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The National Register.
London, England, 1809-07-02

THB BRITISH _EXPEDITION.

It is impossible to contemplate the great and arduous
.exertions mak►ng by this Country in order to support the
cause of Austria and of Spain, without lamenting- the fatal
apathy of a former Administration to the affairs of the
(-ontinent. To this unfortunate policy may in some mea-
sure he attributed the success, and perhaps it is not
going. too far to ;:oasider it, as the principal encourage-
ment of HUUNAPARTE to make the attempt-of subjugating
the Continent.

The boldness of his designs, or even the improbability
of their succeeding, is no reason against the possibility of
.his attempts; and the vast objects which his comprehensive
mind has embraced, do not sutler him to throw out of his
calculations the assistance either negative of positive
which he is likely to receive from the ignorance or
imbecility of the Statesmen of other Countries.—The
names of PITT and were for ever in the
mouths of BuoNApAitTE himself and of his satellites. It was
the highast compliment he could pay to their abilities.
Their successors, who possessed neither the vigour of in-
tellect, or the boldness of conception which distinguished
and illumined the intrepid politics of PITT,• were afraid
of having thefr fame sullied by the imputation of employ-
ing British gold to etnct the deliverance of Enrope I and
,vrapt in the snlky dignity of fancied security, held them-
•,!.ves aloof from the affairs of Europe, and *uttered
London, England, 1809-07-02

s►oursjrMTJl arttErrv.

VIE4AA, it; !cr. 18.--The division of Genernl Chasteinr,
whirh had rttised the Tyrol, proceeded on the 4th of this manult
so the enviritas of Clagenfurth, in order to throw itself into
Ilungary. General Itmsca marched against it, anal a severe en-
gaze ment took place, when 9%) prisoners, sere made. Prince.
Lugene, with a large wu is the centre. of
litinglry. For Some days trio, the Danube has risen a foot.
General Gratien, with a Dutch division, having marched to
Stralsund, where S 4 ta! had entrenched him,elf, carried the ec.
trent-hint-Ms by assault. Schill gave orders to burn the town to
itcure his retreat, hut had not time: Schill himself was killed
in the great square, near tire Corps de Garde, and was endeavour-
jag to reach the port, In order to embark.
he Archduke Ferdinaud evacuated Warsaw precipitately,
on the 2J iustant, to that the. whole of the Grand Duchy is ;than-
doned by the enemy's array, whilst the troops under the corn-
Matti of Prince Poniatowds.i occupy three fourths of (lallicia
—Aluniieur, June O.
London, England, 1809-07-02

411571E1,i 111 BULLETIN.

Head-quarters, Wolkersdorff, June 6.
Since the great battle of Aspern nothing of importance has
occurred on either side; but the skirmishes and trifling affairs
that have occurred in the meanwhile have shewn anew the spi-
rit and courage of his Majesty's troops. Opposite to Krems
Gent-n 1 Schusteck passed to the right side of the Danube with
a division, and male some French troops prisoners.—The enemy
has sought to avenge themselves by a cannonade against the towns
of Krems and Stein. Opposite to Preshurgh, on the ri;ht side
of the Danull.:., the Generalissimo has c:nised a tete de punt to be
erected ; the enemy's corps under Marshal 1)3 voust has made
three vigorous attacks against this lac de pont ; some battalions
of the Laadw her have greatly distinguished themselves in the
defence of it. The troops of the Land w her lend before, at A bons-
berg, Nusdorff, and in the gredt battle of Aspern, emulated the
veteran regiments, and covered themselves s ith glory. The
Hungarian insurrection is advancing to reinforce the grand army.
Within a few days 40,000 men will be on the frontiers, and form
ajunction with the army under the Archduke Jo!in, which corn-
zauoicates with the grand army by Presburg: The greatest zeal
prevails eve ry where. His Majesty every day receives the most
striking proofs of the attachment of his subjects. The Hun-
garian nation has voluntarily declared itself to be prepared for
the greatest sacrifices. Plenty and unanimity prevail in the
army."

MONTHLY :AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR JUNE.
Extracted front Le Beau Monde and Montili Register.

The wheats in several counties, and particularly in some parts
.of Norfolk, do not look so well as they did. In the Western
part of the latter county, near three hundred acres have been
plot ; hed up since April ; and so many of those which remain,
have ouch an unfavourable aspect, as gives the farmer great rea-
son to suppose he will not reap more than two-thirds of a crop.
The later sown barleys stand greatly in need of rain, us do those
lands, the .former, more especially,
k well, and in general not very
bibited a most promising appear.
s, when the aphides, or lice, made
ing their predatory attacks, occa-
le dry weather should continue.—
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London, England, 1809-07-02

POLITICAL ISPEN2'S OP THB I'VBBK.

T he intelligence received from the Continent justifies the
most sanguine expectations that BUONAPARTE has seen th;
height of his power, Ile is now in a situation where he
cannot proceed without danger, in which he cannot con-
tinue without disgrace, and from which he can scarcely re-
treat without destruction. There is a returning current in
every stream, and we .sincerely hope the tide of 131.10NA-
saan.rE's fortune has began to ebb. We are encouraged in
the,e • ideas by every letter that has been received within
the last week. And whether we believe or dis-
believe the accounts of another battle having actually taken.
place, we must at least acknowledge such- an•event
have been highly probable. The silence of the Dutch
Papers, do not bear much against it. The last inte!..
ligence from the Archduke CHARLES was on the. W.,
At this time he was said to be making preparations
for attacking the centre of BCONAPARTE'S army. on the
12th. The Archduke FERDINA:6 was expected to join
him on the 10th, at the farthest, and the Archduke Jowl,
-whose fugitive army was represented as scattered like dust,
-was expected to bring with him a force of not less than
fA,OOO men about the same period. This would make the
Austrian forces amount to about 300,000. We believe the
most sanguine calculators have not ventured to rate the
present force in Germany, under the command of Buox.s.-
TARTE, including. the troops of the Federation,iat inure than
150,000. row it does nut appear to be in the chance of
things ttiat 150,000 acting troops should conquer twice the
-slumber of acting or local troops, occupying fortified posts,
and perpetually augmenting their numbers, if they be true
to their cause. if BUONAPARTE has already received such a
4heck as to make it necessary for him. to remove his head-
_quarters nearer to the position his army has taken up, and
is obliged to fortify that position, the Austrians are more
likely to gain by the delay than their opponen', notwith-
standing the re forceinents Which arc expected froni Russia.
These, considering the war carrying on against Turkey
and Sweden, vie should consider as rated very high at
40,00. A Russian ari..y, we know, may be very formi-
dable at borne, or even near home, whose power and con-
.sequence may be diminished in the exact ratio of the dis-
taace from their own coantry. But supposing the Russian
strn3y to be as well appointed as it is notoriously deficient,
'we can but put them upon a footing with an equal number
c,f Austrians, fighting at home pry aria et focis. 15uppose

