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The National Register.
London, England, 1811-03-03

DIED.

On Sunday last, Mr. Charles Forster Burder, of Oxendon-
streetl aged 37.

At Mattldslie Castle, the Right Hen. Thoilla Ear! of iiind-
ford.

PRICE OF STOCKS.
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India Stock ..1773 178
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BIRTHS.

On the 7th ult. at Fermoy, in Ireland, the Right Hon. Lady
Sondes, of a daughter.
On Wednesday, in Lincoln's Inn-fields, the Lady of Robert
Robbins, Esq. of a son.
On Wednesday, at his house, in Portland-place, the Lady of
John liornby, Esq. of a sun.
London, England, 1811-03-03

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

Coßom:it's INQUEST.—An inquest 3.vc.ls held on Friday after-
noon at No 11, Burleigh -street, Strand, before Anthony Gel!,
Esq. the Westzninster, Coroner, on the body of Mr. Lee, when it
appeared on evidence that he met Lis death on Tuesday morning
by falling through the ceiling of the workshop belonging to Mr.
Lotchford, 1,-ridle and stirrup-maker, in Little St. Ma: tin's-lane.
when the jury, after a short deliberation, brought in their vir-
diet —A eel- dental death. He has left a wife and three small chit.*
dren to lament his loss, without any kind of support whatever.
RECORDER'S REPORT.—On Thursday the 2sth ult. the Re-
corder made a report to the Prince Regent, of the convicts
carimlly convicted in December and January Sessions ; when
T. White, and J. H. (for an unnatural crime) were ordered for
execution on Thursday next.
London, England, 1811-03-03

AME LUCA.

Letters from !'kw "!-o, k, to the Ist of Febroary,
fully confirm the • ruclan;:boly accounts of the
numerous failures in the United States. ip-
w of forty houses are said to have s:eiped
payment at New "York, and several ethers at
-more, and other Commercial 'Towns. These
lailurcs had e.:•,:ited the rr,.^atc.'st alarm, A letter
London, England, 1811-03-03

TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.:

Cliamusca, Feb. 7, 1811.

MT Loap-Ti have the, 'honour to transmit to your Lordship
the report of Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, whom some time since
I sent to superintend and command the Ordenenza on theirontier
of Lowerßeira,and towards Guarda. The force of th e enemy, dif-
ferently stated, appears to havebeen between two acid ihreethhu-
Sand, and was under the orders of Geti. Foix, and apparently to
serve as his escort to' enable him to join Marshal hlassena.—
Lictstenant-Colonel Grant took post at Enxabarda, near the
commencement of Estrada Nova, coming from towards Fundao,
and under which the enemy was obliged to pass. The success
of Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, and the loss of the enemy, have
been mileh greater than either the number of men that the Lieu-
tenant-Colonel !rad with him, or than circumstances would have
given reason to lo 3:t for, and will give great animation ,_,11,1 en-
couragement to this nature of warfare all ,over that part of the
country. The people engaged have got ve7y considerable boi,ty,
as there is no French soldier that 1,14 not much of what he has
pillaged about him; and- he is always a good prize for his
captor.

I have, &c.
W. C. BERTSFORD, Marshal.

(Signed)

Enxuharda, Entrance of the Estrada Nova,
February 2, 1811.

gilt—Be,pleppd.-to state to his Excellency the Commander in
Chief, that yesterday, the Ist, a column of the enemy undtr the
of Gen. Le Foix, consisting of 3000 cavalry and in-
far fiorn-Civaa.4 passed for the Est: ada. Nova to
joie I.l44l:asetil: They.%lept on the 31st at Alcaira near Fundao.
(':1 the Ist. with tit) of the Orden :211u from Alpedriuha, I
totk possesSicM of a height no .r this village, by which they
mittait2.lo;:a wtli directed fire WAS kept up fur two hours, and
London, England, 1811-03-03

FRIDAY, MARCII 1.

PETITION POR A DIVORCE. •
Lord EltsKuvE preseuted a petition from a Lady, whoa '
maiden name.. was Palmer, but who • intertnarried sortie yea+s •
ago with a per,,on of the vame cf Thornits Reid.. The prayer of
the petition scklicited for leave for a. Bill tote'bronglit in for the "
purpose of dissolving .the. said marriage. It stated the
.incin-
tatency, adultery, angl.• cruelty of the husband,' and set forth
thton comeque.nee of a suit instituted aggitist him in the Con-
historial Court, a.. divorce a ine)isa et flora was obtained', and
aihnony allowed her ;. but:that he .1111Ong 'since ceased to pay
the aliinolq, and she tiow resides with Tier fatliir.
Ordered the t.1?1e.-1-Adjourned.
London, England, 1811-03-03

OLD BAILEY.

The Sessions terminated on Monday, when sentence was
passed on the following persons
DEATu.—Samuel Edwards for burglary, Thomas Stewart
for a similar offealce, Edwani Deacon fur high treason, Thomas
Thorpe for Burglary, John Lawler fur stealing goods in a dwel-
ling house, value 111. 155.; Win. Oldham fora highway robbery.
Tleanor Divine, for stealitig goods privately in a .hop, value
:.;1. ; Ellzabeth Browne, for a burglary in the day-time; Da-
id Kelly, for stealing goods, value 181. in a dwelling-house ;
Lawrence Jotta and Josef Francisco Cardona, for cuttrig, with
to do some grievous bodily harm ; lirtsi.or., for a
highway robbery ' • John Lee, for bur glAry ; Joseph Mason, for
stealing in a dwelling-house ; and Catherine J outer, for stealing
goods privately in a shop.
David Atkins, for receiving goods knowing them to he stolen,
was s•fa;enced to fourteen years transportation.
And Mary Swaine James Farthing, Eleanor Wise, Thomas
Churton, Charles Williams, Suss* Broom, John Holmes, and
John Nonrnus, to seven years transportation.
Thomas Smith, for a misdemeanour, was sentenced to stand
in the pillory ix! West Smithfield, in the open market, time, fpr
wo hours.

