Bank
Restriction Bill, ar.d moved, that on Monday, the 29th instant,
the House should resolve into a Committee to consider of the
Report made, last Session, by the Bullion Committee.
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London, England, 1811-04-07

,NAL .itEGtsTtit

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KEbiT. .
,SING V. BUIVEON AND OTHERS.

This .was an indictment against the defendants,: for disturbing
a:congregation of Methodists, at Wye, in the connexion of the
kite Key. Mr. Wesley, by arssaulting them in a most violent 4rid
riotous manner, with stones, bricks., &c. thereby putting theth
in fear, and *endangering their lives.—On Mr. Garrote being
about ompen the prosecution, the Lord Chief ,Baron interposed,
ac d after animadverting on the improper conduct of the defgat-
-darts, expressed his strong desire that it mii;lit be settled without
going to the Jury ; the Counsel for the picniccution very liberally
acquiesced in his Lordship's observations, and the defendants
were therefore discharged on entering into recogni.zances of 50L
each fur five years, fur their future good behaviour.
London, England, 1811-04-07

SU ItREY.

- - -
•It was expected that Roberts, who stands committed for vai,
rious forgeries on .the. Bank, and also for breaking out of prison,
would have bten tried on some of the charges ; but a motion fur
postponing his trial until the next Assizes was made, and as...
seined to by the prisoner's Counsel.
Thomas Livermore was indicted under Lord Elleohorough's
Act, for wounding his wife, with intent to murder her, by cut-
ting her throat with a razor. He was found guilty, ansi
re-
cetved sentence of death.

NOR FOI K.
THE RING V. LORD CLAREMOT.

This was a • criminal indictment traversed from last Assize',
charging William Charles Fortescue, Viscount Clermont with
anassanit on Sarah Lumley, widow, of .Sahani 'l'oney. The asg
sault was proved out of the mouth of the prosecutnx herself to
have been of a most violent, cruel, and outrageous kind ; and
the evidence of -another poor woman, and that of a sureeon,
went in corroboration of her statement as to the bodily injury
she had thereby sustained.—On the part _attic Nob !e dercndant,
it was attempted to-discredit Mrs. Lumley's evidence alto,gethers
on the ground of its improbability, and three witnesses were
brought forward, viz. Lord Clermont's steward, the master of
the Clermo....t Arms public•house, in Sahain Toney, and a black-
smith of the same parish—who several]; swore, that from their
knowledge of the prosecutrix,. they did not thinki she was to be
believed on her oath ; the steward likewise stated, that Mrs.
Lumley had told him a different story on the day the transaction
was alleged to have taken place.— The Airy, after hearing the
evidence, together.vvi;hl:.e.arguments of Counsel on both sides,
at consid:rable length,4ndseceiving the Judge's charge :without
a -moments hesitation, -haund.the defendant guilty. ,And Lord
Clermont, in person,.received the.sentence of the Court, which
-was, to .pay a fine of .fifty marks to.the King, arid to be inwri-
soiled until the fine should be Said; which was instantly dams,
and his Lordship. retired.
London, England, 1811-04-07

BANK DISCOUNTS.

Mr..HuSKINSON, after some observations moved, that there
be laid It fore the House a comparative. Scale of the Commer-
cial Disc Gut is of the Bark of England from the Ist January
1790 to th(• Ist of January, 1811.
Mr. MAN NINO rose, to oppose the motion, which he did upon
the ground that it was wholly unnecessary, and would tend to
an exposure of the internal management of the Bank that might
be highly prejudie.ll.
Mr. Ho r, ER decht red hip full approbation of the motion of
the Right 1 !00. Gentleman (Mr. Huski son,) from', a teling
th at the informatiol required was extremely essential to the
discussion adver eel to.
Mr. MARRY r said the Bark bad become a mere state
engine. Consitlerirg the state of things, It was impossible to
decide whether !link Notes or licenses were the greater cala-
miti. We were burning the candles at both ends.' The paper-
mill of the Bank had given occasion to other paper mills, till
or-n•ri banks had increased from 200 to 700.—These were
acme of the considerations which induced him to support the
motion.
After some further observations from Mr. H. Thornton' Mr.
Baring, and Mr. W. Smith, the House divided, Ayes 2.7, Noes
56-6 Majority against the motion, 88.

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tonbon.
SUNDAY. APRIL 7, 1811.

THE KING.

Bulletins of his Majesty's health issued since our
last publication :

Sunday—The King continues to go or well.
Wainer Majesty's ct ntinues to go on will.

On Sunday last the prayer for his Majesty's re-
covery was omitted at the Chapel Royal ; and on
the same day it was announced that the Bulletin
would be published but twice a week. These are
to be regarded as evidence of his Majesty's ap-
proach to convalescence.