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London, England, 1809-01-01

LCLESIASTICkL PROMOTIONS.

The Earl of Cassillis having presented the Rev. Wm. Ferric
to the l'i•ofessorship of Civil is tory in the Unite-1 College of St.
Andrew's, he wag on Friday sennight admitted a Member or
that University.
The Alarquis of Titchtield has been pleased to present the Revs
James M•Kitilay, of the second charge, to be Minister of the
first charge of the Collegiate Church of Kilniaruock.

THE THEATRE.

MISS NORTON'S SANE SNORE. AND MRS. BEAUMONT'S ALICTA.
It is generally thought that to divide is to weaken ; and
from this opinion a custom if not a rule of the drama hos
spruug, which causes the exaltation of one favourite cha-
racter, and the depression of others. For should the at-
tention be awakened by two objects at once, no one doubts
but it would be less powerfully called into action, than by
one alone. Yet let us suppose a man pursued by a lion, or
any other carnivorous animal, in a desert. Whilsttryingte
escape, he reaches a precipice, the height of which is made
more tremendous by the racks which start 'from its sides,
and the torrent that thunders, hid beneath its foam, at. tho
bottom. lie bends, half suspeuded, over the yawning
gull',
and at the same moment hears the approachire- roar-
tags of his foe. Is not his imagination equally a tipaited by.
arch of the threatening dangers to which he is exposed ?
Here arcl however, two objects, and yet the terror whiell
they excite, is heightened, and not weakened by thuir
number and the equalitiy of their magnitude.
Such were the thoughts which, perhaps, socked in Ike
mind of Rowe, whilst forming the plan of. his Tragedy of
Jane Shore. At least such an inference may be drawn
from the disposition of his characters ; two of which 14
has raised to nearly the same pre-eminence over the rest,
thus dividing the interest betweeu them. Jane `?ore and
;Alicia are park of equal importance, and equally difficult
to perform. The mild repenlant resignation of :he former,
and the jealous impetuosity of the latter, whilst they form
, a striking and hie-lily interesting contrast, both requir4
ts ..
r first-rate abilitities in the performers who are bold enough
ito assume those characters ; or else, should any inferior
actress fill one of them, the Tragedy would appear to a
teuell advantage,- as a portrait, uuc side of which nou4 bey
London, England, 1809-01-01

MARRIED.

On the '2oth ult. the Rev. James Paterson, M id rnas, to Isabella,
daughter of the late Mr. Win. Gordon, merchant, Aberdeen.
At Lea-es, on the ,20th instant, Captain Preseutt,of the sth
Dragoon Guards, to Miss Mary Falkiner.
On the 27th inst. at Newington, by the Rev. Mr. Dickenson,
Miss Ann Wilkins, daughter of Captain llenry Wilkins, of the
bland of Guernsey, to Mr. Wrn. While Adams.
London, England, 1809-01-01

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

13

1 wish that Mr. Hill's ecclesiastical lovalty bore any pro-
portion to his political allegiance ; that he reverenced our
church, as as much he respects our constitution. lie pray
heartily for his King and Country ;" and therefore he
it' estimated by the criterion trhich King George the Second
is reported to have applied to George Whitfield, a good
and true subject of our present gracious Sovereign. His
prayers have another merit. As he is an extemporary
prayer, as well as preacher, he uniformly avails himself
of topics immediately interesting to the feelings of the
public. When he prayed for Britain, he did not forget to
intercede for Spain. His catholicism only requires to he
extended to the ministers of our national church. Most
devoutly it is to be wished, that the Hey. Rowland 11111
would entirely commit the business of abusing our spiri-
tual dignitaries to William Huntington. Let this part of
the evangelical occupation be forthwith transferred from
Surry Chapel, to Providence Chapel! Leave to the illite-
rate and illiberal, the Huntingtons or Cobbetts of their
age, the disgraceful task of reviling those qualifications
and dignities which they despair of attaining themselves.
Vanity; 1 fear, mingles too much with the best of our
bestuesses. What other sentiment than that of vanity
induced Mr. Hill to patronise prints of his own hcuses,
where he is represented as in the act of setting out front
home in his full robes, while a medallion profile of him is
suspended amidst the clouds above? Evangelical minis,
tors, it should seem, arc sometimes rather earthly minded.
December 31i 1808. OSCS/ MILS%
London, England, 1809-01-01

SICILY.

• 7rC 1?-i"

Extract if. Letter from a Regpectabte House, dated Messina'
3th Oct. to a Mercantile HOusi in the City.

" We are here in a continual state of alarm for the
safety of this island. We have learnt that there are several
ships in Toulon, and other ports of France, with a large
number of troops on hoard, only. waiting an opportunity of
getting out, destined to make an attack on different part,
of tlik island at the same time, in which General Murat is
to co-operate, by sending a large body of troops from the
Neapolitan territory.

