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The National Register.
London, England, 1809-08-13

POLITICAL DISQUISITION.

MUMBIeIt EIGHTV•TIIRFr.

TO COLONEL WARDLE.

Mark them, and let their names recorded stand,
On Shaine's black roll, and stink through all the land.—Cxmcnits:

Sta,—lt is an advantage peculiar to this nation, and
which it enjoys beyond any other in the known world, that
an appeal may always be made to the public at large,
although refuied at efery other bar in the kingdom.—
.You, ;;liar, have made an appeal to this tribunal from a ver-
dict obtained against you in one of our Supreme Courts,
At the same moment when you impotently, and iutempe-
yately, threaten to resort again to the same jurisdiction.
Indeed so long as the Printers of English Newspapers will
• do their duty, there is little fear that the great body of the
people will long remain uninformed. of what
_belongs to
the conduct of political bodies, or even to that of indivi-
.duali. Public opinion, Sir, is a power of so great import-
ance that the highest are not placed beyond its reach, nor
are the Mealiest altogether insensible of its effects. Un-
willing to appear deficeut in the common forms of polite-
ness, i have to apologize for the abrupt manner la which
I &nucluded my last Letter, and I hasten to fulfil my pro-
mise of explaining to the public what is barely hinted at
in the anonymous Letter about forged Acceptances.-•-I.l'
you, Sir, and the detestable gang' who support you for the
sake of your politics, make it necessary to bring forward
names that might otherwise swim down the stream of
oblivion, it is not ,my fault.—Mrs. CLARKE having been
Applied to by a Mr. Domovsts to obtain certain appoint-
ments, it. was stipulated that she should receive four hun-
dred pounds upon the appointments being made. It was
,necessary that the transaction should go through the regu-
lar forms, and the letters recommendatory usual in these
cases were deposited with Mrs. CLARKE, and there was no
doubt entertained but that the appointments would take
place. A considerable lapse of time intervened, and the
desertion of the DUKE of ionic embarrassed Mrs. CLARKE
SS to money matters. In this situation she applied to.
Mr. DoNoVAN for the sum of one hundred and thirty
pounds, (I speak from memory, but I believe I am correct
as toithe sum, but that is of no importance whatever).
Mr. DONOVAN very civilly agreed to accommodate Mrs.
CLARKE, upon her draft accepted by her mother, Mrs.
FA RQUHA R. Mrs. CLAIIKE drew upon her mother, who
accepted the draft, and acknowledges her liability to pay it.
In the mean time you, Sir, possessed yourself of the letters
necessary to the success of Mrs. CLARKE'S application; and
When Mrs. CLA RE e told you and Dorm the situation she was
in respecting that transaction with DoNovsw, you promised
(both of your prbmised her,) to enable her to take up and
discharge that obligation to DONOVA N.—When you had
obtained one great object of your imestigation, (the re-
Vol. /I.—t Vs. LW- V.
London, England, 1809-08-13

TIM NATION-At REGISTER.

TWENTY-NINTH EELLETIN.

VIENNA, Jt7 LT 2 -A-Generals Durosnel and Folders have
teturned to the head-gtiarters. All our surmiseS with respect
to the fete -of the former have proved erroneous. Ple was not
wounded, and had no horse killed tinder him ; but as he was
cumin.. hark from carrying to the Duke of Montebello the
_
order fur concentrating bis movements on, acconnt of the
destruction of the bridges, on the Vi of May, he cross-
ed a hollow. where he found twenty-five hussars, whom be
fanrie:l Ginned one of our out-posts. Ile did not perceive they
were Austrians until they had made him their prisoner. As we
had been so long without hearing from him, as well as from
other probable reasons, we thought he had been killed.
The General of Divison, Reg,nier, has taken the command of
the Saxons, and occupies Presburgh. Marshal Macdonald is
gone to take possession of the citadel of Gratz, which, it Is ex-
pected, he will enter to-day. The Duke of Ragmsa encamps
with bis corm ors the heights of Krems. II is Imperial Majesty
passes his guards in review every morning. The velites and
root grenadiers of the Italian guard are remarkable fur their ex-
cellent order.

Prince John de Lichtenoein, on his return from Marla, was
pre.ented on the 1101 inst. to his I enp&al Highness. He
Was hearer of a letter rrom the Einperorof Austria. Count
iliotyln, Major-General and Aid-de-Camp to the Emperor of
Austria, has dined several times with Count Champagny.
The commercial trams, whlch the event. of the war had
scattered in directions, have been collected and repaired
on the bli0o: of the limmhe. They come every day laden with
wool, vegettedeN corn, and floor.
The o hole army is encamped.

Art evw Ai JULY IS.---Prince John of Lichtenstein, who dined
tae Emperor Napoleon, at Schoentwoun, and afterwards
went to visit the Emperor Frantis, has this day returned to
Schoeuhruno. Nlarshti I):troch negotiate; on the part of the
Frew- 9, aid the conclusion of a treaty of peace is speedily expect-
el. it ip said that the Archduke Charles will soon pay a visit to
the 1::,1;peror Napoleon at Sehoenbrann. The report that the
peace Itad already been signed is premattire.
Ptats, Jut.sr 23.—We heir, but the news wants confirmir-
tion, that the prelimint;ries of peace are signed. It is pretended
that Anstrii cedes Styria. Carnioli, Carinthia, the
reit of the T%rol, what she possesses i 3 Croatia, and that she
is to pay a heavy war contribution; the French army is to keep
its _positions till it is paid.—Vournal elr. Culmitz:ecc.)

FROM THE SPANISH PAPERS.
London, England, 1809-08-13

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

517

[ltere follows an ;distract return of ordnance, ammunition, and
stores taken friou the enemy iu the Island of Walcherenl the
British army.]

Return of the rank and names of Officers, and of the number of
Non-commissioned 011ieergnnd rank and file killed, wounded,
and miksing in the affair of the 7th August.

_ .
Total-1 %edema, 13 rank and file, killed; 1 captain, 4 lieu-
te•nant~, 3 en-igus, 7 F cdeant!4, 126 rank and file, wounded ; 1
brevet major, 4 rank and tile misqing.

Nanieg of Officers toorin!trd and missing.
_ .