DISPATCHES FROM LORD WELLINGTON.
D SAsTROUS RETREAT JF MASSENA.
Portugal may now be considered as wrenched
from the grasp of its invaders. It has probably
even now ceased to be polluted by the presence of a
French soldier. 'We lately stated that MASSENA
commenced his retreat frwo Santarem the sth of
March, in the direction of the Zezere, on which he
had previously established bridges and fries de pont.
We also exprLsstid our hope that the garrison of
Abrantes, strengthened by the corps lately under
the command of General HILL, would endeavour
to occupy the left hank of that river, so as to im-
pede his passage. We know not whether this ape-
London, England, 1811-04-07

GENERAL LA PENA.

•
The trial of General Dz LA PEN.% is said to have
terminated in his acquittal of the charge of coward-
ice; the people, however, were highly incensed
against him. •
The annexed letter contains a very curious anec-
dote of LA PENA and the Spanish army •
44 It is an undoubted fact, that previoUs to the glorious battle
'and victory of the British troops, led by General GRA HAM, over
Ilarsllal Vic von, the Spanish army came to a broad river, but
fordable in some parts, which their General (1)r NA) wished to
avoid, and was actually going to make a of thirty-
-live • miles round. General GRAHAM finding out the intended
route,. rode up to General PENA, and expostulated at the
impropriety of such a proceeding, especially as the enemy might
be near; and it would take two days to make the proposed
-march. General PEIgAS then ordered the mules to be un-
loaded, and the Spanish army were going to cross over in a
"desultory manner on mules ; on -which General GRAIIAN
ordered the British cavalry and artillery,first to cross, and then
the infantry, which was done with so much rapidity and, expedi-
tion, as to astonish the Spaniards. After our army had crossed,
• 'and were formed hi marching order, the Spanish army, being
thoroughly ashamed of their pusillunimity,, begun to cross over
also ; but The reader of this article, especially if he is a Military
one, must prepare his risible faculties—they actually pulled off
their gaiters, shoes, and stockings put them on their muskets,
and crossed over in that style, to the great enjoyment of the
British army, who were ou the other side the river.'

The Easter Ball will be partieulady grand, in honour of the.
Regency; and as the Ladies will appear with extreme lustre on
this occasion' it certainly accounts tor the present great. demand
for Huhert'sßoseate Pt "
highly improves• the w'
skin, thus -bestowing a

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Powder, on the face, neck, and arms, and then endeavoured to get out of the room to can tor ass:stance.
vvhiteuess, delicacy, and softness of thcs but the witness stood before her and prevented her departure.
a new charm on natural beauty.---May be During the foregoing scene, the only wrtrds utteted by the (re-.
r.::3, Russell-street, Covent-gardens-Rigg44- csa.sed were, " Dear Jemmy, don't kill me !" 'fbe prisoner
Bond-street; Duntiatt, 3, Cheapside; Hard, having recommenced his attack on the deceased, witness had an
Davisons, 59, Fleet-street ; Thorn, 45 Ox. opportunity of running up stairs, hut she was unable to procure
g and Co. Si, .Ifdackman-street, Bru gh; any assistance. She/hen-set down on the stair' where she re-
Is. and 7a. matued all nizht ; and at krst-htaxd • tlie.llows of the vrisomer
London, England, 1811-04-07

SHROPSHIRE.

A .Mrs. Ridicy was tried on the verdict of a Coroner's Jury,
for Fgti,licil4iiag .sustenance, for ill!-treatyucnt, and exposing to
.the.ainclegkency .of the Feather, her servant girl.—Mr. Clifford
stated the case considerable length, laying dowx distinctly tho
different facts of cruelty committed on the unfortunate girl, de-
ceased, and ..e4llcd twenty-seven respectable.witnesses to prove
his case. The •Jusige, however, suggested, that as the indict.
went did not .state that the girl was of weak end tender 'years,
.aud tinder_the entire dominion and contront of her mistress (al-
though from her. close colitnpment She was unable to make
comPAiut to others), the defendant must be Acqifitted, which
was done accordingly. On leaving the place, the windows of
4he chaise in which she rode were broken, and she w,49 peltcA
iQUt of town by ;he populace.

LANCASTER.
'the trial of John Collyer, • for publishing a Libel reflecting cm
the conduct of the CoMmissioners of the Property-tax, at Man-
chester, came on at these Assizes. It is the same Li belfor*hich
.the proprietor of The Siatepttun is at present suffering in-4)-68cm-
mem in Newgate. Mr. Parke stated the case on.the part of the
Crown. Mr. Scarletr made a.very eloquent and ingenious speech
for the defendant ; Ir. Brougham was Counsel for the defend.;
ant with him. Sir Simon I.e Blanc concluded his summing up
to the Jury by expressing his opinion that.the publicittionnhud the
libellous tendency imputed to it by the information. 'at dlutry
pronounced the defendant Guilty.