" We can perceive great activity on the opposite side ;
a number of troops in constant motion on the shore, also a
vast number of sailors quite on the alert in the Bay of
, preparing. their vessels and small craft, as if destin-
cd ,or some immediate undertaking."
London, England, 1809-01-01

DIED.

On Monday, Mr. William Wyatt, master of the Castle Inn,
at Windsor. • •
Ou the 15th instant, at Dartmouth-place, Blackheath, Mrs.
Farrington, wife of Captain Farrington, of the Royal Artillery,
aged 24
At his brother's house, at Bombay, on the 12th of March
last, Captain George El phitciton, of the lion. Company's in
wry service, youngest son of the late Alexander -11phin,t,m,
Esq. Avocay, k:acliolnirgl).
London, England, 1809-01-01

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Feb. 7, at two, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Attornies,
Hurd, Temple ; and Mr. Law, Manchester.
Langdon Haydon, Edgeware-road, merchant, .Tan. 3, 10, apt
Feb. 7, at twelve, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Hall, Coleman
street.

John Mills and Joseph Rich, Lewes, merchants, Jan. 17, 18,
and Feb. 7, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Lewes. Attor-
ney, Mr. Pember, Great Charlotte-street, Surrey.

DIVIDENDS.

Jan. 21. Joseph King and William Edward King, St. Paul's
Covent Garden, silk-mercers, at twelve, at Guildhall.
Feb. 7. Mark Cleznence, Craven-street, Strand, tailor, at
one, at Guildhall.

Jan. `2l. Thomas Withers and Henry Browne Withers,
Greenhill's-Rents, Smithfield Bars, oil-refiners, at ten, at Guild-
hall.

Feb. 7. Robert Farbridge, Paragon-place, Kent-road, Surrey,
timber-merchant, at one, at Guildhall.

Jan. 21. Edward Howell, Liverpool, cot
ten, at Guildhall, London.

'lo at

Jan. 28. Benjamin Jones, Rotherhithe-wall, Surrey, tobacco.
lll6t, at ten, at Guildhall.

Jan. 24. Thomas Clark,
ten, at Guildhall.
Jan. 24. James Edward
factor, at ten, at Guildhall.

Chatham, Kent, corn-dealer, at

Ford,

Coleman-street-buildings,

Jan. 17. William Allen, King's-road, St. Andrew's, Hol-
born, coachmaker, at ten, at Guildhall.
Jan. 19. David Thompson Myers, Stamford, Lincolnshire,
draper, at eleven, at the George Inn, St. Martin's, Stamford
Baron.

CERTIFICATES, JAN. VT.
William Houghton, Liverpool, merchant.
Thomas Lyon, Liverpool, merchant.
John Keanien, jun. Nicholar,lane, broker.

SATURDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.

PARTNERSII IPS DISSOLVED.

Wellunt and Stevens, Weighhouse-yard, London, spirit-mer-
chants—North and Frith, Gracechurch-street, turners—Palmer,
Thwaits, and Smith, Merton, Surrey, calico-printers—Row,
Barras, and Russell, Newburn, lessees of Baker's Main and Sug-
ley Colliery—Anderson and Drewe, merchants, London—Stott
andrlegg, Rochdale, eabinet-makers—Humphrys and Perret,
Abchurch-lane, London--Clttley, and West, Burleigh-street,
Strand, wire-workers—Kelly and Dignum, Saint Martin's-le-
Grand, cheesemongers—Muller and Hulle, Lawrence-Poulteney-
lane, London. merchants—Bound and Greensmith, Ray-street,
St. James, stove grate-makers—W. and T. Mihell, Serle-street,
St. Clement Danes, tailors—Mann, Kimbell, and Simons, Litch-
field-street, Soho—G. B. Lonsdale and R. Lousdale, Birchin-
lane, merchants—J. Pistor and W. and J. Pistor Walhrook,
brokers—S. and It. Blunt, Friar's-Place, Acton, linen-drapers
—Fairhurst and Bowman, Liverpool—White, Jones, and Mann,
Aldgate High-street—Richards and Desailly, Seal, Keitt., sur-
geans—Nort h and Newhouse, Sigel ley- Woodhouse, plumbers—
Horne and Bernard, Market-street, St. James's-market, news-
men—Harrison and Cartinan, Ripon, attornies—A. and W.
Murcott, Birmingham, cheese and bacon-factors—Clarbour and
Hancock, Sheffield, cutlers—Bonner and Goodwin, Fleet-street,
booksellers—Greg, Lyle, and Ewart, Manchester, merchants.—
Z. and R. Fry, and T. Harding, Bristol, brush-makers.
London, England, 1809-01-01

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

BOARD OF INQUIRY.

The Report and Opinion of the Board of Inquiry hav-
ing been sent this day to the parties concerned, we have
obtained the substance from the friends of one of those

parties, the report contains an abstract of the evidence,
and is of great length, but the opinion is stated to be as
follows :

" On a consideration of all the circumstances, as set forth
44 set forth in this Report, we most humbly submit our
" opinion, that .no further military proceeding is neces-
" sail on the subject : Because, howsoever some of us
46 may differ in our sentiments respecting the fitness of the
" Convention,in the relative situation of the two armies, it is
66 our unanimous declaration, that unquestionable zeal and
firmness appear throughout to have been exhibited by
" Lieut.-Generals Sir Hew Dalrymple, Sir Harry Burrard,
and Sir Arthur Wellesley, as well as that the order and
" gallantry of the rest of the officers and soldiers, on every
occasion during this Expedition, have done honour to
" the troops, and reflected lustre on your Majesty's arms."
It seems, that upon this opinion being delivered to the
Commander in Chief, his Royal Highness found it was not
so explicit, upon the Armistice and Convention, as the
words of his Majesty's Warrant appeared to enjoin ; and
the Court was therefore ordered to re-assemble, and sub-
join their opinion—" Whether, under the relative situa-
tion of Ike two Armies on the '22d August, an Armistice
was adviseable ; and if so, whether the terms were such as
ought to be agreed upon ?—And, in like manner, their opi-
nion—" Whether, under the relative situation of the two
armies subsequent to the Armistice, and after the whole of
the British force had been landed, a Convcation was advise-
able ; and if so, whether the terms were such as ought to
be agreed upon?"