_
Roval Artillerv—Licutenaut Grant, slightly wounded.

sth Font--Brevet Major Bird, missing, supposed to he taken
prisoner; Captain II :ifiiiton, dangerously wounded; Lieutea.
ant C. Bird, En-igns Galbraith and Walton, slightly wounded.
95th Foot—Licniennnt Clark, dangerously wounded.
Lig!it INtalion of the King's German Legion—Lieutenant
Frederick du Lay and Ensign Frederick lledeitian, dangerously
wounded.

The Gazette contains a letter from Captain Brenton of the
Spartan, dated Ti irate, A Aril V/, stating the capture of thirteen
vessrls, chiefly laden %► ids oil, in the Port of l'esano ; his Mar
jesty's ship: Amphion and Nlerenry were in company with the
Spartan. Another letter from Captain Brenton, dated oft'
igloo, May 5, gives an account of the Spartan and Mercury
having captured 12 vessels, some laden with corn for Venice,
and other, in 1) .11a.t. There were noae killed or wounded us
board of his Majesty's ships.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARnED.
William treywocd And Richard Shaw Hey IA oocl, M'anehes-
ter, horn-drapers. from Aug. 9.6, to Sept. 9, at eleven, at the
Bridge %% aier- arrni, Manehefter.
London, England, 1809-08-13

MARRJAUES.

Mr. W. Jarvis, to Mrs. Hammond, both of Clare, whose
United a;:es iiiiount to 1,10 years.
At Birrniogham, Mr. W. aged Et 6, to Mrs. Hannah
Arch, rt.:zed 6:4, both of them blind.
At Cart's Dyke, Scotland, Gilbert Stewart to the widow
li' Ewan, whose united ages amounted to 171 years, the one
being 81, and the other al.

DEATH.
On Saturday last, at Fo x field, near Htmgerford, Mrs. Hart,
sister to the late Lady Stuart, and. sister-in-law to H. James
Pye,
Sun DEN D NATIY.—A gentleman of the name of Witlaw, who
had been given evidence at the Sorry /sizes, on Friday, was
settt.,l WI a tit on leaving the Court, and he nai conveyed
home about 4 tail.:s from the the town scwelesi, bat he expired
;311 the way.
London, England, 1809-08-13

BANKRUPTS.

Thomis IL•bward, of Dean-street, Canterburv-riquare, South.
yark, Surrey, cornfartnr, to surrender Aug. 26, 29, and Sept*
23, at ten, at Guildhall, Londqn. Attorney, Mr. Ellis, James,
street, Buckingham-gate.

John Domelow, Hinckley, Leicestershire, grocer, Auk. l9t
26, awl Sept. 21, at twelve, at guildhall, London. Attorney,
Mr. Chapman, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry, London.
Edwin Powell, Birmingham, japanner, Aug. 25, at four, 26.
and Sept. titi, at twelve, at the Swan Tavern, Bimini:Omen. Ai.
tornies, 11e.srs. Kinderley, Long, and Ince, Holborn-court,
Gras.',;-(nn, London; or Nir. Palmer, Birmingh:tra.

Cearze Packer, Northleach, (31oucestersiiire, corn. dealer.
An-. 21,22, at eleven, and Sept. 2S, at live, at the Fleece Inn.
Lireocester, (;Inuceits-r!,:sire. Attornies, Messrs. .51eredith and
ItAhhins, Linenln.b-Inn, London.

Samuel Jameson, [Leading, Berkshire, dealer, Aug. 28, 29.
and Sept. 23, at eleven, at the Upper Ship-Inn, Reading. At-
t•i•nies, Mr. Biggs, Reading; or Messrs. Eyre and blortot
Gray's-lira, London.
William Martin Lolley, Liverpool, rectifier, Sept. 5,6, and
23, at eleven, at the Star and Garter Tavern, Paradise-street,
Liverpool. Attorney, Mr. Avison, Hanover-street, Liverpool.
irge Edlin, of Aldgate, jeweller, Aar.. 15, 29, and Sept.
23, at ten, at Guildhall. Attor. ev, Mr. Al'Alichael, finch-laue,
Corithill.
Edward Maddock and William It elamore, of Liverpool,
corn and flottr-dealert.. Sept. 12, 13, and 23, at eleven, at the
Globe Tavern, John-street, Liverpool. A wallies, Mr. Wierile,
John- street, Bedford-row, London ; or Griffith and
Mle, Fenw ick—trect,
Richard Ilorsley, Spitalfields, silk-weaver,
Aug. '22, 19, and Sept. 23, at tin, a.t Guildhall. Atturniest
Messrs. Price and Lincoln's-Inn, Old-square.
Ehetirr'r Browne, Bradford, Wiltshire, clothier, Aug. Li,
28, and Sept. 21, at eleven, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol. At-
tornies, Mr. Clissold, Bristol ; or Mr. Tarrant, Chancery-lane,
Loticlon.
Benjamin Simmons, Newcastle-street, Strand, shoemaker,
Aug. 26, Sept. 2, and 23, at eleven, at Guildhall. Attorniess
hleors. Jennings and Collier, Carey-street, Lincoln's-Inn.

pivIDEN DS.
Sept. 2. John Agnew, Grosvenor-square, hanker, at ten, at
Guildhall—Sept. 2. John Woffington, Brighthelinstone, grocer,
at ele.ven, at Guildhall, London—Aug. 26. Jaoies Dodd, Pall.
Mali, hatter and hosier, at t wel ve, at Guildhall—Oct. 31. John
E w bank Bucklershory, warehouseman, at eleven, at Guildhall
—Sept. 5. Robert Itowntree, Holderness, Yorkshire, miller,
at eleven, at the George Inn, Whitefriargate, Hull—Sept. 16.
Jatue4 I.lvading, Newport, l&Ie of Wight, carpenter, at ten, at
London, England, 1809-08-13

AUG.'M.