I'ULICE.

BOW-STRF Er.

John Kent was brought before J. RP:An, on ft charge
of stealing four deals, the property of Geori:e Robert
' of Twickenham.

Mr. Holmes is a carpenter, and his premises having re-
peatedly been robbed in the night of timber and various other
articles, two men were placed there to watch on Wedneday
:light, and took up their station in a work shop, when early
in the morning they observA the prisoner in the premises,
.anci who went to a barn, from whence he took the four deals,
with which he was going away, when one of th,: men, and who
was armed with a pistol, went out and seized him, and a des-
perate scuffle took place, and though the other man assisted, the
prisoner extricated himself from them both, and was running
.away, bait the man fired the pistol at him, and he fell, being
wounded in the side ; notwithstanding which h: ;;till nz,sistesi,
arid jumping up, endeavoured to get a knife out of hiip.;cket,
London, England, 1811-03-03

CERTIFICATES.—MA Rcn 19.

David Murray, of Pope's Head-alley, insurance-broker—..
Henry Duckworth, of Liverpool, merchant.—llenry Hall Euc,
of Bath, pastry-cook.—John Kirkman and Robert I lolingslivad„,
of Liverpool, merchants.—Joseph Roberts, of Sheffivld, York,
razor-manufacturer.—John Ferrys, late of llatliwick, Nom ...xset,
taylor.—Joseph Morton, late of Bath, victualler.-*--Willians
Rolfe, of LcAver Edmonton, victualler.—Peter Ryan, of Bath.
butcher.—Mary Ann Tudor, late of Reading, lin:molder.—
Joseph Pettibet ton, late of Wood End, Stafford, cow-de:Jct.—.
George Maguire, of Fore-street, Cripptrgate, ironmonger.

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

BA_NKRTIPTCIE:i FNLARGED.
John Ingleby, of Lyganywern, anti Charles Ingleby, of Louz,h-
ton, Flint, lead-merchants, from March 12 to April 17, at
eleven, at the Feathers Inn, Chester.
Thomas Knight Kent, of Cannon-street-road, St- Ceorge
East, timber-dealer, from March 5 to March 16, at ten, at
Guildhall.
William Phillips, of Brighton, builder, from Janua7(•y2.9to
March.l9, at ten, at Guildhall, London.
Samuel Walker, of Bull Wharf-lane, Queenbithe,
bender,from Feb. 23 to April 19, at ten, at Ouildhall.
Joha Jarratt, of Assembly-row, Mile-End, from Feb. 2to
March 1.):3, at ten, at Guildhall. •
John Walker, of I ittle Britain, lace-dealer, from March 5 to
March 12, at tett, at Guildhall.
B 4NKRUPA CIES •SUPERSEDED.
John Rogers, late of the Strand, and Thomas Thomas. late of
Charter House-square, merchants.
John Neave, btu of Longba4n, Dorset,mealman.
London, England, 1811-03-03

FAILURES IN PARIS.

The effects of BUONAPATZTE'S commercial policy
begin at last to show themselves in the grand
pity of the French Empire—Paris. We are
told that an immense number of failures have re-
cently taken place in Paris ; they are enumerated
at forty, among which are some,houses of the high-
est character. One house, is said to have stopped
for six millions of francs, it having at the same time
in its posses:ion nearly doable that cum in GOVCIIIMeId
cnd other go,:-1 Rills for which no di,,counts could le
rditaiacd. Two per Cent. per month had been given
fir private loans ; but with this exorbitant interest
very little money could be t.liteined. In En,2,-land the
credit of her Government is so high, that she can
raise money to any arnotnr. whenever she pleases ;
but in France we see that the Bills of h€r Govern-
ment are mere « rags--that her subjects have not
faith in them. So regardleFs is France of all prin-
ciple, that !-he may still continue to levy wherewith
to satisfy her armies; but
.lct England be true to
herself; and she ha, no ,li:easion to fear the 1, De-
crees" of the cneniv 4z.f. the world and of huma-
nity.
London, England, 1811-03-03

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LAW REPORTS.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, MAICII Y.

TTARRIS V. COItEN.
The plaintiff in this action is an Attorney, the defendant was
lately his client, and the action thus brought against him was
for the amount of a bill and costs incurred by defending him
when he was charged with a felony, of which charge be had
beer. acquitted.
A great deal of contradictory vldence was heard on both
sides; the defendant contending that he was protected by law
from the plaintiff, because he was under age, and the bill was
not tor necessaries. On the other band, the plaintiff's Counsel
argued that his infancy did not save him, contending, that the
fact of saving him from the vengeance of the law was the most
valuable of all necessaries. This was again repelled on the part
4,i the defendant, whose Counsel argued, that as a Mrs. Simeon
bad employed the plaintiff, he ought to look to that lady for pay-
ment of his bill, and not to the defendant.