Upon these two questions being separately put to each
Member of the Court, it appears, that -141'tt•
General Sir David Dnoclas, ,t wasi
General Lord Heathfield, •
General Craig, Were for the Armistice.,
Lieut.-General Earl Pembroke,
Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Nugent,
Lieut.-General Nichols,
Earl Moira, against the Armistice.

And, upon the second question, it appears, that—
General Sir David Dundas,
General Lord Heathfield, Were for the Conventiem
General Craig,
Lieut.-General Sir G. Nugent,

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Earl Moira,
Earl Pembroke, Agairst the Contention.
Lieutenant-General Nichols,
It also appears that each of the latter Officers has given
his reasons for dissenting from the majority.
London, England, 1809-01-01

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

John Co!grave, Red-Lion-street, Holborn, wine-merchant,
from Dec. VT, to Feb. 4, at ten, at Guildhall.

BAN KRU PTS.

Richard Harvey, Woolwich, baker, Ito surrender Jan. 7,21,
and Feb. 11, at ten, at Guildhall Attorney, Mr. Allan,
Frederick's-Place, Old Jewry.
Thomas Marshall, Scarborough, Yorkshire, vintner, Jan. 23,
24, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at the Blacksmith's Arms, Scar-
borough. Attornies, Mr. Boustield, Bouverle-street,
Fleet-
street, London ; and Mr, Woodall, jtm. Scarbrongit.
W illiam Heaven, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, clothier, Jots.
10, 20, and Feb. 11, at eleven, at Guildhall, London. Attorney,
Mr. Pullen, Fore-street, 'Crillplegate, London.
Peter Dew hurst, Weston, Lancashire, slater and Bagger.*
%Tan. 12, al Me, 20, and Feb li, at eleven, at the King's-Arnie
Lancaster. Attornies, Mr. Webster, Lancaster; and Mesa
lileastiale, Ale nada, and H ohne, New-Inn, London.
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London, England, 1809-01-01

SW EDEN.

IlkgrOleir I'aolll C 01.4 a. S. a.liptat4lt SX OLD pCRI EV OF ERICA 1) F.
DA7F.D Wit AT, MOT* 808.
On the 11th of November, at 12 o'clock in the afternoon
the corps passed ou the other side of Lsndex, and ou the
read to Katajocki were attacked,and though sent a com-
pany of the remimeut of Nyland to thtir assistance, they
were forced to retreat, and having pawd the bridge of
Yppered, it was burnt, in order. to cl'teck the enemy, who
were in pursuit of our troops. Meanwhile the enemy
baring, with a superior force, driven back the outposts of
lioskela and Pissil4, l ordered the army to retreat about a
mile, intending to ball at What. . The enemy advanced
towards us about half a mile,: on our arri-val at 'What, we
vrere,inimediately attacked by a new force, who formed a
junctioa other detachment of Russian troops,
which by thit! bastcoiae,ap, ; The battle cuintnenced
ft igau _
London, England, 1809-01-08

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES.

A au named John Taylor, who resides in Rose and crown-
court* Moorfields, appeared before the Chief Magistrate, at '
Guildhall, on the complaint of a poor widow, who lodged in his
house for a considerable time past, whose goods he detained for
15s. rent, while he insisted on turning her out of doors.
The circumstances of the poor woman's case were peculiarly
hard. She *as a widow with five small children : one child
had recently died, and st►e had a sick infant at her breast, of
which she appeared to have very lately lain in. After collect-
ing the few last shillings she could raise to pay the undertaker
the funeral charges and burial feetdif. her dead child, she was
still short of 35.44. for which her humane laudlosdpassed his
word to the undertaker. . For this sum, together with 101. for'
three weeks rent, he laid an embargo on tl►e. reinaining•chattels
of the wretched widow, at the moment be. gjected her as an in-
toTVent tenant.

The Lord Mayor humanely interposed, and i 'Area ted the fellow
to have some consideratifsn for the ponr woman's circumstances,
and offeied to give him half-a-Guinea from his own poctet in com-
pensation for his claim. ButTaylor,,cqual,l4 hard of heart and
hearing, was deaf to every thing short of his.rntl demand, and
with 'an iron countenance refused all compromise. The L.prd
Ma yot, indignant at such othluraey in the heart ()fatty:Being in
the shape of an Englishman, gave hint the money, but descended.
from the Übair of Justice, to vociferate in his ear that he Was a
bard-hearted fellow, undeserving of the comforts of a hsone, or
a place ih humanized society. •• .
On the 22d ult. Mr. Read,received a letter. from.Edinbargh,
stating that a molt desperate' robber, orthe
.name of
.George
Ainslie, had made his escape hula ,that city, and. svas supposed
to have arrived in London. The letter further stated,.that be
bad a brother in Loudon, • Win) was a brass-founder, bat in
what part of London he resided was not known ; very little
more inforination Was given of.binii except a full scription of
hiS person.
Mr. Read communicated this. information to' dmon, who, in
the course afoot. days, traced out the brotheFt aud apprehended
George Ainsl it, although he assumed the name of Georica An-.
derson since his arrival in London, and was working at his trade
of a bleekstattht for Messrs. Moser and Co.