direct our judgment. This is the. case with many of our
public mo►iumeuts.
I had almost forgot the bullocks fields, billy goatp, and
the little decayed lamb, who seems to he resigued to his
hard fate, that of being left unnot red to starve to death
upon► a barren rock, unless he can feed upon the artichokes,
cabbages, &c. brought by the kind little boy in the back
ground, whom an ignorant passenger supposed to repre-
sent Covent•virden: and the only specimen, we have of
breeding, is from the little urchin on the right angle of
the pedestal, who seems to have bred what he does not like
to keep. The execution of the work, ;as far as I can jud4e,
is bad in the extreme: the head is something like Noilekin's
bust: the neck is a complete
.mill-post: the body may be
right, for it is hid: the right arm is longer than the left,
and the right le!.. the same: the sta ding leg isrfour inches
out of its place, and the whole forms a disgustitig rci
semblance of a man whose figure was as fine as his mind,
and perhaps the most happy subject that could fall into the
hands of any artist on earth.
I find, Sir, I have exceeded all bounds in the length of
this epistle; if you wilt curtail it, you will much oblige
me. I shall oniy add, that 1 have no dog►bt many regular
pull's will appe:►r on the beauties of this work; but let
them say what they will, the Public must determine our
merits, and to Public judgment, whether we will or not,
we. must bow.

Your's, &c.
As if.NGLISII ARTIST.

LAST MOMENTS OF TOM PAIN B.

EXTRACT OF A LETTER §•-nom NEW-YORK, DATED 6TII
JUNE. iBG9.

44 I witnessed a scene, last night. which has occasioned sensa-
lions Only to befell, not described. The scene I. allude to was
no less extraordivary, than that of beholding the noted Tom
Paine struggling to hold a little longer his soul and body together.'
Near an hour 1 sat by the bed •side of that well-known charActer„,
to whom 1 wan introduced by a pat-tit-al:a friend of his. Could
in memory hove retained the Suggestions of my mind, in the
moments when l was viewing the va!litl looks. ofhim who had
attempted
.10 over-throw kingdoms and ,n a atrchies—of who
had abtonishcd the world with the fruits of n great mind, whose
works have caused a great part of mankind to think, and feel, as
they never did . before, they would not have been uninteresting
to you. I could not contemplate the approaching dissolution of
such a man---4ee him gasping for breath, groaning in agony of
body, even in a state of living rottenness, w ithout feelings of a
peculiar nature. Poor Paine s body gave way before his mind,
which is yet firm. Mortification has taken up its duelling in
his mortal part, and he will soon he no more. With respect In
his principles, he will die as he has lived : they are unaltered.
Some Methodists went to him a few days ago, to endeavour to
wake a convert of him, but he would not lipteu to their
entreaties." •

PROv ixciaLS.
London, England, 1809-04-16

LONDON GAzEriE

Downing-Streee, A prill2, 1809.
Captain Preedy, Aide-de-Camp to Lieutenant-General Beck-
with, commander of his Nlajesty's troops in the Leeward Islands,
arrived at one o'clock this day, with dispatches from the
Lieutenant-General, to Lord Viscount Castlereagh. one of his
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State.
[Letters from Generals Beckwith and sTaitland • introductory
of the following report from Colonel Barnes.]
St. Pierre, Feb. S. 1809.
In obedience to the orders T had the honour to receive from
3.mi, I proceeded with the detachment of the 6:3d Regiment.,
commanded by Major O'Rourke, on board his Majesty's sloops
I'elnrus add Cherub, otc Corhet, where the troops were disem-
barked, and marched without. delay •towards St. Pierre ; about
a mile from the town I found a body of the militia posted, and
immediately sent Major O'Rourke forward with a flag
.of truce,
°aerial; them terms on which their own surrender and that of the
town would be accepted, vs hich I have herewith the satisfac-
tion to transmit to your Lxcellency for the ratification of the
I.,olainatidersi n Chief by sea and laud, L cannot wtielude without
London, England, 1809-04-16

tREACII OP PRIVILEGE.

Sir Charles Hamilton, previous to moving the arde'r of the
Day, that Daniel Butler be called to the Bar, proceeded to state'
the circumstances which induced him to trouble the House with
a complaint agniust that ingividual. Had any apology been
made, he should have suffered the matter to drop ; but not the
slightest apology had been offered. About three o'clock lii the
afternoon of Wednesday last, a servant in livery brought a let-
ter to his house; addressed to Sit J. C. Hamilton, Bart. lit
opened it inadvertently without looking at the direction, and
found the purport of it to he a demand of an inconsiderable sur*
of money due to some persons of the name of Walsh anti Co. As
he found the letter did not concern him, he was speaking to his
servant to deliver it back again to the person sVho had brought
it, and tell him he had made a mistake, when Butler and another.
man rushed into the room where he was sitting, and told him he
was their prisoner, Ile demanded to see the a u.thfurity on which
they acted# and Butler produced a writ directed against Sir Join:
Charles liarairton. Ile immediately perceived that the men
were acting under a Mistake, and infattned them of their error{
telling them, at the same time, that he was a Member of this
[rause, and referring them to his Soricitot for their satisfaction.
Butler insisted, however, that he should go with them, and as
they said they must use force if he refused, he consented to go
with them to his Solicitor's, and when they had got as far as
V igo-lane, they both ran away from him, and he saw no more
of them. He moved that Daniel Butler he called to the Bar.

Daniel Butler being called in, the Speaker said, that a coritsi
plaint had been preferred againt him of a gross violation of the
privileges of the House, and asked him what he hail to say in
extenuation of his conduct. Btuler pre-sented a paper, w hick
he •vas desired to read. He said he could not read, nor did he
know its contents.
Sir Cit A a I.ns HAMILTON desired that he might be asked.
whether he had not endeavoured to *a tisfy him that he was not
the person mentioned in the writ ? to which Butler aiwvered he
hall. Ile was then directed to withdraw.

The NcEct OR of the EN C Egu nit, in a short speech•,
condemned the conduct of the officer in very severe terms; and
moved, that by arresting an Honourable Member of that House,
he had been guilty of a breach of the privilege of th:it House
The ►notion being caroled, the Right Bon. (icnile•man next
moved, that the Speaker he directed to iLsne his %%arrant to con►,
mit the body of I) :girl Butler to the custody. of the Keeper of
his Majesty's prison of Newgate. Ordered.
London, England, 1809-04-16

CIIELFCA 1103PrTAL T.AND GRANT.