STAFFORD.
Saturday se'nni7lit,•the long depending issue of.the property of
the late Mr. Barber, Wu() cad iu tilt:East ladies, canw fur trial,

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London, England, 1811-04-07

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by direction of the Court-of Chancery. The question was, whe-
ther Peter Shore, Hannah, the wife of James Richman, and
John Shore, were the next of -kin on the part of the father -to
Charles Barber, deceased. Twenty of the relatives, who have
obtained verdicts in theirfavour, as being the first cousins of the'
deceased, on the side of the father and mother, defended the
cause. The case was opened, on the part of the plaintiff, by Mr.
Peake and Mr. Jervis, but they failed in making out their claims.
Mr. Dauncey spoke for the defendants, and the Jury returned a
verdict in their favour. In consequence of which, the property,
amounting to .150,0001. besides an accumulation of interest, is
dividable among the defendants, in equal moieties.
London, England, 1811-04-07

THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE.

Two marines were executed on board his Majesty's ship ,
Zealous, at Lisbon, on the Sth ult. for the murder of a serjeant
of Marines. Their trial disclosed the following wicked, and, in
other respects, singular circumstances :—The deceased serjeant
had been sent with the two prisortersto do duty on board one of
the prison-shies in the Tagus. In the course of the night they,
planned to call the serjeant from his cot, under pretence of his
being wanted. • ()u his proceeding to the part of tha ship request-
ed, they way-laid him, and shoved him overboard. It must be
supposed that he had made himself obnoxious to them; but this •
did not appear. On the deceased being Missed, It obtained
general belief on board the prison-ship, hat lie had jumped
overboard ; but it was nut warranted by the man's general cha-
racter, for he was a saber discreet man, and a good soldier.—
The first intimation of his death to his shipmates on board the
Zealous, was by the sentinel upon deck seeing his hat pass by
the -ship, in the Tagus. The sentinel instantly knew it belonged
to him, and inquiry ensued. No suspicion, however, fell upon
the prisoners; nor was it necessary for the ends of justice, for
their consciences so lacerated them, after the first hour the.. had
Committed the crime, th‘t, as they confessed to their comrades,
they had no rest day or night. Their voluntary confession led
to their trial, and they told the Court they had not slept since,
but were constantly visited by a distempered imagination of
being in the presence of the deceased's ghost ! Both of them, it
afterwards appeared, were notorious characters ; one of their
Darnel was Brown. They died very penitent.
London, England, 1811-04-14

PORI UGAL.

. The Portuguese Papers contain a dispatch from Lord Wel-
iington to Seig nor M. P. Forjas, dated the Hth of March, con-
taming precisely the same details us those in the Ga:xtie Extlytor-
' dinary, to which, howester, are added, the following particu-
lars respecting 13a:ktfor; rind his own intentions, had his rein-
forcements from England arrived at the time lie expected them.
I am much concerned, however, to have to inform your
P.v.:eihncy that the town of Padajoz surrendered on the 11th
itstaut to the events. Though I have not yet learned all the
cit CUMAIIIICCS of.this event, I can have no doubt with respect to
the fart. Fronitthe moment when the enemy entered Estrema-
- dura, and employed his forces against that place, my attention
was c.illed and directed to the means of saving it.
" Antecedent to the unfortunate battle of the 19th of Febru-
ary, i determined to reinforce the Spanish army, in order to
ehlige the enemy to raise the siege of that place, and I should
kave carried into effect this my determination, had I been joined
by the teitiforeements which I expected to arrive in the Tagus
about the end of the month of January.
" The battle of the 19th Fe.bruary destroyed the Spanish
troops on whose aid and co-operation I had di pended. It was,
,in consequence, imp-esible to detach a sufficient number of
• troops to 01(11 the object I had in view. 1 detertutued, how-
- ever, after the arrival of the reinforcements, though the enemy
should not have retired from his po.sition on the Tagus, to attack
him, should the state of the roads permit.—The reinforcements
arrived in the Itegi:ining of March, but had lint then joined the
army, and in the night of the sth the enemy retired from the
position he occupied. Ott the Cth ipst. I desired General Leitel
the Governor of Elvas, to communicate to the Governor of
Badajoz, by means of signals, or in any. other manner which
might best ';tat Massena had begun to retreat, and that he
might be at.sured that 1 would succour hint as scroll as possible;
in the meatt time I trusted that he would defend the place to the
last tnitretnity. A •
" I had in consequence made every arrangement to detan;t a
body of troops %%lien the enemy should leave the Tagus and the
• Zezere, and, accordingly, with this view, troops marched tram
Thomar on the 9th, as they did also from other points; that part
of the corps of Marshal Deresford which had taken post on the
other side of the Tagus, and the vanguard of which had advanced
to within three marches of the fortress of Flvas.
" On the inol-ning 'of the 9th, I received at "l'homar intelligeneT
--,orable kind from Badajo7., by which I was in-
that the place was not in any actual
made ()lithe enemy was much superior
.vet from hint; ati4 that, with the tx-

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