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London, England, 1809-01-08

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

Nacarntt royal purple and gold, are the mort prevailing colours
for pelli- and mantles, which are made of various materials,
cloth, velvet, brocade, sarsenet, and satin, according to the fancy
of the wearer. Head ornaments, Spanish hats, and caps de-
corated with foathers, flowers, pearls, or diamonds, according
as the occasion requires. Morning dress, cloth, sarsenet, Brussels
spotted muslin, trimmed with embroidery. Evening dress, satin,
'velvet, hrocade, sarsenet, w ith gold and silver ornaments and
trimmings.
London, England, 1809-01-08

BANKftepTs.

Johm Poore, Mill.lane, Tooley-street, Southwark, lighter-
rne n, to turcetider Jan. 10, 21, and Feb. 18, at eleven, at Guild-
h..•l A I.ane*, Mr Lee, Three-Crown-court, Southwark.
Timinas Shiny, Wilton, Hereford, cornfactor, Jan. 9, 19, and
Feb. IS, at eleven, at the Rummer Tavern, All Saints-lane,
Bristol. A ttornies, Mr. James, Gray's-Inn, London; and Mo..
Martin, Bristol.

John Woolf, Liverpool, merchant, Feb. 1,2, and 18, at ele-
veg, at the rAlebe Tavern, Liverpool. Avornies, Mr. Black
t;tock. F,t. Mildred's-court, Poultry, Lomion ; and Mr. Pritt,
Liverpool.
N icholas 131annin, Westbury-upon-Trim, Glouce=ter, ,imber
merchant, Jan. 21,. Feb. 4, and IS, at len, at 64iildhall, Lou.
don. Attornies, Messrs. Field and Sheargold, t Word's-Inn.
Samue: Sam;on and Charles t Bread-street, London,
silk • mercers, .L:n. 10, 24, and Feb. 18, at twelve, at guildhall.
Attornies, essr.. Carpenter and tL ilv , Basit,;hall-street.

DIVIDENDS.
Jan. SI. William Wriglit, A.lifiy-de-la-Zouch, Leicester,
draper, at ten, at Guildhall, London.

Feb. 3. William Hope, Brampton, Cumberland, inanufae-
.arer, at eles•li. at the Bush Ta‘tsrti, ['umberland.

Feb. 16. 'l'!•oina- Blany, Bou.erie-street, Whitefriar's, Lon-
don, L. .—.'hair, ut eleven, at Guildhall.

Jnn. ( • ;rge Warner Burgess, Joseph Thomas Loekyer,

..-$ ,

Lenbon,
SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, Is"

POLITICAL EVENTS OP THE WEEK'

The letter in last night's Gazette, from L6rd COMING,.
WOOD, adverting to the distinguished services rendered by
Lord COCHRANE ill Elle Mediterranean, has afforded us the
most sensible pleasure, as it confirms, what we have con-
stantly insisted on, the propriety of harassing the enemy on
their own coast. This gallant and enterprising Officer
keeps the whole coast•of the Mediterranean, from the Py-
renees to Genoa, in constant alarm t and prevented. the
enemy, in consequen,!e of his continual descents, from de-
taching a considerable body of troops to Spain, which they
~re obliged to keep for the defence of their owirvociat.
We hope Government will be no longer indifferent to the
advantages of this mode of warfare, and that they will give
orders to the different Commanders of squadrons to follow ,
'he example of Lord COCHRANE.

We have frequently pointed out the ntility of a floating •
army. A division of transports, with three or four thou-,
sand troops uu board, attached to our Mediterranean and
London, England, 1809-01-08

COURT OF INQUIRY,

REPORT OF THE BOARD TO HIS MAJESTY.
MAT IT PLEASE YOVE MAJESTY.
" We, the underwritten General Officers of the Army, ip
obedience to your Majesty's warrant, which hears date t:!e Ist
day of November 1808, commanding uc strictly to inquire iLto
the conditions ofa Suspension of Arms, concluded •n the
August, 1808, between your Majesty's arms in Portugal, and the
French force in that country—and also into a Definitive Con.
vention,concluded with the French General commanding on the
S I st A !lust following—also into all the causes and circumstances
(whether arising from the previous operations of the British
army, or otherwise, which led to them)—and into the conduct,
behaviour, and proceedings of Lieut.-General Sir Hew Dalrym-
ple, and such other Commander or ComManders of your Ma-
eAy's forces in Portugal—and of any other person or per,ollF, as
far as the same were connected ith the said Armistice, Suspen-
sion of Arms, and Convention—and to report to your !Majesty a
state thereof, as it shall appear, together with our opinion there-
on, and also our opinion, whether any, and what further pro-
ceedings should be had thereupon.
We have, at several meetings, perused and considered your
Majesty's orders and instructions as transmitted to us by the Right
Hon. Lord Castlereagh, your Majesty's Principal Secretary Of
State, together with sundry letters, and other papers, therewith
traosmittod. And have heard and examined Lieut.-General Sir
11T..b Dalrymple, Si! Harry llarrard,ancl•Sir Arthur Wellesley.
and other principal Officers employed on the said Exl odition,
with such witnesses as any of them desired. And also such other
persons as seemed to us most likely to give any material informa-
tion. And in order that your Majesty •may be fully possessed of
every circumstance which has appared in the course of this In-
quiry.
" We beg leave to lay before your Majesty the whole of our
Examinatimis and Proceeding 3, to this our Report annexed.—
And upon the most diligent and careful review of the whole
matter, we do, in further obedience to your Itoyal command,
most humbly report to your Majesty :"—[Here follows au Ab-
stractof the Evidence, which has already appeared from time to
time in TII C I NQUISJTOR.]
The Report then proeeeds as follows :
it appears that some of the principal advantages to arise from
the Convention were in the contemplation of the Cenerals.
That it immediately liberated the kingdom of tngal from
the dominion of the French, thereby restorin; to the inhabitants
their capital and fortresses, their principal sea-ports, their per-
sonal liberty, property, religion, and established government.
London, England, 1809-01-08

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

arms. Other accounts state, that it has capitulated. Ilar:e•
lona is reported to have surrendered to the English and Spaniardg,
after a most destructive bombardment.
Letters from Gijon, of the 18th instant, state, that the French
had po more than 250 troops at Santander; and, as General
lilalustinos was advancing with 5000 men, it was expected that
the enemy would evacuate the place.— Corunna Diary of the
`29th December.