Lord ELLENioltoucii, in summing up, remarked, that Juries
kad at times very difficult tz.sks to perform, when they had
vontradictory testimony to decide on, because the hardship was,
which side was most to be credited ; " But here," said his
Lordship, " the task is different—it will probably be, which
ilde is most to be discredited." He made several strong oh ser-
vati(ans on the whole, and left it with the Jury, who found fur
the defendant.

• . SATURDAY, MARCH 2.
In consequence of Lord ELLENBOROUGU'S being obliged to
attend the Queen's Council at Windsor, .the Special Juries which
were fixed tor this day were postpomd to Monday. Mr. Jus-
tee LE BLANC, in his Lordship's absence, sat at Nisi Prius,
when several Common Jury Cases were disposed of, but of no
pubhe interest or notoriety.
London, England, 1811-12-22

Chari" 540
The late Rev. T. Spencer, of Liverpool-SN, 540, 555, 586,

618.

.
Surrey Chapel Preaching . .
F. Newberry, Esq. versus Rev. Dr. Goodwin

CITY OF LONDON.

. 587
. 70

22 to 24
123

Resolutions -for an unrestricted Regency .
Regent's Answer to the City . . .
City vote their Thanks, the Freedom of their body, and a
Sword, to General Graham . . . 221
Loyal Livery Dinner . . . . 326
Regent declines the City Freedom . . 331
City refuse the use of their Guildhall to the Advocates of
Reform . . . . 350
London Btidge to be rebuilt . • . 429
Mr. Lancaster's Letter of Thanks, for the sum of 300 gui-
nea% voted to him for educational purposes, by the City
of London . . . . 474
Vote of 2501. in aid of the Society for maintaining and edu-
cating poor Orphans of Clergymen
Population of the Metropolis
Bartholomew Fair
Lord Mayor's Day, 1811

MILITARY BUSINESS.
Non-commissioned Officers appointed to the service of the
Portuguese . •
Regulations respecting Promotions

553
564
578
715

163
171

The 10th Light. Dragoons are allowed to assume the dis-
tinction of Royal . . .
General Graham's Vindication .

187
300

~....._......_... _ ....___........_ _
Courts Martial—Governor Bligh pers-us Col. Johnson, 300
363, 429.
Review of the 'rroops-by the Regent . 362 and 880
Prince Regent's Review on Hounslow Heath . . 394
Appointments and Regulations • 507
General Orders . . . . 624, 676
Captain John Stirling (virle the Court at Bombay) cashiered 633
Regimental Schools . . . . . 747
London, England, 1811-12-22

the success of our interference in the warfare of the

Peninsula. The shout of freedom raised in Spain
has re-echoed across the Atlantic ; but the. Chief
Magistrate of a Republic that
,pretends to be free,
disregat ds the struggles for liberty in others. Be-
cause the powerful Oppressor of the Continent has
said, " they are mine," and has poured foith his
myriads againstMlern, the Head of the American
Government sanctions his usurpation, acknowledges
his right to enslave, and openly cla'sses among the
subjects of France, even those who still so bravely
resist her yoke. Let America reflect and consider
this omen. •
The conduct proposed by the PRESIDENT to be
held towards the trans-atlantic provinces of Spain,
is an additional proof of his servility to the will of
another power. He first disguises their nature.
He does not represent them as what they still really
are—portions.-of the. Spanish mo:?archy ; but con-
sidering the Spanish empire at an end, he.describes
them merely as " great communities" occupy-
ing the southern parts of the American hemis-
phere. Uncertain what may be the future views
of France on this immense , extent of territory,
or her future means of carrying, those views into
execution ; he fears to commit himself "by any im-
prudent expressionond is the! efore naturally guarded.
It mighr be extremely expected-that the Americans,
having achieved their own independentie at aformer
period, should behold the attempts of the Spanish
dependencies to imitate their example, with satis.
faction, and should entourage and assist their ex.
ertions. Mr.. MADISON indeed allows Congress 44 to
take a deep interest in'their destinies, m.l to, cherish
reciprocal sentiments of good. Will." 1314 even then,
how does he recommend that interest and those senti-
ments to be_ displayed ? Not by actual co-operation
in their struggles.. This might he his secret wish,
but subserviency to France stifles its. expression.
He thinks it probable that at some time, or other
tharench Government may Undertake to reduce
the le "great communities" under its way, and may
even require the assistance of the United. States in an
enterprize of such magnitude, and requiring such
powerful means. He, perhaps, knows that such a
plan is in contemplation, and that such a demand
will be made, and as it was impossihe he should
. omit to mention occurrences, which Thy their
nature and their lo'cality must have attacted the
particular notice of every American, he, however,
does it in such a manner, as neither to offend the
Court of France, nor to render himself liable to.i, fu-
ture charge of inconsistency, should he,at any period
to come, propose or countenance an union of fore* .
with the French to subjugate Spanish America.
All he therefore recommends Congress to do is, to
" regard the progress of events—and not to be un-
prepared for, whatever order of things may be ulti-
mately csta bushed.
Conscious of the hostile nature of his- policy, it
is natural that Mr. MADISON should expect hosti-
lity in return. We therefore are not astonished at
the military and naval preparations, he states to
London, England, 1811-12-22