Sir FR .A !icts BUR Dr.FT said, he felt a considerable ditclif:'y
in introducing the subject to the Rouse, from the impossibility
of describing in words what required to be seen to he under.
stood. Ile would endeavour, however, to explain to the House
the reasons which principally impelled hint to object to the
grant which had been model() Colonel Gordon. The piece of land
allotted to Colonel Gordon, was a tine spacious piece of gWaud,
contiguous to the river, and the erection of a house upon it
would spoil a magnificent prospect: The ~ituation of the project]
ed infirm." was behind Colonel Gordon's house, from which It
was to be shut nut by a wall eight feet highiand the house woul*
.completely intercept it from the river. An intinnaryihe thought
ought to be erected in the most airy situation that could be found,•
and tome could be better for such a building than the banks ofm
river, where a fresh stream of air is almost always to he loupe:
t. ut in the present instance it seemed as if the public utility wog'
to he sacrificed to' gratify a private- individual, (Hear, hear !).
and he could not help considering it as a rank job, (loud cries ay'
Hear, hear!) The lion. Baronet expreiksed hi burinhe that the -

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-APRIL 16.

otfu•ers of Chelsea Hospital had omit remonstrated against the
project, that the physician and surgeon had nut declared their
disapprobation of the plan. The Hon. Baronet concluded w ith oh-
urviug, that he conceived the matter a mere job, and therefore
he wished for the production of the proper documents to enable
the Hope to form a judgment upon the subject, If his motion
was acceded to, he should probably hereafter feel it his duty to
follow it ttpby another, calling evidence to the Bar of the House
to skew the impropriety of the plan that was now in executioo.
lie then waved, that there be laid before the House a copy of
the %Warrant, dated the 11th of March, 1809, from the Treasury
to the Survey or General of the Crown Lands, directing him to
prepare the lease of certain lands at Chelsea,
The Cif N CELL° ft of the Excnri4rEll said, that there was
pe►thing whatever in the transaction 'which he had the slightest
ev ish should be concealed. (Hear, hear ! ) He conl.l not, how-
ever, help saying, that the lion. Baronet viewed every act of the
Government of the country w ith so jealous and so jaandieed an
eye ( Loud cries u/' Hear, hear ! ) th:►t every thing his Alts;est''s
.I%linisters did, was construed by him into a job. Ile con,
sidered the motion merely as one calculated to catch a little
present popularity, by complaining of a grievance which bad no
existence. Ministers, before they sanctioned the grant to
Cal. Gordon, had matie proper Idquiries on the subject. After
vindicating the conduct of the Lords Commissioners of the Trea-
sury at,soine length, the Right lion. Gentleman concluded with
observing, that lie should make no objection to the motion at pre-
opt before the House ; but if the lion, Baronet should make. any
motion for persons being called to the Bar to give their opinions
as to the correctness of the judgment or the CrQw t! Surveyor, he
should decidedly oWeet to it.
Sir. F. Bea nr:er replied at some length to the observation
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and some of the preceding
Speakers. He said, he viewed his Majesty's Ministers with no
jaundiced eye; he respected them as much as any other Mini-
sters ; but he was ready to acknowledge that he viewed their
conduct with a jealous eye.—Nothing lint his duty led him to
notice the subject, nod when the documents were laid 'upon the
table, he should probably feel it further his duty to call Gen-
tlemen to the bar, in order that the House might form an opi-
nion on the sul►jec•t from the examination of witnesses.
The Motion was agreed to, and the papers ordered accord•
London, England, 1809-04-16

Friday, April 14;

A twit *tit it as ordered for Etlinburghshite, in the room of
the Right Hon: Rotwrt Saunders Dundas, who Since electiou
had accepted the (Alice of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieute-
nant of 1 Maud.
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256

The Nytnphe, from Nantz to the Isles of Fraure, laden with provl-
pion% prize to the Indefatigable frlrate, sand Foxhound sloop of war; the Jodie.
from Marseilles, prize to the Imperieuse frigate, arrived at Plymouth
the Sth instant.
The Argus, -, from Norway, prize to the Crocodile fri.trate; the Jontre
Barnhart, from Gottenburgh, prise to the 'lnge sloop of war; and a D inilh pri-
vateer, prize to the Superb Man of war, arrived in Yarmouth Roads, ou the stl
Instant.
The Neptunu., Gerrctt, from Nantz, detained by the Indefatig.able frigate;
sn the Mar4aritta.. Lubitor, front France., detained by the Mlneva frigate, ar-
rived at Pt vmouth on the II; instant. '
' The Catherine M iris., from Jutland to Norway, is taken by the Rose sloop of
war, and sent into Hull,
The St. Miehailoir, .7 iiivien from Lisbon, is taken and carried into Bordeaux.
The Hoop, Larson, from Lougsound, is jaken by the Ranger sloop of war, and
oent into the Humber.
• The Chance, Boyle, of and for Wexford, from Dublin, was lost near Wexford
en the .10th alt, and all the crew drowned. '
London, England, 1809-04-16

VIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

" any man," or '• snmr man," epithets Intel% so liberally ap-
plied by you to various classes of mankind. lead me confid••nth lv
to expect that You may still listen with complaucy, io your own
words, to " another man who writes ;" and-who, without being
either " a sort of law‘er," or " it newspaperonan," or evert
" an ambassador of mor:.cco," is about to address you on topics
Of moment. " What sort of looking man" l may chance to be,
as you once observed of another intm, is a question which you
only can put in train for explanation.
Ilow extraordinary, Madam, is your fate! When we reflect
on your career, and remember, according to your own published
testimony, that little more than four short months have passed
iince you were " ordered to plead your marriage, to avoid debts,
or go to prison,"--that, if you then dared either to " speak
against, or write against," your once illustrious protector. he
threatened to " put you into the pillory or into the bnstilie ;"
when we think on these things, seeing what we have seen and
knowing w hat we now know, I, for one, cannot do otherwise than
contemplate you as the Bonaparte of Women ! Instead of being
painfully examined at the bar of Up. Old Bailey, you have had
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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

the people, and the interests of the crown ;—Who,know
to yield with dignity, and to resist without-provoking irri-
tation ;—who enjoy, i❑ the fullest measure, the confidence
of the public, and are worthy that of the sovereign;--who
possess no sinecures ; have tampered in no unconstitutional
jobbing ; whose hands are clew, and reputation unsul-
lied ;—who unite great talents with a sound ►,nderstanding ;
liberal, comprehensive views with practical kn►►wledge;-•--
w
ho love their country ardently ; and betray no bias to he
institutions of her grelt political rival ;—►f such men arc
to be found, They arc capable of restoring tra.•►yciliity to
the State, and re-establishing the indepeAdence of Europe.
London, England, 1809-04-16