TAN. 8.

Ng'twat History.--There is 9. heautiful little hawk, generally
called a sparrow-hawk, but which, in fact, is of a very different
species, being a kestrel or windhover (Falca Tinnuneulus) now
living, belonging to Mr. John King, of Buckingham, which fre-
quently takes its flight, and is absent fur several dais, a week
or two, or longer; when it returns to the house, and goes about as
tamely as before. It was taken from its nest, when very young,
in Jane 1807, and bred up tame. Mice arc its favourite food.
Within the last two months, it has changed its old plumage for a
new and much brighter one, being chiefly of a,brick-coloured
red, embellished with elegant black triangular spots.

A more affecting case than the following has seldom occurred.
The wife of Mr. Middleton, a farmer at Winmour, near Hesler-
ton, upon the Wolds, in Yorkshire, with her infant child, her
sister, and the housekeeper, had been at a farm-house of Mr.
Middleton's, at some little• distance, and set out on their return
home in the afternoon of Saturday se'•nnight. Two men belong—
ing to the farm had been with Mr. Middleton afterwards, and
told him of the party having left the farm, hut supposed, as the
day was stormy, they must have returned, with an intention of
stopping there for the night. Should this not prove to be the
case, the men proposed to go bark immediately to Mr. Middle,
ton, and inform him of it. Not hearing any thing from them-
Mr. Middleton supposed the party 'had returned and were safe.
About ten o'clock at night, however, as he was going to look
after some sheep near the house, his'foot struck against some-
thing, which, on examination, proved to be the body of a dead
child ; and his astonishment and affliction may be more easily
conceived than expressed, when he found it to be his own and
only daughter. On making further search immediately, his
wife and housekeeper, and his wife's sister, were found at a short
distance, nearly lifeless; the two former are recovering, but his
sister had lost the use of her limbs, and little hopes are entertain-
ed of her regaining the use of them.
London, England, 1809-03-05

ARMY ESTI7IIATES.

The St.cnr.T tRV at WAR called the attention of the Com-
mittee to the remaining Army Estimates, and stated, that though
he did not think it necessary to recapitulate the sums formerly
voted under this head, he should be happy, however. to stnswer
any question respecting them, or the farther items he was nosy
about to submit to their appmhation. lie would only remark,
with respect to the sums formerly voted, that an increase would
he noticed of 7 or S thousand pounds more than the estimate of
last year, for the pay of the army. This increase was to be ac-
counted for, from an additional increase ofthe army, the regular
army being greater at present than it was last 3 ear, and the
Militia more considerable by not less than 12 or 18,000 men.—
With regard to the remaining sums to be voted, there were a
few points of variation also from last year. The estimate for
the Staff or Garrisons would be necessarily more considerable
than last year. The sum voted for this purpose last year had
come much short of the expenditure, on account of the foreign
service, not foreseen at the time of voting those estimates. In
the allowance for the Chelsea pensioners, there was a consider-
able increase, from the increase of the persons in want of that
relief, and to tbe sum for widows' pensions there was also a small
addition, arising from the same cause. In the estimate for the
several volunteer corps, there was a decrease of 300,0(101. owing
to the considerable decrease that had taken place in that descrip.
tint; of force; but the Local Militia being a new and more ex-
pensive establishment than the volunteers, an increase of
1,200,0001. had heen occasioned on that account. This increase,
however, to the whole of the amount would not be an annual
expense, as their clothing, amounting to 400,0001. would last
for four years.
The following sums were then voted :
For defraying the charge of Officers 4ef the Public De- .
partmem . • L. 257,711
For the In and OM Penbioners of Chelsea and Kil-
mainham Hospitals 492,412
For Pensions to 'Widows of Officers 49,437
Volunteer Corps for Great Britain and Ireland 1,000,5,0
Local `lllitial,Xl9,Bo3

Mr. BRAND wished to know how the expences attending the
Volunteers were not diminished from those of last year, in the
same proportion as their numbers had been diminished by their
transfer into the Local Militia.
Mr. HussitssoN observed in reply, that this was in a great
measure owing to the circumstance, that the Volunteer Cavalry,
the most expensive part of the Establishment, were still ke.
up; and that this year the expeoce of cloathing the Volum
would be incurred.
London, England, 1809-03-05

PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.

3 per. Cent. Cons. Bonds 11, 12 pm.-4 prr Cent,
ConF., 1431 i-3 • per Cent. Reduced 611.—Long Annuities
11-1114-olnnium 1 10, 13 pm.—Lottery
Tickets aft2l 19s—Cor.soli for Amounts 67i.

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Lonbon,
SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 1809.

POLITIC4L SUENTS OF THS 11. EEC,

Dutch Papers were on Friday received in town to the Ist
inst. They confirm the important intelligence that Peace
has been concluded between our Government and the
PORTE. This event, so auspicious in the present state of
the Continent, and so interesting in a commercial point of
view, took place .on the sth of January. In consequence
of which all the ports in the Turkish Empire were imme-
diately opened to British ships. Mr. ADAIR, who Con-
ducted the negociation, evinced, during the course of that
delicate and difficult transaction, a rare degree of pru-
dence, zeal, and diplomatic skill. He possesses, perhaps, a
more various knowledge of continental politics, than any
Diplomatist we now have. We wish we had, in Ibis inter-
esting juncture, a man of his talents at Vienna ; or that it
were possible to transfer him to that Court, where, during
kis last mission, the most arduous and delicate that can be
imagined, he conciliated, in the highest degree, the gene!
ral esteem, and the confidence of the Cabinet,

Every article in those Papers allude to a War between
France and Austria as inevitable, The extracts they con-
tain from the French and German Journals, are replete
with similar speculations; and, from a retrospective view
of the occurrences which preceded the two last campaigns
in Germany, which bear so striking a similarity with the
present demonstrations in that country, we are fully
justified in believing that hostilities arc on the immediate
point of commencing. It the accounts in the private
letters can be relied on, which state that the arrogant, the
suspicious tyrant, exacts of the Jml►eror of AUSTRIA the
humiliating condition, that he 4hould disband kis new levies,
and reduce his military force tt 44,000 men, and denonnceq
instant hostilities, if this proposal, which has no parallel fur
London, England, 1809-03-05

No. 62.