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value in merchandise, in silver, and even in gold,
except when gold itself ceases to be a medium of
exchange, and becomes an article of trade, the
public mind, however easily deceived, will not cre-
dit. the supposed depreciation, contrary to the evi-
dence of every sense, the experience,of every day.
The whole sum of the evils we endure, setting aside
those that are trifling or imaginary, amounts only
to these, heavy taxes, and a diminution of our Eu-
ropean continental trade. Nov let us lay in the
opposite scale, the evils ts..hich we have avoided, by
submitting to these. I-lad a parsimonious fear of
expense prevented us from incurring those of war,
and induced us to bear the insults and aggressions
of the French government, without resorting to the
sword, we should ere now have lamented, amidst
the ruins of our constitution, of otir prosperity, and
our independence, the folly that would have dic-
tated a conduct so devoid of true policy, and so de-
structive in its effects. A prolongation of peace
with a man, whose friendship is a snare, and who
only respects treaties as long as it is not his interest
to infringe them, would have enabled him, by sur-
prise, to carry his plan of invasion into execution.
Like PFUSSIA, who might still exist in all her great-
ness, had she acted on her knowledge of his faith-
lessness, and armed ere it was too late, we should
have suddenly found the invaders in the heart of
our territory. Unprepared, we should have had to
contend, not only for our rights, but for our lives.
In the midst of our wives and children, and of our
cities in flames, we should have had to learn dis-
cipline and to repel veterans ; and should the native
spirit of British heroism, labouring under every
disadvantage, have ultimately succeeded in redeem-
ing our laud, how dear would not such a triumph
have cost us? What devastation of our fields ! what
destruction of our property ! what overflow of our
blood ! Let those who find the weight of taxation
knsupportabfle, let those who deem the curtailment
of their commercial gains national ruin, glance at
the provinces of Portugal, lately occupied and eva-
cuated by the French ; and let them compare their
own state, confirmed in their freedom, and secured
in their possessions, with that of the wretched inha-
bitants for whose support they are still able so
li-
berally to subscribe. Let them determine then,
whether those can be called evils, which have ward-
ed off, and continue to repel, such calamities ; and
whether it be preferable, in order to maintain the
independence of their country, merely to lighten
their purses, or to drain their veins.

We now come to the losses which we are said to
have sustained. These, in an extended sense, are
all imaginary. Individuals have indeed lost, but
the State has gained. The exclusion of our trade
London, England, 1811-12-22

►TER.

DThD. •
On Monday last, the Right Reverend Dr. Charles Moss,
Bishop of Oxford, Chancellor of Bath and Wells, &c. His
Lordship had the misfortune to break a blood-vessel some time
ago, from the effects of which he never recovered.
Willingham,At Cambridgeshire, aged Se 2, Mrs. Wayman,
relict of Mr. T. Wayman, farmer, late of that place. Sue was •
mother, grandmother, great grandmother, great great grand-
mother, and great great great grandmother to 92 children, all
of whom are now living.
Lately, in St. Thomas-street, in Bristol, Dick Horton, the
pugilist. He is supposed never to have forgotten the blows in
his contest with Crib.
London, England, 1811-12-22

AL

current expenses, including the interests on the
public debt, but has enabled the Government to
reimburse more than five millions of dollars of the
principal, without recurring to the loan authorised
by the Act o 1 the last Session. Yet, shortly after,
Mr. MADISON complains of a decrease of revenue,
and requests that a more liberal provision be made
for the ensuing year, to sustain the 44 extraordinary
expenses which may Iseclme necessary." Does he
then intend to carry his favourite plan of hostility
into execution ? From the whole tenor of the speech
we should not be surprised to find tha,t this will
be the case, as the various applications which he
makes to Congress, all tend both openly and co-
vertly to supply him with the means of making
war by sea and land, whilst his arguments are cal-
culate'd to reconcile the popular mind to the ap-
proach and policy of such a war.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
London, England, 1811-12-22

MR. MARR AND FAMILY.

Nothing of Importance has yet transpired, either at Shadwello
Thames Police, or Bow-street, to satisfy the public on this tin.
happy and now mysterious massacre. A number of persons, ote
whom slight suspicion rested, have been taken before the Magis-
trates and examined, but as the result has invariably been the
discharge of the parties, it would be idle. to relate the particular
circumstances which caused their apprehension.
Mr. Marr's brother has undergone an examination before Mr,
Graham ; but we are happy to hear that the general tenour of
his testimony was highly satisfactory to the Magistrate, whose
suspicions only arose from the error he committed, in retaining
a letter, addressed to him to attend an examination of a person
in custody at Shadwell-office, on charges of uttering wicked
language against his character, and failing to appear. The prin-
cipal question put to Mr. Marr related to where he was on the
night of the murder ; and whether any familiarity existed be-
tween him and the servant girl ? To the first Mr. Mara- brought
respectable witnesses from Hackney, who dearly proved an
alibi. To tile latter it was shewn, that nothing exited to war-
rant the least insinuation.

PAROCHIAL IVA7'CIL

TO 'I-HE EDITOR OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER.'

SlR—The atrocious murders which have recently been com-
mitted, though shocking in the extreme to every feeling of na-
ture and humanity, will not, I hope, be unproductive of ulti-
mate benefit, if they shall only draw the attention of the Ma-
gistrates and the public to the very def,:ctive and grossly neg-
lected state of the nocturnal Police of this great metropolis.
Scarcely a night now passes without the pec.etration of some
dreadful murder, or the execution of some aggravated bur-
glary. Either the whole subject of the nocturnal watch is inef-
ficient, or the whole body of watchmen is corrupt and criminal.
The evil has ari en to such a height, that no man can retire to
rest secure against the murderous designs of the assas.in, or the
plundering rapacity of the robber. The next step of the villains
wilt be, the perpetration of their horrid and bloody purposes
in (open day. Indeed, they do all but that at present. On
Friday night, about eleven o'clock, a gang of miscreants/at-
tempted to break into the house of a Mr. Bailey, in Cray's
Inn-lane. This house had been robbed some time since, and
the shock so affected the occupier, that his health was impaired,
and lie is now absent from home for its recovery. It is probably
the same gang that again attempted to rob the premuies, which
they would have done had they not been discovered in time
and disturbed. Not a watchman, however, could be found
within any reasonable time, and the robbers consequently es-
caped.
Now, Sir, is this as it should be Is this the way to detect
murders and robbers
London, England, 1811-12-22

CERTIFICATES-JAN. 7.