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

APRIL 16..

to complete their number, he would propose that the old bounty
should he continued till the first of January next, instead of the
10th of May, as before intended. This would give time for the
completion of the quotas in every quarter, at the Hid bounty
paid by the public. This was agreed to.
Lord Castlereagh Olen proposed that the Yeomanry Cavalry
Officers should rank after the Luta! Militia Officers aS Mose did
after the Regular Militia.
The clause was agreed
Report received, and ordered fri lie timber considefed on Mon-
day, and to be printed.—Adjourned.
London, England, 1809-09-03

Admiralty-Office, Sept 2, 1809.

Extract of a Le!iisr from Rear-Admiril Sir IL John Strachan.
Bert. K. IL to tile lion. 'Wm. Welle4ev Pole, dated on hoard
Nlajebty's J hip the St. Dimling°, oil' Batz, the 27th Aug.

09.

I have now to acquaint you, for their Lord;hips' information,
that the flat boats of ('va:ry description of vessel: using assembled,
told every neeesary arrangement made on the part of the \
for landing the army near Sauttleet, on the beach which had
previously reconnoitred, and not hearing from the Earl of
Chatham respectin4 his intentitios, I communicated w ith his
.Lordship on the Itit instant, and on the followiog d:tv I fituati
his Lordship had not come to a determination, on account of the
enrreased force of the enemy, and the army gett;ng sickly, and
that he had sent for the Generals to conqult, I therefore, ou the
moroing of the 2tii It, wrote to his Lordship, and I soon after
went on shore to the meeting of the Lieutenant-Generals of the
Army, taking with the Itear Admiral Sir Richard Keno.: ; I
found them decidedly of opinion that tit) operation could
undertak,‘n again,t Antwerp, with any pros/wet of Success, at
this advanced season of the year, and the enemy eocreasing itt
btrength, and oor own forces diminished hy sick : and that
as the takitig of Lillo and Lief keti:hoeik vrouLl not ensure our
cittniniog the uttialate object of the x,ivdition, without An!
weep being. reduced, and the country Dear these ;Ortres-es beiug
innix!ated ; it was also their decided opinion, that the army
ought not to make any attempt on them. I had alieady, in c„e
naquoi tied manlier, offered every naval assistance to reduce
the,e fortresses, and also in a;d of every operation of the army.
Conceiving the suhject of the deliberations of tie Generals per-
fectly military, I withdrew with Sir It. Keate, The ship, oft he
enemy w hick were at the tow n of Antwerp about f. v-e
miles, have cone dowu, and are now extended along the river
face of it, except two of the line Inner yawn, in the Reach
above Liefkenshoeik ; and four tt totes west to Lilo. An im-
mense nuinher of ;mall gnu-boats are on the Boom ; behind
them a ere cent of sixty gun and inortar-hri;4s. The hatter)
bet ween I.illo and Frederick Hendrick is tiniqted ; it has ten
guns. The enemy has beet) driven from that which he was
c.m:tructing on the Doel bide %vith loss, by the fire of our bombs
and guu-vessels.
London, England, 1809-09-03

SEPT. 3.
Ind the plain-
;at all matters
011 d i im that
as soon as the
ial, and shed
reading the
the Lancnster
!.%traordinary
may have de-
arder of Wil-
lie under his
the reception
used, that tho
t was agreed
ics, where he
in the month
afterwards :'
stanley, who
hope of his
As)lutn, and
Jcb deranged,
aach, he coin-
y much. lle
hi~protuise to
lir appear-
vas permitted
,he Friday on
vernor of the
deceased was
ed to be very
Ind under his
apparently in
>ken." The
Bell did it;
id his prayers •
e time of, his
Friday, when
at all his ri11.%
d the W
at at the time
lie imagined
ing after Mr.
It of his ribs
them, and he
The deceased
t. was he that
ess being con-
° attend him.
i.!r his death.,
nl:rdered his
oner.
ife of the de-
rtaining of his
he fervently
>bserved, that
doubt, tuna-
s. With re_
the prisoner,
ecognised by
ly expre‘sion
s death, was,
declaration
quest of Mr.
calie f. w h.t
y, during Cm:,
voting Scotch
he biblqrvery
in his arduous
Ind sleep, or
nigh it is evi-
N
London, England, 1809-09-03

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

o'clock the next day he died, in a state of total putrisolittion,
having lived in that dreadful situation twelve hours, from the
tune he was first discovered, and the gretY ter part of that period
in full possesion of his senses, so mitt'. en. that lye inqu red
eagerly after his pocket, in u Welt he recollected he had put
some money, and which to a small amount was Lund. That
Herod, Sylla, Sze. were devoured by worms, whilst Set alive,
are facts recorded by the ancient historians, and that the worms,
engender in the flesh and in nada, tic. is also true ; but those are
not parallel cases, as they were the effects of t lie morbid preden-
u-s.and specific disorders. The only case in modern times,perhaps,
a hurnau being living antler such circumstances, is recorded in
the romantic adreature,. of.lscerre Viand, and even here the in-
ciflent throws a degree ~fdiseredit on the authority of the n ork,
although it was attested by the annexed allidavis of perswns who
liad see') it. Vet in that ca,,e the worms had only engerdertd
ha the lower extr-mities, while the head and the viscera, !trees-
.ary to animal life, were free. But here the most essential ori.;!ln
of the animal ee r;oiny was dissolved, while yet the living beii:g
walked and talked.

PllOl4-1 : I S.
London, England, 1809-09-03

‘NIK RUPTS.