POLITICAL DlSQUisrrioN.

NUM HER. •SIXTV.
PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

The Charges against the Commander in Chief appeared,
for some time, to have excluded every other subject from
the public attention. Serious as these charges are; repulsive
and afflicting as it must be to every honest man to see a
personage so nearly allied to the throne, and filling the
highest ostensible situation, convicted of an association
with a vile woman, and accused of participating in her ini-
quity, we do not consider them, however, of that exclusive
consequence, as to sacrifice to them every other object of
national inquiry and alarm, It may be the interest of fac-
tious, or ►mercenary, journalists to rivet the popular feel-
ing on a subject so gratifying to party-rancour, and fa-
vourable to the financial speculations of newspaper-pro-
prietors ; but we would blush for ourselves and ourcountry
if we were conscious that [the intrigues of a prostitute, the
weakness of her paramour, and the vices of her despicable
associates, were capable of diverting the vigilance and
*anxiety of the public from the progress and developement
of that monstrous power, which has so successfully con-
spired against the happiness and freedom of our neighbours.
We feel on this occasion, we cannot disown, a most mor-
tifying sensation to think that any individual or individuals,
among ourselves, whatever their claims to abhorrence may
be, should absoru and monopolize the general hatred and
interest, when a bold, implacable, and savage enemy, flushed
with the plunder and prostration of the continent, has
already pronounced our own doom to be irrevocable, and is
developing more and more his vast means of putting his
menace into execution. While such a man is annexing
every month a new kingdom, or province, to the immense
empire he has created, whilst his followers enjoy, in
triumphant anticipation, the plunder of the British islands,
to turn incessantly the regards of our readers on the petty
squabbles and the groveling vices of the wretches implicated
by the late investigation, would betray equal inditlerence
to the honour and safety of thecoantry. We have not been
insensible to the evils alluded to on that occasion; but the
portentous storm, which is rapidly collecting, and condens-
ing, and blackening over our heads, effaces every remoter
image of danger and inconvenience. When we behold the
glance of the tyger's eye, and see him in the very attitude
of bouncing, are we to be terrified by the hum of wasps,
and to guard against their stings.—Our very looks, when
we put ourselves in a posture of defence against the fero-
cious and sanguinary n o ister, are destruction to the whole
swarm of buzzing and iiexious insects.
The investigation is now finished ; and the decision of
oar representatives will soon follow. We have that confi-
dence in their wisdom and integrity, that, in the unprece-
dented crisis in which the country is placed, they will main-
tain the dignity, virtue, and independence of the British
Parliament,—now the last asylum of laws and rights,—the
le. IL—Ne. LXII.
London, England, 1809-03-05

EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM VIENNA, FEB. 9.

44 A messenger has just arrived from St. Petershurgh, with
dispatches for the Russian Ambassador, brings intelligence of
lan attempt having been made upon the life of the Grand Duke
Constantine. The circumstances are as follow :—Constantine
was walking one evening at some distance from the Palace, with
an Aid-de-Camp, both of them dressed in a kind of blue mantle,
generally worn at Petershurgh—a man came behind, with
intent to shoot Constantine. hut from the similarity of dress, he
mistook the Aid-de-Camp for the Grand Duke. lie fired, and
the Aid-de-Camp immediately fell. The body was instantly
seized by several men, and dragged to a considerable distance.
On the firing of the shot, the Grand Duke sought safety by
eight, and took refuge in the Palace. A Proclamation was
published, offering a reward for the discovery of the offender.
An order was at the same time sent to the Post Office. to open
and examine all the letters, and to detain all those that had any
reference to this business. Of this description a great number
was fund. The people in general, hut more particularly the
Noblef, are highly dissatisfied with the measures that are pur-
saed ; to which, it is the universal persuasion, that Alexander
is altogether influenced bv (;ocs,;iatine. It is added, that Con.
stantine is supposed to havt a :zerret promise from Bonaparte,
of being speedily ti: :he Throne, in place of Alexander,
who is not thought to isry.sess a sufficiently derisive character for
the great /Avis that Bonaparte has still to carry into effect."
M,)it important discoveries have been made in the Se-
'ect CominiVee with respect to the abuse of East India
Patronage. The sale of Writerships, Cadetships, and of
l'oyascs to Bombay and China (the last of which, it seems,
is an article in great demand), has been proved in the
clearest and most unequivocal way ; and, we trust, the
Report will be made before the. annual election of Direc-
ors shall come on. Some very curious anecdotes have
c‘ine to light. Among others we hear of two Writerships
ilaving been givpn to one of his Majesty's Ministers, who,
st the time, was in a high public situation, instituted for
etc rtcpose of check and controm/ of India affairs, by way
• sargain for a Seat in a certain Assembly ! Now a double
question of corruption will arise out of this fact. At the
known market price of these commodities, two soriterships
are worth more than one seat. Query—Did the Minister
pay in the difference to the common fund of corruption,
or pocket the difference? It is immaterial to the public
which of the alternatives shall be proved ; hut enough, we
And, has come out to shew, that the very Minister appoint-
ed to watch over the abuses of the Compary, thus set an
oxampte of a total and shameless dereliction of his duty.
The disi!overies made by this Committee will, we trust,
lay the f..,initlhtiou. for a general inquiry into the disteibtp
London, England, 1809-03-05

