The National Register.
London, England, 1819-07-26 00:00:00

c4:-,4 En* D'ILVikEUX./ LEVEE.

Yesterday Gen. D'Evereux held a military levee at Morrison's,
Dawson Street- Among the company present. which was nume-
rous and feshionable, we observed a number of fine women. The
General. on enteaing the mum, was received wish a burst of ap-
lause. Ile was accoinpaniedby hi: stall and the officers of the
First Lancers of his Legion. At halfpast three Col. Lyster en-
tered, supported by a number of officers, bearing, by desire of
the General, the new stand of cohturs fur Colonel Aylmer's
regiment. General D'Evereux then addressed the corps as
follows
linotnEn SOLDIERS—This standard you will receive from
the hands of a lady nisi admires the motives which prompt you
to leave your country; and in the hour of danger. I feel satisfied
that the recollection of this day will animate you in its defence,
and stimulate you to deeds of glory. I trust, and sin convinced.
I shall over heliold this stanttaril a pledge of your fidelity and
your honour ; and that in rallying round it, you will also shed a
lustre upon Ireland." tLood and reiterated cheers fellowed this
address, which was delivered with grace and feeling.)
The lady of Counsellor O'Connell, taking the colt ursfrom the
General, addressed the Colonel and his Officers to this effect:—
•• Gentlemen,—l have the honour to present you this flag.
which I ant sure you will not cherish the less for being handed
to you by an Irishwomen, who admires and loves those emotions
of cotira;e and sentiments of liberality which bear you far from
your native land. May success and glory attend your steps, and
and happiness crewn your etthrts! This, ger.tleinen• shall
be my sincere prayer." (Mrs. O'Connell was very impnssive,
but was evidently much affected towards the conclusion of the
address. which was followed by cheering and waving of hats.
Seldom has there been seen, in a single regiment, so fine a
corps of officers as those of the Lancers ; they were the admiration
of all present.
The General went round a vast circle, paying hie respects to
his friends, and at a.quarter before five the Levee hroke up ;
every one delighted with the imposing speaitele, so cheering to
every friend of suffering humanity. An immense number of
people surrounded the huteL

According to an Act passed the ed instant, for
amending the laws respecting the settleent of them
poor, no person can acquire a settlement unless by
renting a house or land of the annual value of ten
pounds, and Ilona fide hired by such person, and the
rent actually paid by him for a year.
The la►furey transport, having part of General
Devereux's Legion on board; put into Waterford on
Sunday se*nnight, in consequence of a mutinous ►lis-
position which manife,ted itself on board. The dis-
content is attributed to the want of provision ; but
this is contradicted by the Dublin papers, in which
it is asserted that the Lafbrey has, by the express
order of General Devereux, nearly double the quan-
sity allowed in the British transport service, for the
same number of men fur a voyage of three months,
though the voyage to the Laforey's place of destina-
tion is usually performed in less than six weeks.—
Some of these men evinced a turbulent spirit at Li-
verpool, and were about to be dismissed the service,
but on a solemn promise of future good uonduct they
were taken on board.

CARRIER PIGEONS.-•A letter from Brussels,
dated' July 17, says—" Thirty-two pigeons, with
the word Antwerp marked on their wings, have been
sent to London, where they were let loose on the
11th of this month, at seven o'clock in the morning,
after having their wings countermathed London.
The same day, towards noon, one of the faithful
birds arrived at home, and obtained the first prize ;
a quarter of an hour later a second arrived, and
obtained the next prize. The following day twelve
others arrived, making fourteen in all. The prizes,
which are very considerable, will be distributed to-
morrow (Sunday) at Antwerp. It is not with any
intention of establishing a correspondence between
London and Antwerp (as the Paris journals pre-
tend) that those pigeons were sent to London,
, but merely fur the Rlessurc of acting them return."

JULY 26.

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UNPRECEDENTED MURDER&
The fonowing extract from the confession of Lilac Witterborne,
who was executed at Bufa,lo, New York, on the 4th of April
hot, for the murder of his a ire, six children, and two het tants
cannot be read without exciting senntnews of hotter tnti
astonishment at the contudwdon 0110 unnatural and demon's.
cal a _