Thomas Savelhve, merchant, to surrender Sept. IS,
20, and Oct. 1.1, at eleven, at the l'alhot Inn, Derby. Attor-
ni .s, Atessrs. Edwards and Jessopp, Uerby ; or Mr. Lambert,
Hatton garden, London,
Wil!i•tin Sao,lt, South Moulton-street, Hanover-square, cal.
lenderer, Sept. 16, -2S, and Oct. 14, at eleven, at Guildhall.
AttorneN, Mr. Rutherford, Bartholomew-close.
Charles I-lentillaw. 'rawer-street, wine-merchant, Sept. 16,
'23, and Oct. 1.1, at el,.ven, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs.
Berrides,
Phillips, Wragley, Linco!nihire, shopkeeller, Sept. ,
15, 16, a.i 1 Oet.• 11, at eleven, at the ni43 Inn, Horncastle,
Lincolnshire. Attornies, ildr. Walker, Spilsby, Lincolnshire;
or 'bir. Amici, College-gardens, Aldertonnbury.
John Swifi, Live:pool, stationer, Sept. 23, 26, and 0et.,14,
t one) at flue Star and C: T,vern, Parikiti§e•street)
London, England, 1809-09-03

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

TO OUR READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS.

We have received some Observations in answer to a Letter
that appeared in The British Press, on the subject of Galvanism,
written by Mr. Byewater. We regret exceedingly, that want
of room alone prevents us from inserting it to-day ; but as the
mistakes, into which Mr. Bye water appears to have been led,
are of some importance, we shall insert the Answer to him in
our Paper of Sunday next.

The Fifth Number of La BEAU MONDE AND MoNTriLy
REGISTER, was published on the 31st August. It is the only
Publication that contain. a, Critical Review of all the new
Music, the Works of Art, and Literary Publications.—The
Embellishments for this Number are as follows: 1. Apparatus
for Gas Lights. 2. Two Plates of Music. 3. Portrait& of two
Foxes. 4. Fashions—a Lady in a Walking Dress. 5. Large
folio Map, coloured, explanatory of the Movements of the
French and Austrian Armies. 6. An outline Engraving of the
Statue of the Duke of Bedford.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lontion,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1809.
London, England, 1809-09-03

Sin,

POLITICAL DISQUISITION.

NUMB it LiGHTII-SIX.

TO WiLLI:I7.4 COBBETT.

We have er-Tloyed a great deil of tirrie and paper to very
little purpose, if ..ur former Letters ha ..'e not convinced
the Public that you:. attempt to procure Addressas to his
*Majesty, praying him to interfere in. new modelling the
House of Commons, is a measure at once illet al and insi-
dious; and we have been equally unfortuna!e, if our cast
Letter has not satisfied the thinking part of the community,
that the plan of incapacitating Statesmen from seats in the
Muse of C )mmons would produce effects more inimical
to the cause of real liberty, than any which are to be ap-
prehended from a continuance of that system of 'represen-
tation, upon the foundations of which the happiness and
prosperity, of this nation have been built up.
In addition to the arguments already ura7cd, in favour
of the public duties of statesmen being discharged by the
same persons, in their executive and legislative capacities,
it may be fairly assumed, that frinn a concurrence of pri-
vate interests, operating upon the general interest, these
duties are more likely to be fairly and effectually discharged.
That undistinamishing and intemperate eagerness for the
attainment of ideal perfection, which metaphysical politi-
cians hold up to the admiration of a credulous people, is
not only in its very nature impossible, but if it were possi-
hie would, in the present condition of mon and of society, he
impracticable. By endeavouring to remove every existing
and every approaching evil, that good which we actually
possess would be. endangered ; and in the pursuit of re-
mote and speculative advantages, we should hazard the
introduction of anarchy and tumult, "with the certainty of
innovation. But suppose, for the sad:e of argument, that
11,1inisters, Statesmen, Flacemen, or by. whatever name
on choose to can them, es:ended from the !!rouse of
Commons, what would by the situation of id:e country at
this moment? How would i; be possible for an adminis-
tration, thus situated, to comlnet hcs:ness of to extea.
skive empire, engaged in a condict upon 'which it 3 existence
perhaps depends ? How could it disentangle itself fr,ra
embarrassments which must perpetually occur from the jea
kusy of those who woLild he always fo;aning an opinion upon
t;:e;e measures, without :he meaus of doing Eo r.ccuraeiyi
how could Ministers act with vigour tinder, restraints of
an immediate and so irksome a responsibility ? How many
subjects of political dotal are of acknoaledged impropri-
ety to discuss? How many must be referred to corinnittees
of secrecy ? And even these committees. how would they
he exaosed to secret management and in;lirect influence,
when the ardour of novelty. of '. bad cooled, and the fever
reformation subsided ? In what manner could the faithful,
N igo t:s, and "spoedy execution of .ilifiieuit measures be
eatorced? However plansiblc, howei:yr salatary this prin-
ciple may be in-theory, it is false in practitu. Look at
the effect it would ha..'e in another guitar.

ru;.
London, England, 1809-09-03

FATAL CAT A3TROPIIE.

The American Papers contain the folloving tragic ot-
c+rrenee

Ital.ElC' 1, (Noturn Ror,INA,) IP.—Tt has ne‘m
fallen to our lot to roeocd a !not •• tragic:Ll orcurrence limo • .e
following, which rook plaee in Halifax cone., oo the sli i, .f
A Young man in that coltaty, of the noose ta. Parker, ltri•;
for two or three year.; paid his aildre,;.:es to 0 Miss Dolly Griffin,
nod the marriage fa the parties was evistoied ; recei , how-
ever, G. had disearied bib,. On the :ph t;?ey, kt a eon
other compiny, dined at Mrs. tinris's, w het- 9arker behave
towards Miss G. w Ith some rudeness. !I is cone; let, and some
expressions which fell from him, excited her suspicion, that hr
intended some serious in'-chief ; jovited two of h,.
female friends to accompany her home. W hen then had nearly
reached her mother's, Parker came out suddenly from an al..;:e
of the fence, and presenting a pro at G. shot her throw-Al
the arm, and lodged the contents 1.. her Sh,. fell itantiv ;
and the horses rode by the other %-eitio...!• Vidies tw;og frig-htened,
they were also thrown. l'ame'r the!: began very deliberately
to reload his gun ;• the young lathe,. bereft by their fears, of the
power either of flight or resistance, entre;:ted him not to kill
them. He told them he had no such intention ; that he was then
loading for himself, and asked one of them for a corner of her
haw I for wadding. which he tore off. When he had finished
loading. he plaer..d the muzzle to his breast, and sprung the
tri!yg,nr with his foot ; it missed fire; he then peclied the
sto.l on the second attempt tits load entered hi hreast—he totter-
ed to the fence, against which he leaned in much agonv, Red de-
sired the young ladies to pray for him. lie then walked towards
the d Ing Kiss Griffin, and fell be:Ade her. l3oth expired in a
few merments.