Joseph Twigg, of Amen-corner, Paternoster-row, muslin-ma-
nufacturer.—Joseph D'Aquilla, of Liverpool, merchant.—Tho-
mas Hall, of Hart-street, Grosvenor-square, coach- malc er.-
Iweith Greaves, of Gloucester-buildings, Walworth, insurance-
btoker.—Samuel Devonsheir Wilmot, late of Duu'rcr, Sonicr-
set, merchant.-Thomas rfarber, of Batheaston, Somerset. dea-
ler.—Samucl 'fliorniley, of Manchester, manufacturer.—Henry
Cooper and Richard Sanderson Cooper, of Mount-street, Ha-
tu4ver-square, coach-makers.—Thomas Wiun, of Prince's-street,
Hanover-square, milliner.—Williant Allen, jun. of \Vorcesrer,
glove-manufacturer.—Thomas Vine, jun. of Brightlielnistone,
grocer.
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•
BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.
'W. Birch and J. Lucas, of Fleet-street, paper-stainers, from
Dec. 24, to Jan. 3, at ten, at Guildhall.
J. Myth, now or late of Chelmsford, Essex, merchant, from
Dec. 24, to Jan I 1, at "ten , at Guildhall, London.
BANRRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
Edward Hatton Wilson, of Liverpool, merchant.
BANKRUPTS,
John Garner, of Southampton-street, dealer.
Zachary Hulthin, of Beer-lane, Lower Thames-street, ship-
brok er.
John Leach,nf Gun-street, Spitalfields, silk-manufacturer.'
Marriott Matins, late of Walcot-place, but now of Brook-
street, Surrey, dealer.
Frederick 'William Wistinghausen, of Lawrence Pountney.
hill, merchant.
David Sawyer, of Ipsley• street, Warwickshire, dealer In
cattle.
Robert Savage, of Lower Islington, victualler.
Edward Snelson, of Congleton, Cheshire, grocer.
Ebenezer Cooptr, now or late of Buxhall, Suffolk, miller.
Thomas Lumley, of Bidborough-street , Mabledon-place, St.
Pancras, builder.
Thomas Williamson, of Manchester, draper.
James Robert Oliver, late of the ship Marquis of Ely, mariner,
and since of Cadiz, Spain, merchant.
Benj tmh Neve, late of Cloak-lane, merchant.
William Perkins, of Upper Thames-street, druggist.
Thomas Thompson, sen. of Waltham Holy Cross, Essex,
shopkeeper.
George Clamp and John Moore, of Little Newport-street,

Soho, warehousemen.
William Dickons, of Mansfield, Nottingham, grocer.
CERT! FIC ATF.S—J N.ll.
1),Imls Drake, of Can Hall, Lancashire, miller.—Richard
Cooper, of st. i'vrary-le-bone, dealer.---Williain Wilson, of Bi.
shopwear mouth , Durham. coal. fitter.—David Davies, of White-
chapel, linen-draper.--William Henry Tempest, of Vauxhall.
Surrey. haberdasher.—William Mocrow, of Dover, Kent, hop-
man.—Thomas Wells and George Owen, •ot' Bankside, South-
.wark, timber-merchants.—William Bushell, late of Cannon-
street, grocer.—Thomas Nicholls, late of Plymouth, merchant.
—Levi Samuel. Linging, of Bread-street-hill, merchant.—Tho-
mas Birrell, of Upper Biker-street, Mary-le-bone, builder.-.
George Seller:, of Kingston-upon-Hull, merchant.—:.William
Couch, of Axminster, Devonshire, builder.—L. Cooper and G.
Cooper, of Heapy, near Chorley, Lancashire, whitsters.—
Charles Quarrell, of Radcliffe, Lancashire, calico-printer.
London, England, 1811-12-22

OCCUPATION OF FLORIDA.

Mr. Foster, i►t a letter of the 2tl July, protests
against the occupation of West Florida by thc....
United States. Mr. Munroe, in his reply, dated the
Bth, argues, that the province formed part of Lou-
isiana, which was ceded to France, and bought of
by the United States. Mr. Foster, on the
Bth September, calls upon the American Govern-
ment to explain the conduct of Governor Mathews
in attempting to subvert the Spanish authority in
East Florida.

Mr. Munroe replies, that Spain has committed spo.
liations on American commerce, and that Ameri-
ca looks to East Florida to indemnify her for them.