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

MARC!! 5.

additional duty of five shillings per barrel on beer brewed in
Ireland. On every barrel of malt, an additional duty also of
five shillings per barrel. On malt exported from Ireland, a
drawback of fifteen shillings per barrel. On beer exported
from Ireland, a drawback of A duty of 4x. 64. per
gallon on spirits distilled in Ireland from sugar, in lien of all
other -duties. A drawback of 2s. 6d. per gallon, on spirits hy-
drometer proof, exported from Ireland. These resolutions hav-
ing been severally adopted, with several others proportioning
the drawback on spirits to their degree of strength, the House
resumed, when the Report was ordered to be received on Mon,
day.—Adjourned.

INFALLIBLE Cyan von A Son r. Tlino AT,—Take a pint of
vinegar, and an ounce of myrrh ; boil them well togetlwr for
about half an hour, and then pour the liquid into a tea-pot.
Then let the mouth of the patient be placed over it, so that the
!sat vapour shall descend to tn► thrcoit. Let this be renewed
every quarter of an hour tit! the cure is effected.
It is expected that the Drury-lane Company will he per,
unwed to perform in the King's Theatre on those nights which
are not appropriated to the Opera. Mr. Taylor has very hand-
somely suggested this arrangement, and proposed to give the
op.) of the Theatre. free of rent, if the consent of the subscribers
can be obtained.
London, England, 1809-03-05

1.16

pctent to carry on the most extensive commerce, at once
with the Phitlippines, China, and Japan, on one hand;
wo less than w►th California, Acapulco, Lima, ai►d the
parts of Chili on the other side of the Pacific; we are lost
)ra contemplating or calculating the results w hich may take
place in the cour,:.. z•f* a few years, from this event. O-wy.
bee and Hayti, both, in the lapse of the nineteenth
century, occupy Ogee in the history of the
the world; and the dynasties of Tahama or of Potion,
like those of Bonaparte• of Murat, may arise, to re-
place the extinguished fa••:;lies that antecedently ruled in
Europe or in America. If f‘.;er the planet of the earth ap-.
Fared to be convulsed by o:traordinary causes, prepara-
tory to extraordinary effects, it is unquestionably at the
present time.
Eleven Gottenburgh Mails arrived on Friday. They do
toot furnish any political news of consequence ; it however
appears, that movements are making in Sweden indicative
of a renewal of hostilities between the Northern Powers.
We arc' sorry to find, that very considerable damage has
been done to our shipping by the breaking up of the ice in
the Sound.

The followInr; !otter from Vienna explains the nature of
the late attempt urol the life of the Archduke Constan-
tine, at St. Peterso;:i-zh. while it shows the marked and
rooted dissatisfaction of the people at the pernicious system
of policy at present adopted i)c the Court of Russia :
London, England, 1809-03-05

liedneslay, .3larek 1.

Mr. (1t, ITT .7 rose to inove for leave to tiring in a Bill for thg,
Relief of Debtors in Ireland. He proposed that the provisiont
of the Bill should he similar to those of the Act of MI, with a
few exceptions, which he should afterwavils submit to the plea:-
sure of the House.—Leave granted.
On the motion of Mr. Fo ST3 it, the Irish Bank Note Forgery
Prevention Bill was read a third time and passed.
On the motion of: Mr. llustctssoti, the House resolved itself
into a Comtnittt:e of Suppiy, to whizh were referred several
Accounts relative to the amount of Exchequer Bills, and the
Loyalty Loan.

In the Committee, the sum of 5,000,000 was voted for paying
off Exchequer Bills to the same aOtount, for the service of the
year 180 S, outstanding and unprovided for. Also the sum of
47,65 W. 7s. 9d. for paying ow and discharging Annuities due •
undc.r the Loyalty Eosin. The Speaker then resumed the Chair,
and the Report was ordered to brreceived to-morrow.
On the motiost of Mr. ITUsKISSON, the House went into the
Committee Of Ways and Means, in w hich it was resolved, That
there be 17thctl tke. suns of 5,000,000 by Exchequer Bills, for
complr;ting the sum •of '20,000,000, the remainder of which w;i
raiwil by the ‘Var Taxes for 180S..7—Iteport to be received to-
morrow.

Mr. FOSTER brought up a Bill for o Tanling a Bounty on the
impoctalion of Flax Seed into Irelaudrs.—Read a first time; aiid
to be rewi a second to-morrow.

BANKRUPT TAWS.

cir SA Arun L ROM! I. I.lf rose to make lii, promised motion on
this subject. It certainly svhS, In his opinion very desirable
that the present systro, of bankrupt law's' should be abolished
altogether, and another substituted in its place. The first (*-
feet he should notice was, that according to the present sys-
tem, even ;titer a bankrupt bad given up all his property to
nts creditoll, Set in some instances he had creditors who did not
come in with the rest to share in the dividend. Of this kind
was the case in 'which a bankrupt was liable for a debt, in con—
junction with ir satrety ; the surety of the bankrupt was not
obliged to core in with the other creditors, and receive hi
share of the dividends; even after the.bank rope had surrendered "
all his property, he could come upon hit 9 for the payment of
the debt contracted to tAe sutty, when,• if the bankrupt had
honestly complied with the iiiiiipetjon of the law in givinx
all his property, •could not have a farthing in the
One object of the .Bill would therefore be, that such sureties
should come in With the other creditors. The next defect he
~
shbulq notice was, it ion often happened, that the assignees of
the bankrupt's estate converted the property to their own tea;- ,
pomry, use and eugagini; in ruinous speculations, it sometintes•
happened that the assiolees theniselves lideanac bankrupts,. itigk
..• • . .