..• p,fiFs tlrifEn Wll5 a yourg roman 41f nnd fhe only
of a wid9wed mother, who hearJ the cries and firing, and came
to the place just in tine to hee I;e.r thingiiter expire. Parker
vas notorious for posinssin:.: viT.i..411 ;rut ungovernable temper.

PRlce: or riOrs

N THE 130 !LOUGH.

r. S. POCKETS. g. r. R.
Kent
Susioc . J 41 a 4 0 Stisgix
I.ls,ivx • 4 0 a 4 10 Var,:ham
London, England, 1809-07-02

St VTI;L:N7'I7 BULIRTIN.

" Filen Fyn ar, tY 4.—The enemy had thrown upon the
right banks of the Danube, °pliant! to Presburr,b, a bey of
9000 men, who entienelled themselves ill the village of Engorau.
The Doke i>f A uer,tadt attacked them yesterday with the ,harp-
s hOOter:; »f lle,se Darmstadt, supportel; by the Nth regiment
of infantry of the line. 'the village was speedily carried. A
Major, and eight other officers of the Bealieu's regiment, (one of
them the gran.6on of Marshal Bealicii) and 400 lirivate6
were wale prisoners. The rest of this rq.iment w ere killed,
wounik•d, lir driven into the water. 'The remains of the enemy's
corps found in an island the necessary protection for their re-
crossing the river. The sharp-shooters of Hesse Darmstadt ac-
quitted Ilwroselves extremely well. The Viceroy of Italy hei
returned to his army, and for the present has his head-quarters
at Dedenbarg, In Itutigary. All the valuable effects belonging
to the Court have been conveyed from Oleo to Peterwarden, on
the frooliers of Servia. The Emprez.s has also repaired thi.
ther. The Duke of Ragusa has arrived at Ley back, General
Mactlooald is master of Gratz, having 'educed the castle, which
seemed di,posed to make some re .istance. In the battle of Esling
in the t!lst and 2241 of la't month, Brigadier-General Fowlers
was wounded in muking.a charge, and thrown from Ilk horse...—
!l similar ;Accident Inlet the Genet al of Division Dorousnel,
Aid-de-Camp to the Fmpernr. as lie was carry ing orders to a
division of euiras,ters, who were charging the enemy. We have
had the satisfaction of learning that both these Generals, and
150 soldiers, whom wt gave np forlfisti, vt ere only' wounded, and
that they were left lying among the rout, at the moment Wheu
the Emperor, on learning that the bridges had been broken
down, ordered the troops to coneentrale them elves between Its-
Ifig it Great A,.pern. The Dromhe falls, hut from the con-
tinuance of the warm weather, w 4! fear it will rise again."
London, England, 1809-07-02

PROCLAMATLON.

" Russia could not behold with indifference the war that has
broken out between France and Austria. Russia. did every
thing to prevent the commencement of these hostile operation.
She declared eves: to the Court• of Austria, that, pursuant to
articles of treaty WI weep the Emperors of Russia and Frame,
amt to the close alliance entered into by those two powers, she
should l ohlig-01 to act in concert with France. Austria h..,
toned to none of these remonstrances, but long eadeavoured to
conceal her warlike preparations under pretence that sin: was
obliAed to adopt necessary measures for her security and defence,
till she at last, by open hostilities, betrayed her designs, and
kindled the flames of war.
" Russia has no longer hesitated to take a part iu a war in
which she is !mend to engage by the most solemn treaties. AR
tOon as she learned that hostilities had commenced, she broke off
all relations of friendship which had subsisted between her and
Austria, and gave orders to her army to advance into tinllicia.
The Commander in Chief of the army entering that province to
oppose the views of Austria, and to resist force by force, has re
ceived from his Majesty the Emperor express orders solemnly
to asssre the peaceable inhabitants of Ciallicia that the views of
Russia are not hostile; that amid all military operations, the
security and safety of persons and property shall be most strictly
respected.
" The Commander in Chief shall prove by kis conduct that
the principles recommended by his sovereign are also consonant
to his own inclinations and feelings. •
Prince (; A LUTZ EN, Commander in Chief.
Iliad-quarters, May 11, 009.
London, England, 1809-07-02

ITALY.

ftomr, JUNE 10.—This morning at ten o'clock, the follow-
ing Imperial Decree, dated Vienna, the 17th of May 1809. was
proclaimed in all the public squares and market-places of the
city, accompanied by the tiring of cannon from the Castle of St.
•n~elu .—" Napoleon, Laveror of the French) etc. tak us t.;t.
London, England, 1809-07-02

PNrPATREN2'II BULT,EI IV.

" VT ENNA, t;orgoin. LA id-de-Camp of the
Einpe-ror of flits,ia, arri.e lat I inperial head-quarters
a letter from chat So vcroign for his Majesty. Ile has an-
riltnice.l that the Ittis,:ian army, which is marching upon Oltuntz,
had pa,ed the frontiers on the 24tit of May. The Emperor,
the 114♦ hefore yesterday. reviewed his guprds, infantry, cavalry
and artillery. The inhabitants of Vienna admired much the
tine appearance, :tad excellent condition of these troop.
The N iccroy ha. gone with the army of Italy to Ortlenburg, in
II ticgary. It appears that the Archduke .lolai ii,tends to rally
his army on the !Utah. The Duke of Rat:usa a rris ed ssith the
army of Dalmatia, on the 3fl of this month, at Lay bach. The
heat i, very great, mul persons actlimi;tted ss ith the Daimbe as-
us, that in a few days it 11 ill overflow. We shall employ
this dine to finish driYMg tile piles, independent of the bridges of
hosts and rafts. Al the accounts which we receive from the.
enemy state, that the towns Of PreP.hurp,-, Brte.n, 'and Znaiat, are
fa of woutic!A. The Austrians theupel yes estimate their lo'
at I*,ooo men. Prince pith the army of the
London, England, 1809-07-02

BANKRUPTCY SUPEitCEDED.