CAPTURE OF BAT.AVIA.
To those who are unacquainted with the annals
of British heroism, if such there be, the achieve-
ment which has placed in our hands the last colo-
nial settlement France possessed in the universe,
would appear almost incredible.
to be surmounted, were so Brea,
which the enemy' put their chief .
strong, and the numbers by whi
fended so superior to our own,
for success, was to deserve it. W
not only the oppOsition of art
climate itself. Aware of the of
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cause- of mankind. The shoot of patriotism
welcomed their arrival, and bursting from every hill,
re-echiied by' every vale, still continues to proclaim
their.triumphs, and to scare the reduced legions of
the enemy. To hasten his oierthrow, it was ne.,
cessary to exhaust his resources : one of their chief
springs was trade ;' his trade must be destroyed.
That with neutrals was so impeded and restricted,
as to become inconsiderable if 'not nugatory : that
ith his own colonies was the most profitable; they
must be wrenched from his grasp. With this view,
and from no purposes of national aggrandisement,
powerful expeditions were fitted out : every French
island was attacked arid almost carried by storm, and
the last colony which NAPdLEON possessed in the Uni-
verse; Batavia, has just fallen into zur hands, after
having afforded a fresh opportunity for the display
of that British enterprise and heroism, which, under
skirful leaders, have always proved irresistible.
There are some writers, and many declaimers
amongst us, who, wilfully blind to the motives, as
to the advantages of the war, incessantly complain
of the evils we suffer, the magnitude of our losses
and the encreased. dangers 'to which we are 'ex-
posed, whilst they -assert that the enemy has dc.
rivecl much benefit from the contest. Facts rebut
these assertions. But facts, unless you give_them a
voice, are only noticed by the attentive and.
iEitelli-
-gent, and frecitiently pass unmarked by the busy
Sind the ignorant, who compose the most numerous
classes of the community. What are the evils
which we suffer ? We have to py heavy taxes ;
trade with greater risks, and less freely than for-
merly with France and the Powers under her con.
troul ; and are not allowed to visit the various states
of the Continent, either for amusement or business,
without becoming prisoners of war. Our coasting
vessels are exposed to. the attacks of privateer's,
which they almost constantly beat off, and one
capitalists unable 'to waste their fortunes in dan-
gerous foreign speculations, are compelled to spend
them at home, or within the sphere of the British
dominions. The cry of national bankruptcy is
'raised, it is true ; and because the enemy chooses to
pay an exorbitant price for the gold coin of this
realm, and instructs his agents here to give a pre-
mium of a few shillings on every guinea they can
e are told that our bank-notes are depre-
But as long as a pound note produces its
London, England, 1811-12-22

POLICY AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRESENT
WAR EXAMINED.

~~

The triumph of. our arms is complete. Had we
engaged in the present contest for selfish purposes
of aggrandisement, our ends would be obtained, and
we might lay down the sword after securing by
peace the conquests of war. But we rose in defence
of our land and of the common liberties of mankind.
Tyranny was our foe an] freedom our guide. Ex-
ultingly we heard and obeyed her call ; nor long
beard and obeyed it alone. Our example encou,
raged the oppressed; terrified the oppressor. Na-
tions started from.their slumber ()cages, and uprising
in their strength, followed us to the field. Want of
arms and inexperience weakened their exertions ;
we supplied their need and stood their shield. 'When
compelled to yield before the discipline and numbers
of their invaders, they found a safe retreat behind

the British army. Inured to hardships by our side,
taught order and regular manoeuvres by our officers,
they learnt...Abat whilst heroism only fights, skid]
conquers. Reppated overthrows served to call fresh
armisforth, and showed them the reality ancrmag.
rdtude of their strength; whilst the series Pf briliiant
successes won by our troops, sustained their hopes,
disarmed the enemy of the terrors of his fame, 'and •
Inuit ultimattiy secure the total emancipation of
the Peninsula. Champions of European indepen-
dence, which we have already partially redeemed
on the fields of Portugal, and shall only cease to de-
fend, when it shall cease to be threatened ; our war-
fare has not been more glorious than disinterested.
,
The protection of our fleets would have seoared ours
coasts from insult. From her throne of waves,
Britain might have overawed a world in arms, with-
out shedding a single drop of her blood in land
hostilities. But she could not enjoy the blessings of
freedom without wishing to spread them abroad.
Annihilated by violence and usurpation every where
else, they only existed in her bosom. She no sooner
perceived that their want began to be felt sopower-
fully on. the western parts of the continent, as to
vent to the spirit of emulation, which her
ex-
,atriple had excited, and in defiance to the
force of the oppressor, to create spit ited

tions, than she sent her sons tq battle. in
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JULY.

1. A squadron, consisting of the Pomone, Unite, and S coat,
commanded by Captain Barrie, destroyed three large French
vessels, laden with :ship timber, in the Bay of Sagone.
The provinces of Venezuela and Caraccas, in Spanish
America, declared themselves independent.
9. Intelli:;;•nce received of the capture, on the 9th of August,
1810, of the isles of Ternate and Banda, to a detachment of his
Majesty's forces, commanded by Capt. Cole.
The St. Francois de Pauli?, French brig, of 8 guns, cap•
turd by the Unite, Capt. Chamberlain.
3. Baron Dimsdale died.
Mr. Sadler ascended in a balloon from Cambridge.
4. The Russians, commanded by Count Kutusow, defeated
the Turks under the Grand Vizier; near Rud•cliiick.
.5. Rudschuck taken from the Russians by the Turks.
A. Danish flotilla, consisting of 27 vessels, attacked a Br!.
London, England, 1811-12-22

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lontion.
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1811.

• THE KING.
Last Sunday the following Bulletin was shown
at St. James's Palace :

" Windsor Castle, Dec. 14.
" His MAJ Es r r continues nearly in the same state.
MURDERS.