r. On the night of the 24th of March last. I was at the Buf-
falo Tavein, until it was ohmic one o'clock, playing at cards.
drinking swearing, and oemnitting all the sin and wickedness
which this kind of company are in the habit of thing. • 13y this
time my head began to swi,n with the effects of ardent liquors.
so much so. that I could scarcely make my say home. I was
just entering the gate of my house, when I received a blow
on the head with a billet of wood, from the force of which 1 till
prostrate en the ground. and lay, almost eensele.s for some
minutes: when I awoke (coin my deliricrar. I began to conri-
der, and thought such conduct font a wife wa, too much to
let pass unnoticed ; I 'therefore was iletennined to have revenge
upon her, and in the sleeve. of half an hour, as near as I can
recollect, 1 endeavoured with the .nut of my wound, to crawl
towards the house, and the more is the pity. for the first thing
that presented itself to my view was the wood axe! and being
now prepanel, like a butcher going to slaughter, I came to
the bed where my wile and three children were lying.—
I did not hesitate one rucesent, bccan to cut and sled' among these
four. while they lay sleeping ;—tile first was my wife—the axe
VOW buried in her bosom f—the children clung so close to her
that they were cut to pieces, and by this time the bed w:.l
oveillaweil with human dance; the sound of these distressed
sualere:e ettnned try other three children—alas! what must
have been my feelings at this time? they began to he much
coufneed ; lan I still pursued my slaughter until my wife and sic
children lay dusting in their blond. The savage heart is never
scistied ; after committing tins horrid act upon my own Mesh
and blood, my two servants became the objects of my butchering
heart ; they had sonic suspicion of my intention, and endea-
voured to make their escape through a back window in the
lower part of the honee—tne old black woman being halt' in and
half 0ut..1 ran with my axe and cut heeler effas she was goiag
out at the wirahne ; her dam,l42, aho had a tender feeling ter
her mother, came to nis and implored mercy from my hand ;
bat no, the Devil would not let my savage soul stop here, but
I immediately put an end to their existence; this being done.
there then lay nine innocent persons floatirg in their own crimson
gore. Still not hang satisti.sl with what I had already done, I
first took the tan servants and built a fire in the kitchen fire-
place, which was large enough to hold half a quarter of tool,
then placing the woman on the back part of the are, and the
daughter on the front, I then went up stairs and brought down
the bodies of my wife and children and blunt them likewise !"

Mr. F. Robinson, Treasurer of the Navy, is ap-
pointed one of the Directors of Greenwich-hospital
in the room of Mr. Rose.

Our Readers will recollect, that about two years
ago a siigtilar bet was made between a Noble Lord,
(Yarmouth) and a gallaut Admiral (Nagle), relative
to an illustrious Personage going to sea. To decida
the question, the gallant Officer gave the Noble
Lord 50 guineas, with a proviso to teceive back one
guinea for every league the Illustrious Personage
sailed for the space of five years. In, the first year,
the royal yacht ran 90 leagues, and pmbably this
year she will sail three times that distance. nests
the Naval Veteran is likely to make a good bargain
for the unexpired term of three years.
A deplorable event took place on the I Ith inst. at
the gates of Rouen. M. P—, a rich monufite-
turer in that city, waif returning from the country
with his wife, his daughter, a friend, and a female
servant, in a four wheeled carriage, when a part of
the harness broke, and the horse ran away. Mr.
P. and his friend, endeavouring to stop the animal,
were thrown out ; and the carriage dashed against
the corner of a wll. Mr. P.'s daughter was killed
on the spot; his wife was so injured as to be in
great danger ; and the servant's life was despaired
cf. What made the accident more lamentable was,
that the young lady was about to be married to one
of the ornaments of the French bar.
An article front Tangiers, in the Paris papers
mentions that the Emperor of Morocco, Mulev Soli-
man, lately assembled a corps of troops behind the
river Sebon, fur the purpose of compelling the re-
volted inhabitants of the mountains of Toilla to pay
tribute. Scarcely had the troops assembled, when
those mountaineers, who are called Berberea, sur-
prised the Emperor's camp at night. The black
guard of that Prince was almost entirely destroyed.
His treasures, valued at 400 quintals of silver, twelve
of his women, his private tent, and his baggage, re-
mained in the hands of the rebels. The Pacha;Go-
vernor of Tangiers, died of his wounds ; and Muley
Ibrahim, the I.mperues eldest son, was wounded in
the.head. That young Prince, it is said, escaped
to Fez, through the exertions of some Moors who
protected his flight. For ten days the Emperor
himself was supposed to be kille.l. 1-le found his
way, however, in diNguise, into Mcquinez, escorted
by a single Moor who was with the rebels, and who
havin., been the first to enter his Sovereign's tent,
informede. hint of' his peril, and procured him the
means of regaining his capital amidst the greatest
dangers.
Lady Stanley, travelling from York on Monday
se'nnight, accompanied by her maid servant, was
stopped by a highwayman, when the maid in her
alarm took up a bottle of' ginger beer, and slit. cork
flying out made such a report, and so alarmed the
highway-man, that he instantly galloped off.
Saturday an extraordinary match against tine
was performed by a blind poney, on Blackheath, for
50 guineas a side, The conditions of the match
were, that the poney should perform in one hour.
nine miles—walk three, trot three, and gully.," time
—which he did as under mentioned :
Pint. he trotted three miles in 10 min. 50 WC.
Secondly, he walked ditto in 33
Thirdly, he galloped ditto in 9

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