John Lorenz Reyb, Paddington-street, Middlesex, musical-
instrument-maker.

BANKRUPTS.

William Crush, Chelmsford, Essex, upholsterer, to Qat-reticle!
July 8, 15, and August 12, at twelve, at Guildhall, London.
Attorney, Mr. Adam, Old Jewrv. •
Charles Moody, Tldpit, Wiltshire, maltster, Julyl2s, at six.
24, at eleven, and Aug. 12, at six, at the Antelope Inn, Ness
Sarum. Attornies. Mr, llohding, jun. Salisbury ; or Messrs.
Millett, Terrace, gray's ton-lane.
Robert Jeffery Downs, Maid lane, Southwark, baker, July 8,
15, and Aug. 12, at eleveis. at Guildhall. Attoraies, Messrz.
reild and Sheargold, Clifford's-Inn,
Paul Taylor, Sheffield, screw-manufacturer, Jul 3 12, 13, and
A 4: 12, at twelve, at the Angel ban, Sheffield. Attornies, Messrs.
Rkuington and Wake, Sheffield ; urldr. WilSono Greeille-sheet,
iJattua-Gardea.
London, England, 1809-07-02

4a 3

consideration that when Charlemagne, Emperor of the. French,
and our sublime predecessor, endowed the Bishops of Rome with
'various lands, they were given a; fiefs to maintain the peace of
!is subjects, and that Rome did not therefore cease to form a
part of his Pmpire : Considering further, that since that time
the union of spiritual and temporal power has [woo, and stilt
is the sonr..e of dissension; that the Popes have too fre-
quomtly availed themselves of the one support tl-eir preten-
sions to the other ; and that with spiritual concerns, which are
in their aature immutable, have been confounded worldly affairs,
whieli change with the circumstances and pelitics of the times.
" Considering finally, that it is in vain to attempt to reconcile
with the temporal pretensions of the Pope all that we have con-
certed for the security of our army, the repose and prosperity of
the nations over which we reign, and the dignity and inviolabi-
lity of our empire. We have decreed, and do decree as follow—
" ART. 1.• The Papal territory is united with the French Em-
pire.
"2. The city of Rome, illustrious for the recollections it re,
*eels, and for the nionumeats which it contains, is declared to be
a free and imperial city. Its government and administration:
shall be fixed by a particular decree.
" 3. The monuments of !Inman greatness shall be maintained
and preserved, at the expence of our treasury.
" 4. The public debt is declared to be the debt of the empire.
" 5. The revenue of the Pope shall be fixed at two millions of
of francs, free from all charges and contributions. _ _

" S. The property and palaces of his• Holiness shall be subject
to no imposition, jurisdiction, or visitation, and shall besides en-
joy especial prerogatives.
" 7. An extraordinary Consults shall, In the Ist of June, take
possession in our name of the Papal dominions, and adopt mea-
sures that on the Ist of January, 1810, the Constitutional Go-
vernment take effect. (Mpined) 66NA PO LEO N."
FROM THE GERMAN PAPERS.
London, England, 1809-07-02

NINETEE.VTH.

VIENNA, JtTNr. 10.—The anniversary of the Battle of Ma-
rengo has been celebrate(' by the victory of the Rattle,, which
the right wing of the army, under the command of the Prince
Viceroy, has obtained over the corps of the Archduke John
and the Archduke Palatine. Since the battle of the Piave, the
Viceroy has pursued the Archduke John at the point of the
bayonet. The Austrian army hoped in canton itself nu the
banks of the ltaab, between St. Gat hard and Notmond. On
the sth June the "iceroy advanced front \cost:telt, and esta-
blished his head quarters at Oedenburgh in Hungary.. thi the
ith he followed up his moyeincnts, and arrived at Guns. Gen.
laariston, with his corps of observation, formed a,juttetion with
his left wing. On the S!li tarn. Al onthrun, with his division of
cavalry, etrected the passage of the Raalmitz, near Sovenvhagu,
routed 300 cavalry of the Hungarian Insurrection, and dr4ve
them towards Paabi. Ou the 9th, the Viceroy proceeded to-
wards Sarvar. The eav:dry of General Grouchy fell in w ith
the ehemY'd rear-,card at Vasvar, and ina;;;. so ow prisi.mecs.
On the 10th, General Macdonald arrived from Gratz at K or-
mond. On the 11th Gen. Grenier came up at kaiak.) w
eolumn of the enemy's flank corps, which defended the bridge.
lie however paised the river in force. Gen. Debroe made a
brilliant charge with the 9th hu,sars upon a battalion of 400
own, SOO of hom we're made prisoner:. t)n the PP h the army
parsed the bridge of terse near Papa. The N icerny, from a
height, observed the whole hostile army in battle array. (.-en.
Montbrun debauched in the plaio, and charged the enemy's .ca-
valry, which be completely overthrew, after having made many
skilful manoeuvres. The enemy had already begun retreat;
the Viceroy parsed the night at Papa. On the 13th, at 5 AM.
the army marched towards Raab. Our cavalry and the Aus-
trians skewed themselves near the village of Szatelch. The
enemy were defeated, and we took 400 prisoners. The Arch-
duke John having united with the Archduke Palatine, took a
tine position upon some heights, the right a ing resting upon
Raah, a fortified town, and the left covering the road of Cu-
morn, another strong place in Magary.
On the 14th. at 11 (p.m.) the Viceroy drew tip hi' army in
order of battle, and with 35,000 men attacked 50.000 of the
enemy. But the zeal of our troops was animated by the recol;
lection of the memorable victory which had sanctified this day.
All the soldiers shouted with joy when they sa.w the enemy,who
were placed in ttree lines, coasisting from 2i) to 25,000 men of
the remains of the tine army of Italy which had• already ima-
gined itself masters of Italy—of 10,000 men under General Had-
lick--of 5 or 8,000 men of the remains of Jallauhacti's corps,