Government seems to be at length seriously im-
pressed with the extremely perilous situation to
which the inhabitants of the eastern extremity of the
metropolis are at present so fatally exposed. By
the Gazette of last night, it appeals that a reward
of 5001. is offered for the apprehension and convic-
tion of the persons concerned in the recent murder-
ing of Mr. WILLIAMSON and family, to be paid on
the customary terms. This is well. Something
more efficacious must, however, be► attempted. It
is one of the misfortunes resulting. from the high
state of civilization at which we are nationally ar-
rived,—coupled with the peculiar circumstances of
modern Europe, bringing to this country an extra-
ordinary influx of strangers,—that the increased and
increasing extent of our metropolis affords a. sort of
covert for crimes, to the detection of which its usual
police is wholly inadequate. Criminal coalitions
are thus easily formed. How are such alarming
misfortunes to be met ?—Why, by a police system,
vhich, we know, is not easily to be reconciled to
the habits or feelings of the country. Paris would
manage these miscreants far better than London ?
Government here promises no trivial reward, the
hamlet of Ratcliff also offers the sum of one hun-
dred and twenty-six pounds, whilst the parish of
Shadwell tenders one hundred and five ; and yet
all this, connected with the unusual recompence ad-
vertised in the case of Mr. MAnn and his family,
proves only the futility of pecuniary remuneration
towards the ends of criminal detection. Having
nothing but public justice in view, and not unmind-
ful that an explicit avowal of our sentiments might
here disserve its cause, we shall elsewhere suggest
the sentiments which press upon us relating to this
subject.

AMERICA.
Dispatches from Mr. FOSTER, and American Pa-
Fers to the 17th of Noyember, were received last
riday. The nature of the former remains un-
known, but the latter have brought an account of
the first proceedings of Congress, and the whole of
the correspondence between the Ministers of the
British and American Governme{its, mentioned in
the PRESIDENT'S speech at the opening of Con.
press.
As the other intelligence of tile week is too im-
London, England, 1811-12-22

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FURTHER PARTICULARS.

From another person who saw the bodies, we learn that the
servant girl's brains are also knocked out, which it is supposed
was done by a bar of iron found on the premises.
Mr. Williamson's niece, named Kitty Stillwell, aged 14, who
escaped the fatal cat.tstrophe, was removed from the plaCe im-
mediately on the discovery being made.
The bodies were, at the suggestion of Mr. Lancaster, the
head keeper of Welklose-square watch-house, removed from
the shocking position in which they lay, undressed, washed, and
laid out on hoards, in the hack parlour, in which the old couple
used to sleep, and the little girl, who was found asleep above
stairs, was removed to a place of safety.
All Wapping was immediately in an uproar. The drums of
the Volunteers beat to arms, the fire-bells w, re rung, and every
person flew in consternation to the spot. The police searched
every house around, and every boat in the river, with every
cart, waggon, and carriage was stopped.
A great number of suspicious characters have, of course, been
stopped; and the Magistrates are actively employed in examin-
ing evidence.
'['he activity of the Magistrates and Officers of the Shadwell
Police has, upon this occasion, been exerted with a degree of
energy,- which entitles thew' to the highest commendation ; but,
although persons are hourly brought to the Oflice on suspicion,
we lament to say, that at a late hour' last night, no clue had
been given by which this dreadful and mysterious atrocity can
be reasonably expected to be developed.
When Turner, the carpenter, came home to go to bed, the
house door was, as uslial, open. The landlord and landlady,
together with their servant maid, were at supper, after the
company had left the house, the door of which was left open,
atter fastening the shutters, as well for the accommodation of
the neighbourhood as of the lodgers. It is conjectured that the
villains canoe in without force, and then, fastening the door,
perpetrated their bloody work. Finding the house door fasten-
ed, Ludgate and Hawse broke in at the cellar door, as being
most accessible. Au iron crow was found on the premises, and
this is the only trace the villains left behind them. Mr. Wil-
liamson'; body was found at the bottom df the cellar stairs,
dov n which it is supposed he was thrown, from his leg being
broken. He-was a remarkably powerful, and very peaceable
good sort of man.
London, England, 1811-12-22

25. General Beresford attacked the French near. Campo
Maior, which place they abandoned with the loss of 600 men.
t!ti. The Duke of Gloucester elected Chancellor of the Uni-
versity of Cambridge.
A dreadful fire broke out in the village of Hohlenfeld, in
Hanover, by which 153 houses were consumed.
27. A banish expedition, consisting of 4000 troops, made an
attack on the island of Anholt, defended by 400 men, who en-
tirely defeated the Danes, and took 600 prisoners.
31. The Dromedaire. of 9.0 guns, laden with ammunition, cap-
tured by the Ajax and Unite, Capt. Otway.
One hundred and eighty-seven Bankrupts were this month
Gazetted.

S. The Allied Army attacked the French near Salnigal, and
defeated them, with the loss, on the part of the French, of 500
men.
6. !,'Ambuscade, French privateer, of 14 guns and 63 men,
captured by the Persian, Capt. Bertram.
L'Auguste, French privateer, of 18 guns and 126 men,
captured by the Emerald, Captain Maitland.
7. Almeida and Fort Conception taken by the Allied Army.
Sir Wm. Addington, Kt. and Magistrate of Buw-street,
died, aged 83.
10. Figueras taken by the Spaniards, who put every French-
man to death they found in the garrison.
The Danube overflowed its banks, and swept away 24
villages: upwai d 3 of SOOd per-one perished.
The HO'VC of Commit:is voted 100,0001. for the relief of
the distres3ed Portuguese.
14 Olivenca sip rendered to Marshal Beresford.
15. lit ports of Buenos les blockaded by the Governor
of :kloint Video (Eli )).
:20. A dreadful the in Bishorgate-street, in which seven
pc.Anis lost their lives
21. A very destructive fire at Mentego Bay, Jamaica.
96. The Thanks of the House of Commons voted to Lord
Wellington and the army under his command.
26. Sir lame. ; 'ulteney died. •
50. The French defeated with great slaughter in an attempt
to obtain rr.swscion of Tarragona.
One hundred and sixty-three Bankrupts were this month
Gazetted.
London, England, 1811-12-22

THE N

from the vast tract of territory under the controul
of France and her Allies, although far from totals
has occasioned the failure of some houses, and im-
poverished others ; yet our national trade has ex.
perienced no decrease, but rather an augmentation
of revenue. It has flowed into new channel's.
'Whilst the ports of the North were partially closed,
those of Spain and Portugal were opened to our
vessels ; and should those countries fall at last under
the power of NAPOLEON, and the whole European
Continent be hermetically shut against us, which is
'utterly impossible, the Southern portion of the
New World, now the theatre of great events, and
surpassing in extent the whole of Europe, is no
longer barred against our trade. In this vast Conti-
nent, where nations and empires are rapidly forming,
we have already found a vent for our commodities,
which more than repays the
-loss undergone in other
quarters. Thus whilst old houses have sunk, both
in business and riches, new ones have risen in
wealth and commercial enterprise. The fall of
an established concern is instantly published in
all the Newspapers, and becomes an event of the
greatest notoriety, whilst the rise of a prosperous
one is silent, and it is only publicly noticed when it
experiences some unexpected change in its fortune.
Hence arises the mistaken idea that our national
commerce has suffea-ed from the system adopted by
the enemy ; and, as it snits the purposes of many
declaimers, to present only the unfavourable side
of the picture,' hence springs the necessity, by a
true statement of facts, of correcting the wrong im-
pression they have made on the public mind, and
dissipating the unfounded alarm they have endea-
voured to excite. In every point of view, far from
having been losers by this war, we have obtained
the most important advantages, and gathered the
richest gems of military glory. Our acquisitions in
valuable colonies have been immense, and these
conquests are doubly useful, as they encrease our
means, and weaken our opponent. Were all the
islands and settlements we bare captured from the
enemy," during the present war, joined together,
it would be seen that we have deprived him of an
extent of territory nearly equal to that which forms
the European dominions of France. Neither is this
encrease of insular possessions subjected to the same
dangers as the addition of conquered provinces to
a continental empire. In the latter case, extension
only occasions weakness, whilst in the former, the
more islands are reduced, the more firmly is their
possession secured. Scattered among the waves,
they form the only points of defence for each other;
and in those which he retains, the enemy must col-
lect the means and force he destines to retake those

he has lost. When deprived of every insular ma-

ATIONAL REGISTER.
London, England, 1811-12-22

SIR WADS IVORTH BUSK.

On Sunday, the 15th instant, at Dacre Lodge,
near East Barnet, Herts, died, at the advanced age
of 82 years, Sir Wadsworth Busk, Knt. a Bendier
of the Society of the Middje Temple, and for many
years his,Majesty% Attorney-General of the Isle of
Man, who, in the faithful, zealous, and conscien-
tious discharge of his official. duties, acquired the
esteem and veneration of the inhatkants of that

island.
Since his retiring from that station, though sinking gradually
under the infirmities of age, his days have been passed in the
exerci4e of every social duty, of every moral obligation, of every
Christian charity.
In him were united, sound judgment, brilliant wit, refined
taste, and pure benevolence. He possessed a dignified deport-
ment, added to the most easy, unaffected, simplicity of man-
nors, and a philosophical independence of mind, joined to the
rnost pious resignation,
.and the most devout humility ; nor did
the heart of any man ever glow with more fervent wishes for
the diffusion of useful knowledge, and civil and religious liberty
through the world.
. In conversation, his discourse was always instructive, ani-
mating, and impressive; in writing, his language was peculiarly
nervous, perspicuous, and elegant ; his acquirements were solid,
classical, and extensive; and his knowledge of the human mind
deep, penetrating, and acute.
In the course of his long and exemplary life, his acquaintance
was courted by some of the worthiest and most distinguished
characters of the age, who have most of them preceded him
to the silent tomb, and whose names could add no lustre
to his mild and unassuming excellences. Yet it ought not to be
omitted, that the great and good Dr. Price, whose financial cal-
culations have done more benefit to his country than has ever
been properly acknowledged, and whose extraordinary talents,
and universal philanthropy, were an honour to human nature,
was his most intimate friend.

This feeble testimony to the merits of the deceased, is not re-
quired to display the exalted worth of one whose innate mo-
desty shrunk as much from every thing, like ostentation, as his
amiable disposition aspired to cultivate the affection, and suc-
ceeded in attracting the praise of tke wise and good. But it is
due to the cause of truth, morality, and religion, not to permit
one of their most sincere supporters, one of their most shining
lights, and brightest ornaments, to pass to the grave without
his ashes being bedewed by the tear of humanity, sensibility,
and virtue :

Mollissima cords
Human° gencri dare se natura fatetur,
Quz lacrimas dedit : haec nostri pars optima sensus,
Piorare ergo jubet casurn Ingentis amid.
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Ulla iliena sibi credat Maia ? Separat hoc nus t
A grege brutorum.

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